diff --git a/res/colors.less b/res/colors.less
index a010051..ecd698f 100644
--- a/res/colors.less
+++ b/res/colors.less
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@
 @gray: #aaa;
 @black: #111;
 
+// added a few for this usecase
+@darkred: #860a03;
diff --git a/res/main.less b/res/main.less
index f8926ea..4a557ff 100644
--- a/res/main.less
+++ b/res/main.less
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
     #headword {
       font-size: 1.2em; 
-      color: @red;
+      color: @darkred;
       font-weight: bold;
     }
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 
           .translation-text {
             display: inline;
-            color: @maroon;
+            color: @blue;
             .translation-element-margin();
           }
           .translation-source {
@@ -174,6 +174,17 @@
 
       .example-text {
         ._hoverable();
+
+        .example-text-1 {
+          color: @black;
+        }
+        .example-text-2 {
+          color: @red;
+        }
+        .example-text-3 {
+          color: @red;
+          font-weight: bold;
+        }
       }
 
       .example-cluster, .example-logdice, .example-frequency {
diff --git a/src/model/example.py b/src/model/example.py
index 73cb520..1d517bb 100644
--- a/src/model/example.py
+++ b/src/model/example.py
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ class Example(Editable):
     def is_collocation(self):
         return type(self.inner) is CorpusExample
     
+    def get_view_type(self):
+        # as per the bosses, these are the rules for different colors
+        if type(self.inner) is CorpusExample:
+            return 1
+        elif self.inner.type == "collocation":
+            return 2
+        else:
+            return 3
+            
             
 class CorpusExample:
     def __init__(self, example_xml):
@@ -90,7 +99,7 @@ class CorpusExample:
 class MultiwordExample:
     def __init__(self, example_xml):
         self.other_attributes = {}
-        for oth_attr in ["type", "lexical_unit_id", "structure_id", "structureName", "audio", "frequency", "logDice"]:
+        for oth_attr in ["lexical_unit_id", "structure_id", "structureName", "audio", "frequency", "logDice"]:
             if example_xml.hasAttribute(oth_attr):
                 self.other_attributes[oth_attr] = example_xml.getAttribute(oth_attr)
         
@@ -99,6 +108,11 @@ class MultiwordExample:
         if example_xml.hasAttribute("cluster"):
             self.cluster_valid = True
             self.cluster = int(example_xml.getAttribute("cluster"))
+        
+        if example_xml.hasAttribute("type"):
+            self.type = example_xml.getAttribute(oth_attr)
+        else:
+            self.type = None
             
     def export(self, doc):
         result = doc.createElement("multiwordExample")
@@ -109,6 +123,9 @@ class MultiwordExample:
         if self.cluster_valid:
             result.setAttribute("cluster", str(self.cluster))
         
+        if self.type is not None:
+            result.setAttribute("type", self.type)
+        
         return result
         
     def get_cluster(self):
diff --git a/src/view/view.py b/src/view/view.py
index 56b6b8d..86e29f3 100644
--- a/src/view/view.py
+++ b/src/view/view.py
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ class View:
         if cluster is not None:
             example_content.append(h("span.example-cluster", {}, str(cluster)))
         
-        example_content.append(h("span.example-text-inner", {}, example.text()))
+        example_text_inner_tag = "span.example-text-{}".format(example.get_view_type())
+        example_content.append(h(example_text_inner_tag, {}, example.text()))
         
         if "frequency" in example.other_attributes:
             example_content.append(h("span.example-frequency", {}, example.other_attributes["frequency"]))