diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/stylers.model.xml b/PowerEditor/src/stylers.model.xml
index 1c1ea3676..8af0c9211 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/stylers.model.xml
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/stylers.model.xml
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
         <LexerType name="makefile" desc="Makefile" ext="">
             <WordsStyle name="DEFAULT" styleID="0" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" fontSize="" />
             <WordsStyle name="COMMENT" styleID="1" fgColor="008000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" fontSize="" />
-            <WordsStyle name="PREPROCESSOR" styleID="2" fgColor="FFFF00" bgColor="C0C0C0" fontName="" fontStyle="1" fontSize="" />
+            <WordsStyle name="PREPROCESSOR" styleID="2" fgColor="000080" bgColor="C0C0C0" fontName="" fontStyle="1" fontSize="" />
             <WordsStyle name="IDENTIFIER" styleID="3" fgColor="0000FF" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" fontSize="" />
             <WordsStyle name="OPERATOR" styleID="4" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="1" fontSize="" />
             <WordsStyle name="TARGET" styleID="5" fgColor="FF0000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontName="" fontStyle="0" fontSize="" />