diff --git a/client/src/main/java/client/renderer/entity/RenderXp.java b/client/src/main/java/client/renderer/entity/RenderXp.java
index 9159e32b..13e27d5a 100755
--- a/client/src/main/java/client/renderer/entity/RenderXp.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/client/renderer/entity/RenderXp.java
@@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ public class RenderXp extends Render<EntityXp> {
 		int sky = light / 65536;
 		GL13.glMultiTexCoord2f(GL13.GL_TEXTURE1, (float)block / 1.0F, (float)sky / 1.0F);
 		GlState.color(1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F);
-		float color = ((float)entity.xpColor + partial) / 2.0F;
-		int r = (int)((ExtMath.sin(color + 0.0F) + 1.0F) * 0.5F * 255.0F);
-		int g = 255;
-		int b = (int)((ExtMath.sin(color + 4.1887903F) + 1.0F) * 0.1F * 255.0F);
+		float color = ((float)entity.xpColor + partial) / 16.0F;
+		int g = (int)((ExtMath.sin(color + 0.0F) + 1.0F) * 0.5F * 255.0F);
+		float n = (int)((ExtMath.sin(color + (float)Math.PI) + 1.0F) * 0.5F * 255.0F);
+		int r = (int)(n * (value / 10.0f));
+		int b = (int)(n * ((10 - value) / 10.0f));
 		GL11.glRotatef(180.0F - this.renderManager.playerViewY, 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F);
 		GL11.glRotatef(-this.renderManager.playerViewX, 1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F);
-		float size = 0.3F;
+		float size = 0.25F;
 		GL11.glScalef(size, size, size);
 		RenderBuffer rb = Tessellator.getBuffer();
 		rb.begin(GL11.GL_QUADS, DefaultVertexFormats.POSITION_TEX_COLOR_NORMAL);
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/common/entity/item/EntityXp.java b/common/src/main/java/common/entity/item/EntityXp.java
index 20afb010..e9edd9fc 100755
--- a/common/src/main/java/common/entity/item/EntityXp.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/common/entity/item/EntityXp.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class EntityXp extends Entity implements IObjectData
     /**
      * A constantly increasing value that RenderXPOrb uses to control the colour shifting (Green / yellow)
      */
-    public int xpColor;
+    public int xpColor = this.rand.zrange(1000);
 
     /** The age of the XP orb in ticks. */
     public int xpOrbAge;