diff --git a/sat_frontends/primitivus/constants.py b/sat_frontends/primitivus/constants.py
index c7848693..a4bb1417 100644
--- a/sat_frontends/primitivus/constants.py
+++ b/sat_frontends/primitivus/constants.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Const(constants.Const):
         ("default_focus", "default,bold", "default"),
         ("cl_notifs", "yellow", "default"),
         ("cl_notifs_focus", "yellow,bold", "default"),
-        ("cl_mention", "dark red", "default"),
+        ("cl_mention", "light red", "default"),
         ("cl_mention_focus", "dark red,bold", "default"),
         # Messages
         ("date", "light gray", "default"),
diff --git a/sat_frontends/primitivus/contact_list.py b/sat_frontends/primitivus/contact_list.py
index 9b5815eb..441b81a6 100644
--- a/sat_frontends/primitivus/contact_list.py
+++ b/sat_frontends/primitivus/contact_list.py
@@ -224,12 +224,12 @@ class ContactList(PrimitivusWidget, QuickContactList):
         notifs = list(
             self.host.getNotifs(entity, exact_jid=special, profile=self.profile)
         )
-        if notifs:
-            header = [("cl_notifs", u"({})".format(len(notifs))), u" "]
-            if list(
+        mentions = list(
                 self.host.getNotifs(entity.bare, C.NOTIFY_MENTION, profile=self.profile)
-            ):
-                header = ("cl_mention", header)
+            )
+        if notifs or mentions:
+            attr = 'cl_mention' if mentions else 'cl_notifs'
+            header = [(attr, u"({})".format(len(notifs) + len(mentions))), u" "]
         else:
             header = u""