diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index bce7c5d7d..00ad90a02 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ void OMW::Engine::prepareEngine (Settings::Manager & settings)
 
     MWGui::WindowManager* window = new MWGui::WindowManager(
                 mExtensions, mFpsLevel, mOgre, mCfgMgr.getLogPath().string() + std::string("/"),
-                mCfgMgr.getCachePath ().string(), mScriptConsoleMode, mTranslationDataStorage, mEncoding, mExportFonts);
+                mCfgMgr.getCachePath ().string(), mScriptConsoleMode, mTranslationDataStorage, mEncoding, mExportFonts, mFallbackMap);
     mEnvironment.setWindowManager (window);
 
     // Create sound system
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
index 55462792c..083939c8e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace MWGui
     WindowManager::WindowManager(
         const Compiler::Extensions& extensions, int fpsLevel, OEngine::Render::OgreRenderer *ogre,
             const std::string& logpath, const std::string& cacheDir, bool consoleOnlyScripts,
-            Translation::Storage& translationDataStorage, ToUTF8::FromType encoding, bool exportFonts)
+            Translation::Storage& translationDataStorage, ToUTF8::FromType encoding, bool exportFonts, const std::map<std::string, std::string>& fallbackMap)
       : mConsoleOnlyScripts(consoleOnlyScripts)
       , mGuiManager(NULL)
       , mRendering(ogre)
@@ -146,10 +146,13 @@ namespace MWGui
       , mTriangleCount(0)
       , mBatchCount(0)
       , mCurrentModals()
+      , mFallbackMap(fallbackMap)
     {
         // Set up the GUI system
         mGuiManager = new OEngine::GUI::MyGUIManager(mRendering->getWindow(), mRendering->getScene(), false, logpath);
 
+        MyGUI::LanguageManager::getInstance().eventRequestTag = MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &WindowManager::onRetrieveTag);
+
         // Load fonts
         Gui::FontLoader fontLoader (encoding);
         fontLoader.loadAllFonts(exportFonts);
@@ -182,8 +185,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         MyGUI::FactoryManager::getInstance().registerFactory<ResourceImageSetPointerFix>("Resource", "ResourceImageSetPointer");
         MyGUI::ResourceManager::getInstance().load("core.xml");
 
-        MyGUI::LanguageManager::getInstance().eventRequestTag = MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &WindowManager::onRetrieveTag);
-
         mLoadingScreen = new LoadingScreen(mRendering->getScene (), mRendering->getWindow ());
 
         //set up the hardware cursor manager
@@ -990,10 +991,30 @@ namespace MWGui
         std::string tokenToFind = "sCell=";
         size_t tokenLength = tokenToFind.length();
 
+        std::string fontcolour = "fontcolour=";
+        size_t fontcolourLength = fontcolour.length();
+
         if (tag.substr(0, tokenLength) == tokenToFind)
         {
             _result = mTranslationDataStorage.translateCellName(tag.substr(tokenLength));
         }
+        else if (tag.substr(0, fontcolourLength) == fontcolour)
+        {
+            std::string fallbackName = "FontColor_color_" + tag.substr(fontcolourLength);
+            std::map<std::string, std::string>::const_iterator it = mFallbackMap.find(fallbackName);
+            if (it == mFallbackMap.end())
+                throw std::runtime_error("Unknown fallback name: " + fallbackName);
+            std::string str = it->second;
+
+            std::string ret[3];
+            unsigned int j=0;
+            for(unsigned int i=0;i<str.length();++i){
+                if(str[i]==',') j++;
+                else if (str[i] != ' ') ret[j]+=str[i];
+            }
+            MyGUI::Colour col (MyGUI::utility::parseInt(ret[0])/255.f,MyGUI::utility::parseInt(ret[1])/255.f,MyGUI::utility::parseInt(ret[2])/255.f);
+            _result = col.print();
+        }
         else
         {
             const ESM::GameSetting *setting =
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
index 8dc9d1b38..986f18419 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace MWGui
     WindowManager(const Compiler::Extensions& extensions, int fpsLevel,
                   OEngine::Render::OgreRenderer *mOgre, const std::string& logpath,
                   const std::string& cacheDir, bool consoleOnlyScripts,
-                  Translation::Storage& translationDataStorage, ToUTF8::FromType encoding, bool exportFonts);
+                  Translation::Storage& translationDataStorage, ToUTF8::FromType encoding, bool exportFonts, const std::map<std::string,std::string>& fallbackMap);
     virtual ~WindowManager();
 
     void initUI();
@@ -438,9 +438,15 @@ namespace MWGui
     unsigned int mTriangleCount;
     unsigned int mBatchCount;
 
