diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Effects/FlashTarget.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Effects/FlashTarget.cs
index a48f4e4547..0d93d88df6 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Effects/FlashTarget.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Effects/FlashTarget.cs
@@ -11,23 +11,27 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using OpenRA.Graphics;
-using OpenRA.Traits;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Effects
 {
 	public class FlashTarget : IEffect
 	{
 		Actor target;
+		Player player;
 		int remainingTicks = 4;
 
 		public FlashTarget(Actor target)
+			: this(target, null) { }
+
+		public FlashTarget(Actor target, Player asPlayer)
 		{
 			this.target = target;
+			player = asPlayer;
 			foreach (var e in target.World.Effects.OfType<FlashTarget>().Where(a => a.target == target).ToArray())
 				target.World.Remove(e);
 		}
 
-		public void Tick( World world )
+		public void Tick(World world)
 		{
 			if (--remainingTicks == 0 || !target.IsInWorld)
 				world.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Remove(this));
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Effects
 		{
 			if (target.IsInWorld && remainingTicks % 2 == 0)
 			{
-				var palette = wr.Palette("highlight");
+				var palette = wr.Palette(player == null ? "highlight" : "highlight" + player.InternalName);
 				return target.Render(wr)
 					.Where(r => !r.IsDecoration)
 					.Select(r => r.WithPalette(palette));
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/PlayerColorPalette.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/PlayerColorPalette.cs
index 60199ffd78..46ade86a27 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/PlayerColorPalette.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/PlayerColorPalette.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 #endregion
 
+using System.Drawing;
 using OpenRA.FileFormats;
 using OpenRA.Graphics;
 
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 		{
 			var remap = new PlayerColorRemap(info.RemapIndex, owner.Color, info.Ramp);
 			wr.AddPalette(info.BaseName+owner.InternalName, new Palette(wr.Palette(info.BasePalette).Palette, remap), info.AllowModifiers);
+
+			var argb = (uint)Color.FromArgb(128, owner.Color.RGB).ToArgb();
+			wr.AddPalette("highlight" + owner.InternalName, new Palette(Exts.MakeArray(256, i => i == 0 ? 0 : argb)), false);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Activities/CaptureActor.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Activities/CaptureActor.cs
index ee9379d780..8b694abad2 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Activities/CaptureActor.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Activities/CaptureActor.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Activities
 
 				if (capturable.CaptureProgressTime % 25 == 0)
 				{
-					self.World.Add(new FlashTarget(target.Actor)); // TODO: building should flash captor's color
+					self.World.Add(new FlashTarget(target.Actor, self.Owner));
 					self.World.Add(new FlashTarget(self));
 				}