diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/adapters/messages/MagicIncomingTextMessageViewHolder.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/adapters/messages/MagicIncomingTextMessageViewHolder.kt
index 7fba7d086..4df5a1bef 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/adapters/messages/MagicIncomingTextMessageViewHolder.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/adapters/messages/MagicIncomingTextMessageViewHolder.kt
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ class MagicIncomingTextMessageViewHolder(itemView: View, payload: Any) : Message
                             individualHashMap["name"]!!,
                             individualHashMap["type"]!!,
                             message.activeUser!!,
-                            R.xml.chip_you
+                            R.xml.chip_you,
+                            viewThemeUtils
                         )
                     } else {
                         messageStringInternal = DisplayUtils.searchAndReplaceWithMentionSpan(
@@ -256,7 +257,8 @@ class MagicIncomingTextMessageViewHolder(itemView: View, payload: Any) : Message
                             individualHashMap["name"]!!,
                             individualHashMap["type"]!!,
                             message.activeUser!!,
-                            R.xml.chip_others
+                            R.xml.chip_others,
+                            viewThemeUtils
                         )
                     }
                 } else if (individualHashMap["type"] == "file") {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/adapters/messages/MagicOutcomingTextMessageViewHolder.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/adapters/messages/MagicOutcomingTextMessageViewHolder.kt
index 1db56195f..35c444670 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/adapters/messages/MagicOutcomingTextMessageViewHolder.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/adapters/messages/MagicOutcomingTextMessageViewHolder.kt
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ class MagicOutcomingTextMessageViewHolder(itemView: View) : OutcomingTextMessage
                         individualHashMap["name"]!!,
                         individualHashMap["type"]!!,
                         message.activeUser,
-                        R.xml.chip_others
+                        R.xml.chip_others,
+                        viewThemeUtils
                     )
                 } else if (individualHashMap["type"] == "file") {
                     realView.setOnClickListener { v: View? ->
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/callbacks/MentionAutocompleteCallback.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/callbacks/MentionAutocompleteCallback.java
index 6c4985c48..c121946b1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/callbacks/MentionAutocompleteCallback.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/callbacks/MentionAutocompleteCallback.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import com.facebook.widget.text.span.BetterImageSpan;
 import com.nextcloud.talk.R;
 import com.nextcloud.talk.data.user.model.User;
 import com.nextcloud.talk.models.json.mention.Mention;
+import com.nextcloud.talk.ui.theme.ViewThemeUtils;
 import com.nextcloud.talk.utils.DisplayUtils;
 import com.nextcloud.talk.utils.MagicCharPolicy;
 import com.nextcloud.talk.utils.text.Spans;
@@ -39,15 +40,19 @@ import com.vanniktech.emoji.EmojiRange;
 import com.vanniktech.emoji.Emojis;
 
 public class MentionAutocompleteCallback implements AutocompleteCallback<Mention> {
+    private final ViewThemeUtils viewThemeUtils;
     private Context context;
     private User conversationUser;
     private EditText editText;
 
-    public MentionAutocompleteCallback(Context context, User conversationUser,
-                                       EditText editText) {
+    public MentionAutocompleteCallback(Context context,
+                                       User conversationUser,
+                                       EditText editText,
+                                       ViewThemeUtils viewThemeUtils) {
         this.context = context;
         this.conversationUser = conversationUser;
         this.editText = editText;
+        this.viewThemeUtils = viewThemeUtils;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -73,11 +78,14 @@ public class MentionAutocompleteCallback implements AutocompleteCallback<Mention
                                                                                  conversationUser,
                                                                                  item.getSource(),
                                                                                  R.xml.chip_you,
-                                                                                 editText),
+                                                                                 editText,
+                                                                                 viewThemeUtils),
                                       BetterImageSpan.ALIGN_CENTER,
                                       item.getId(), item.getLabel());
         editable.setSpan(mentionChipSpan, start, start + replacementStringBuilder.toString().length(),
                          Spanned.SPAN_INCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE);
+
+
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/controllers/ChatController.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/controllers/ChatController.kt
index 1002790ad..a587c5f0f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/controllers/ChatController.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/controllers/ChatController.kt
@@ -1679,7 +1679,8 @@ class ChatController(args: Bundle) :
                 val callback = MentionAutocompleteCallback(
                     activity,
                     conversationUser!!,
-                    binding.messageInputView.inputEditText
+                    binding.messageInputView.inputEditText,
+                    viewThemeUtils
                 )
 