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> mFallbackMap;
+
     /**
-     * Called when MyGUI tries to retrieve a tag. This usually corresponds to a GMST string,
-     * so this method will retrieve the GMST with the name \a _tag and place the result in \a _result
+     * Called when MyGUI tries to retrieve a tag's value. Tags must be denoted in #{tag} notation and will be replaced upon setting a user visible text/property.
+     * Supported syntax:
+     * #{GMSTName}: retrieves String value of the GMST called GMSTName
+     * #{sCell=CellID}: retrieves translated name of the given CellID (used only by some Morrowind localisations, in others cell ID is == cell name)
+     * #{fontcolour=FontColourName}: retrieves the value of the fallback setting "FontColor_color_<FontColourName>" from openmw.cfg,
+     *                              in the format "r g b a", float values in range 0-1.
      */
     void onRetrieveTag(const MyGUI::UString& _tag, MyGUI::UString& _result);
 
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_button.skin.xml b/files/mygui/openmw_button.skin.xml
index e152a9112..9b0783160 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_button.skin.xml
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_button.skin.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<MyGUI type="Skin">
+<MyGUI type="Skin" version="3.2.1">
     <!-- Button graphics -->
     <Skin name="BTN_Top" size="128 4" texture="textures\menu_button_frame_top.dds">
         <BasisSkin type="TileRect" offset="0 0 128 4" align="HStretch">
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     </Skin>
 
     <!-- Button widget -->
-    <Skin name="MW_Button" size="136 24">
+    <Skin name="MW_Button" size="136 24" version="3.2.1">
         <Property key="FontName" value="Default"/>
         <Property key="TextAlign" value="Center"/>
 
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@
         <Child type="Widget" skin="BTN_BottomRight" offset="132 20 4 4" align="Bottom Right"/>
 
         <BasisSkin type="SimpleText" offset="4 4 128 16" align="Stretch">
-            <State name="disabled" colour="0.6 0.56 0.45" shift="0"/>
-            <State name="normal" colour="0.75 0.6 0.35" shift="0"/>
-            <State name="highlighted" colour="0.85 0.76 0.60" shift="0"/>
-            <State name="pushed" colour="1 1 1" shift="0"/>
-            <State name="disabled_checked" colour="0.33 0.38 0.67" shift="0"/>
-            <State name="normal_checked" colour="0.33 0.38 0.67" shift="0"/>
-            <State name="highlighted_checked" colour="0.33 0.38 0.67" shift="0"/>
-            <State name="pushed_checked" colour="0.33 0.38 0.67" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="disabled" colour="#{fontcolour=disabled}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="normal" colour="#{fontcolour=normal}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="highlighted" colour="#{fontcolour=normal_over}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="pushed" colour="#{fontcolour=normal_pressed}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="disabled_checked" colour="#{fontcolour=disabled}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="normal_checked" colour="#{fontcolour=active}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="highlighted_checked" colour="#{fontcolour=active_over}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="pushed_checked" colour="#{fontcolour=active_pressed}" shift="0"/>
         </BasisSkin>
    </Skin>
 </MyGUI>
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_text.skin.xml b/files/mygui/openmw_text.skin.xml
index 4c1117cf5..843a7817c 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_text.skin.xml
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_text.skin.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<MyGUI type="Skin">
+<MyGUI type="Skin" version="3.2.1">
 
     <!-- HTML colour: #DDC79E -->
     <Skin name="NormalText" size="16 16">
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
         <BasisSkin type="SimpleText" offset="0 0 16 16" align="Stretch"/>
     </Skin>
 
-    <!-- HTML colour: #BF9959 -->
     <Skin name="SandText" size="16 16">
         <Property key="FontName" value="Default"/>
         <Property key="TextAlign" value="Left Bottom"/>
-        <Property key="TextColour" value="0.75 0.6 0.35"/>
-        <BasisSkin type="SimpleText" offset="0 0 16 16" align="Stretch"/>
+        <BasisSkin type="SimpleText" offset="0 0 16 16" align="Stretch">
+            <State name="normal" colour="#{fontcolour=normal}" shift="0"/>
+        </BasisSkin>
     </Skin>
 
     <Skin name="SandTextC" size="16 16">