diff -up a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
--- a/config.def.h	2020-11-28 10:43:05.242935618 +0100
+++ b/config.def.h	2020-11-28 10:44:59.249845805 +0100
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ static const char *colors[SchemeLast][2]
 	[SchemeSelHighlight] = { "#ffc978", "#005577" },
 	[SchemeNormHighlight] = { "#ffc978", "#222222" },
 	[SchemeOut] = { "#000000", "#00ffff" },
+	[SchemeMid] = { "#eeeeee", "#770000" },
 };
 /* -l option; if nonzero, dmenu uses vertical list with given number of lines */
 static unsigned int lines      = 0;
diff -up a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
--- a/dmenu.c	2020-11-28 10:43:05.242935618 +0100
+++ b/dmenu.c	2020-11-28 10:45:57.066625600 +0100
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@

 /* enums */
 enum { SchemeNorm, SchemeSel, SchemeNormHighlight, SchemeSelHighlight,
-       SchemeOut, SchemeLast }; /* color schemes */
+       SchemeOut, SchemeMid, SchemeLast }; /* color schemes */


 struct item {
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ drawitem(struct item *item, int x, int y
 	int r;
 	if (item == sel)
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeSel]);
+	else if (item->left == sel || item->right == sel)
+		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeMid]);
 	else if (item->out)
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeOut]);
 	else