diff --git a/src/api/utils/RoomChatFormatter.ts b/src/api/utils/RoomChatFormatter.ts
index 9f5fe5b..8c46740 100644
--- a/src/api/utils/RoomChatFormatter.ts
+++ b/src/api/utils/RoomChatFormatter.ts
@@ -116,15 +116,6 @@ allowedColours.set('saddlebrown', 'saddlebrown');
 allowedColours.set('sienna', 'sienna');
 allowedColours.set('brown', 'brown');
 
-export const sanitizeColor = (color: string | null | undefined): string | null => {
-    if (!color) {
-        return null;
-    }
-    
-    const sanitizedColor = allowedColours.get(color.toLowerCase());
-    return sanitizedColor || null;
-};
-
 const encodeHTML = (str: string) =>
 {
     return str.replace(/([\u00A0-\u9999<>&])(.|$)/g, (full, char, next) =>
diff --git a/src/components/room/widgets/chat/ChatWidgetMessageView.tsx b/src/components/room/widgets/chat/ChatWidgetMessageView.tsx
index a85301d..db5899d 100644
--- a/src/components/room/widgets/chat/ChatWidgetMessageView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/room/widgets/chat/ChatWidgetMessageView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { RoomChatSettings, RoomObjectCategory } from '@nitrots/nitro-renderer';
 import { FC, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import { ChatBubbleMessage, sanitizeColor, GetRoomEngine } from '../../../../api';
+import { ChatBubbleMessage, GetRoomEngine } from '../../../../api';
 import { useOnClickChat } from '../../../../hooks';
 
 interface ChatWidgetMessageViewProps
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export const ChatWidgetMessageView: FC<ChatWidgetMessageViewProps> = props => {
                 </div>
                 <div className="chat-content">
                     <b className="username mr-1" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: `${ chat.username }: ` } } />
-                     <span className="message" style={{ color: sanitizeColor(chat.chatColours) }} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: `${chat.formattedText}` }} onClick={ e => onClickChat(e) } />
+                     <span className="message" style={{ color: chat.chatColours }} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: `${chat.formattedText}` }} onClick={e => onClickChat(e)} />
                 </div>
                 <div className="pointer" />
             </div>