diff --git a/Content.Server/Ghost/Components/GhostRadioComponent.cs b/Content.Server/Ghost/Components/GhostRadioComponent.cs
index 981ff49775..ab1ffa0524 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Ghost/Components/GhostRadioComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Ghost/Components/GhostRadioComponent.cs
@@ -7,15 +7,30 @@ using Robust.Shared.Serialization.TypeSerializers.Implementations.Custom.Prototy
 
 namespace Content.Server.Ghost.Components
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Add to a particular entity to let it receive messages from the specified channels.
+    /// </summary>
     [RegisterComponent]
     [ComponentReference(typeof(IRadio))]
     public sealed class GhostRadioComponent : Component, IRadio
     {
+        // TODO: This class is yuck
         [Dependency] private readonly IServerNetManager _netManager = default!;
         [Dependency] private readonly IEntityManager _entMan = default!;
 
         [DataField("channels", customTypeSerializer: typeof(PrototypeIdHashSetSerializer<RadioChannelPrototype>))]
-        private HashSet<string> _channels = new();
+        private HashSet<string> _channels = new()
+        {
+            "Common",
+            "Command",
+            "CentCom",
+            "Engineering",
+            "Medical",
+            "Science",
+            "Security",
+            "Service",
+            "Supply",
+        };
 
         public void Receive(string message, RadioChannelPrototype channel, EntityUid speaker)
         {
@@ -29,7 +44,7 @@ namespace Content.Server.Ghost.Components
                 Channel = ChatChannel.Radio,
                 Message = message,
                 //Square brackets are added here to avoid issues with escaping
-                MessageWrap = Loc.GetString("chat-radio-message-wrap", ("channel", $"\\[{channel.Name}\\]"), ("name", _entMan.GetComponent<MetaDataComponent>(speaker).EntityName))
+                MessageWrap = Loc.GetString("chat-radio-message-wrap", ("color", channel.Color), ("channel", $"\\[{channel.Name}\\]"), ("name", _entMan.GetComponent<MetaDataComponent>(speaker).EntityName))
             };
 
             _netManager.ServerSendMessage(msg, playerChannel);
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/radio_channels.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/radio_channels.yml
index 8fd7bfb1d2..e31cc44684 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/radio_channels.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/radio_channels.yml
@@ -3,64 +3,67 @@
   name: "Common"
   keycode: ";"
   frequency: 1459
+  color: "#1ecc43"
 
 - type: radioChannel
   id: CentCom
   name: "CentCom"
   keycode: 'y'
   frequency: 1337
+  color: "#2681a5"
 
 - type: radioChannel
   id: Command
   name: "Command"
   keycode: 'c'
   frequency: 1353
-  color: "#334e6d"
+  color: "#fcdf03"
 
 - type: radioChannel
   id: Engineering
   name: "Engineering"
   keycode: 'e'
   frequency: 1357
-  color: "#efb341"
+  color: "#f37746"
 
 - type: radioChannel
   id: Medical
   name: "Medical"
   keycode: 'm'
   frequency: 1355
-  color: "#52b4e9"
+  color: "#57b8f0"
 
 - type: radioChannel
   id: Science
   name: "Science"
   keycode: 'n'
   frequency: 1351
-  color: "#d381c9"
+  color: "#c68cfa"
 
 - type: radioChannel
   id: Security
   name: "Security"
   keycode: 's'
   frequency: 1359
-  color: "#de3a3a"
+  color: "#dd3535"
 
 - type: radioChannel
   id: Service
   name: "Service"
   keycode: 'v'
   frequency: 1349
-  color: "#9fed58"
+  color: "#6ca729"
 
 - type: radioChannel
   id: Supply
   name: "Supply"
   keycode: 'u'
   frequency: 1347
-  color: "#a46106"
+  color: "#b88646"
 
 - type: radioChannel
   id: Syndicate
   name: "Syndicate"
   keycode: 't'
   frequency: 1213
+  color: "#8f4a4b"