diff --git a/collects/framework/private/racket.rkt b/collects/framework/private/racket.rkt
index af797b9338..c9886eaeb0 100644
--- a/collects/framework/private/racket.rkt
+++ b/collects/framework/private/racket.rkt
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@
       (comment ,(make-object color% 194 116 31) ,(string-constant scheme-mode-color-comment))
       (string ,constant-green ,(string-constant scheme-mode-color-string))
       (constant ,constant-green ,(string-constant scheme-mode-color-constant))
+      (hash-colon-keyword ,(make-object color% "brown") ,(string-constant scheme-mode-color-hash-colon-keyword))
       (parenthesis ,(make-object color% "brown") ,(string-constant scheme-mode-color-parenthesis))
       (error ,(make-object color% "red") ,(string-constant scheme-mode-color-error))
       (other ,(make-object color% "black") ,(string-constant scheme-mode-color-other)))))
@@ -309,6 +310,7 @@
             (comment ,(make-object color% 249 148 40))
             (string ,(make-object color% 51 174 51))
             (constant ,(make-object color% 60 194 57))
+            (hash-colon-keyword ,(make-object color% 151 69 43))
             (parenthesis ,(make-object color% 151 69 43))
             (other ,(make-object color% "white")))])
     (map 
diff --git a/collects/scribble/private/manual-code.rkt b/collects/scribble/private/manual-code.rkt
index e384ddc033..87402aaedb 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/private/manual-code.rkt
+++ b/collects/scribble/private/manual-code.rkt
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
                          (let ([scribble-style
                                 (case style
                                   [(symbol) symbol-color]
-                                  [(parenthesis) paren-color]
+                                  [(parenthesis hash-colon-keyword) paren-color]
                                   [(constant string) value-color]
                                   [(comment) comment-color]
                                   [else default-color])])
diff --git a/collects/string-constants/private/english-string-constants.rkt b/collects/string-constants/private/english-string-constants.rkt
index 25d7c5e234..a0b51a5b2c 100644
--- a/collects/string-constants/private/english-string-constants.rkt
+++ b/collects/string-constants/private/english-string-constants.rkt
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ please adhere to these guidelines:
  (scheme-mode-color-string "String")
  (scheme-mode-color-constant "Constant")
  (scheme-mode-color-parenthesis "Parenthesis")
+ (scheme-mode-color-hash-colon-keyword "#:Keyword")
  (scheme-mode-color-error "Error")
  (scheme-mode-color-other "Other")
  ;; the ~a is filled in with one of the above (scheme-mode-*)
diff --git a/collects/syntax-color/racket-lexer.rkt b/collects/syntax-color/racket-lexer.rkt
index e139291406..068e5e6d1b 100644
--- a/collects/syntax-color/racket-lexer.rkt
+++ b/collects/syntax-color/racket-lexer.rkt
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
            (make-num digit10 (:? radix10))
            (make-num digit16 radix16))
       (ret lexeme 'constant #f start-pos end-pos 'datum)]
-     [keyword (ret lexeme 'parenthesis #f start-pos end-pos 'datum)]
+     [keyword (ret lexeme 'hash-colon-keyword #f start-pos end-pos 'datum)]
      [str (ret lexeme 'string #f start-pos end-pos 'datum)]
      [";"
       (values (apply string (read-line/skip-over-specials input-port)) 'comment #f 
diff --git a/collects/syntax-color/syntax-color.scrbl b/collects/syntax-color/syntax-color.scrbl
index 1e5ebb4520..a7f0007cb1 100644
--- a/collects/syntax-color/syntax-color.scrbl
+++ b/collects/syntax-color/syntax-color.scrbl
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ The @racket[racket-lexer] function returns 5 values:
    This may change in the future to other string or non-string data.}
 
   @item{A symbol in @racket['(error comment sexp-comment 
-   white-space constant string no-color parenthesis other symbol eof)].}
+   white-space constant string no-color parenthesis hash-colon-keyword symbol eof other)].}
 
   @item{A symbol in @racket['(|(| |)| |[| |]| |{| |}|)] or @racket[#f].}
 
diff --git a/doc/release-notes/racket/HISTORY.txt b/doc/release-notes/racket/HISTORY.txt
index 76c885d797..9cca565186 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/racket/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/doc/release-notes/racket/HISTORY.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ racket/date: changed current-date to provide nanoseconds,
  added date*->seconds
 racket/gui/base: changed menu-bar% get-frame method to
  return 'root for root menu bar
+syntax-color/racket-lexer: added 'hash-colon-keyword 
+ (which also affects syntax-color/scheme-lexer,
+  syntax-color/module-lexer, and syntax-color/scribble-lexer)
 
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