diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Styles/RDTweakedNativeStyle/RDTweakedNativeStyle.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Styles/RDTweakedNativeStyle/RDTweakedNativeStyle.cpp
index 9b27670fda..9886e82b6a 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Styles/RDTweakedNativeStyle/RDTweakedNativeStyle.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Styles/RDTweakedNativeStyle/RDTweakedNativeStyle.cpp
@@ -257,16 +257,12 @@ void RDTweakedNativeStyle::drawPrimitive(PrimitiveElement element, const QStyleO
 
       QColor col = opt->palette.color(QPalette::Text);
 
-      if(opt->state & State_MouseOver)
-      {
-        QColor highlightCol = opt->palette.color(QPalette::Highlight);
-
-        col.setRedF(col.redF() * 0.6 + highlightCol.redF() * 0.4);
-        col.setGreenF(col.greenF() * 0.6 + highlightCol.greenF() * 0.4);
-        col.setBlueF(col.blueF() * 0.6 + highlightCol.blueF() * 0.4);
-      }
-
-      p->setPen(QPen(col, 2.0));
+      // turbo hack to pass desired colour through QTreeView::drawBranches when it can't customise
+      // the colour and doesn't set the model index to let us look up this data ourselves :(
+      if(oldPen.widthF() == 1234.5f)
+        p->setPen(QPen(oldPen.color(), 2.0));
+      else
+        p->setPen(QPen(col, 2.0));
 
       QPainterPath path;
 
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Widgets/Extended/RDTreeView.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Widgets/Extended/RDTreeView.cpp
index 0c7a9d10fa..e76534bd8b 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Widgets/Extended/RDTreeView.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Widgets/Extended/RDTreeView.cpp
@@ -774,10 +774,19 @@ void RDTreeView::drawBranches(QPainter *painter, const QRect &rect, const QModel
   opt.rect = allLinesRect;
   opt.showDecorationSelected = true;
   opt.backgroundBrush = index.data(Qt::BackgroundRole).value<QBrush>();
+  QColor foreCol = index.data(Qt::ForegroundRole).value<QBrush>().color();
+  opt.palette.setColor(QPalette::Foreground, foreCol);
+  opt.palette.setColor(QPalette::Text, foreCol);
+
   style()->drawPrimitive(QStyle::PE_PanelItemViewItem, &opt, painter, this);
 
+  QPen oldPen = painter->pen();
+
   if(m_VisibleBranches)
   {
+    // set the desired colour for RDTweakedNativeStyle via a huge hack - see
+    // RDTweakedNativeStyle::drawPrimitive for QStyle::PE_IndicatorBranch
+    painter->setPen(QPen(foreCol, 1234.5));
     QTreeView::drawBranches(painter, rect, index);
   }
   else
@@ -804,12 +813,13 @@ void RDTreeView::drawBranches(QPainter *painter, const QRect &rect, const QModel
     if(isExpanded(index))
       branchopt.state |= QStyle::State_Open;
 
+    branchopt.palette = opt.palette;
+
     style()->drawPrimitive(QStyle::PE_IndicatorBranch, &branchopt, painter, this);
   }
 
   // we now iterate from the top-most parent down, moving in from the left
   // we draw this after calling into drawBranches() so we paint on top of the built-in lines
-  QPen oldPen = painter->pen();
   while(!parents.isEmpty())
   {
     parent = parents.pop();