                 if (mentionAutocomplete == null && binding.messageInputView.inputEditText != null) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/ui/theme/ViewThemeUtils.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/ui/theme/ViewThemeUtils.kt
index 6f8ed11b2..8c0d3e1e3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/ui/theme/ViewThemeUtils.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/ui/theme/ViewThemeUtils.kt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
 import com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
 import com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
 import com.google.android.material.chip.Chip
+import com.google.android.material.chip.ChipDrawable
 import com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton
 import com.google.android.material.progressindicator.LinearProgressIndicator
 import com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout
@@ -101,6 +102,10 @@ class ViewThemeUtils @Inject constructor(private val theme: ServerTheme, private
         block(getScheme(view.context))
     }
 
+    private fun withScheme(context: Context, block: (Scheme) -> Unit) {
+        block(getScheme(context))
+    }
+
     private fun withSchemeDark(block: (Scheme) -> Unit) {
         block(getSchemeDark())
     }
@@ -664,6 +669,13 @@ class ViewThemeUtils @Inject constructor(private val theme: ServerTheme, private
         )
     }
 
+    fun themePrimaryMentionChip(context: Context, chip: ChipDrawable) {
+        withScheme(context) { scheme ->
+            chip.chipBackgroundColor = ColorStateList.valueOf(scheme.primary)
+            chip.setTextColor(scheme.onPrimary)
+        }
+    }
+
     companion object {
         private val THEMEABLE_PLACEHOLDER_IDS = listOf(
             R.drawable.ic_mimetype_package_x_generic,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/DisplayUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/DisplayUtils.java
index 134d00a81..a04da2da2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/DisplayUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/DisplayUtils.java
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ import com.nextcloud.talk.R;
 import com.nextcloud.talk.application.NextcloudTalkApplication;
 import com.nextcloud.talk.data.user.model.User;
 import com.nextcloud.talk.events.UserMentionClickEvent;
+import com.nextcloud.talk.ui.theme.ViewThemeUtils;
 import com.nextcloud.talk.utils.text.Spans;
 
 import org.greenrobot.eventbus.EventBus;
@@ -297,11 +298,16 @@ public class DisplayUtils {
                                                          User conversationUser,
                                                          String type,
                                                          @XmlRes int chipResource,
-                                                         @Nullable EditText emojiEditText) {
+                                                         @Nullable EditText emojiEditText,
+                                                         ViewThemeUtils viewThemeUtils) {
         ChipDrawable chip = ChipDrawable.createFromResource(context, chipResource);
         chip.setText(EmojiCompat.get().process(label));
         chip.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.MIDDLE);
 
+        if (chipResource == R.xml.chip_you) {
+            viewThemeUtils.themePrimaryMentionChip(context, chip);
+        }
+
         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
             Configuration config = context.getResources().getConfiguration();
             chip.setLayoutDirection(config.getLayoutDirection());
@@ -367,7 +373,8 @@ public class DisplayUtils {
     public static Spannable searchAndReplaceWithMentionSpan(Context context, Spannable text,
                                                             String id, String label, String type,
                                                             User conversationUser,
-                                                            @XmlRes int chipXmlRes) {
+                                                            @XmlRes int chipXmlRes,
+                                                            ViewThemeUtils viewThemeUtils) {
 
         Spannable spannableString = new SpannableString(text);
         String stringText = text.toString();
@@ -395,10 +402,18 @@ public class DisplayUtils {
                                                                                                    conversationUser,
                                                                                                    type,
                                                                                                    chipXmlRes,
-                                                                                                   null),
+                                                                                                   null,
+                                                                                                   viewThemeUtils),
                                                         BetterImageSpan.ALIGN_CENTER, id,
                                                         label);
             spannableString.setSpan(mentionChipSpan, start, end, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+            if (chipXmlRes == R.xml.chip_you) {
+                spannableString.setSpan(
+                    new ForegroundColorSpan(viewThemeUtils.getScheme(context).getOnPrimary()),
+                    start,
+                    end,
+                    Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+            }
             if ("user".equals(type) && !conversationUser.getUserId().equals(id)) {
                 spannableString.setSpan(clickableSpan, start, end, Spannable.SPAN_INCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
             }