diff --git a/src/core/GameKeyHandler.ttslua b/src/core/GameKeyHandler.ttslua
index 462f7216..1a7a1ad8 100644
--- a/src/core/GameKeyHandler.ttslua
+++ b/src/core/GameKeyHandler.ttslua
@@ -282,8 +282,7 @@ function removeOneUse(playerColor, hoveredObject)
     end
   end
 
-  local playerName = Player[playerColor].steam_name
-  broadcastToAll(playerName .. " removed a token: " .. tokenName, playerColor)
+  broadcastToAll(getColoredName(playerColor) .. " removed a token: " .. tokenName, playerColor)
 
   local discardForMatColor = getColorToDiscardFor(hoveredObject, playerColor)
   playermatApi.discardListOfObjects(discardForMatColor, { targetObject })
@@ -404,12 +403,10 @@ function takeClueFromLocation(playerColor, hoveredObject)
   local clickableClues = optionPanelApi.getOptions()["useClueClickers"]
 
   -- handling for calling this for a specific mat via hotkey
-  local playerName, matColor, pos
+  local matColor, pos
   if Player[playerColor] and Player[playerColor].seated then
-    playerName = Player[playerColor].steam_name
     matColor = playermatApi.getMatColor(playerColor)
   else
-    playerName = playerColor
     matColor = playerColor
   end
 
@@ -431,9 +428,9 @@ function takeClueFromLocation(playerColor, hoveredObject)
   end
 
   if cardName then
-    broadcastToAll(playerName .. " took one clue from " .. cardName .. ".", "White")
+    broadcastToAll(getColoredName(playerColor) .. " took one clue from " .. cardName .. ".", "White")
   else
-    broadcastToAll(playerName .. " took one clue.", "White")
+    broadcastToAll(getColoredName(playerColor) .. " took one clue.", "White")
   end
 
   victoryDisplayApi.update()
@@ -472,3 +469,14 @@ function getFirstSeatedPlayer()
     return color
   end
 end
+
+-- returns the colored steam name or color
+function getColoredName(playerColor)
+  local displayName = playerColor
+  if Player[playerColor].steam_name then
+    displayName = Player[playerColor].steam_name
+  end
+
+  -- add bb-code
+  return "[" .. Color.fromString(playerColor):toHex() .. "]" .. displayName .. "[-]"
+end
diff --git a/src/playermat/Playermat.ttslua b/src/playermat/Playermat.ttslua
index ebb7ecad..26e67c72 100644
--- a/src/playermat/Playermat.ttslua
+++ b/src/playermat/Playermat.ttslua
@@ -576,9 +576,7 @@ function doDiscardOne()
     -- get a random non-hidden card (from the "choices" table)
     local num = math.random(1, #choices)
     deckLib.placeOrMergeIntoDeck(hand[choices[num]], returnGlobalDiscardPosition(), self.getRotation())
-
-    local playerName = Player[playerColor].steam_name or playerColor
-    broadcastToAll(playerName .. " randomly discarded card " .. choices[num] .. "/" .. #hand .. ".", "White")
+    broadcastToAll(getColoredName(playerColor) .. " randomly discarded card " .. choices[num] .. "/" .. #hand .. ".", "White")
   end
 end
 
@@ -1245,3 +1243,14 @@ function updatePlayerCards(args)
   local playerCardData = customDataHelper.getTable("PLAYER_CARD_DATA")
   tokenManager.addPlayerCardData(playerCardData)
 end
+
+-- returns the colored steam name or color
+function getColoredName(playerColor)
+  local displayName = playerColor
+  if Player[playerColor].steam_name then
+    displayName = Player[playerColor].steam_name
+  end
+
+  -- add bb-code
+  return "[" .. Color.fromString(playerColor):toHex() .. "]" .. displayName .. "[-]"
+end