diff --git a/addons/interact_menu/functions/fnc_renderIcon.sqf b/addons/interact_menu/functions/fnc_renderIcon.sqf
index 39b4b120b9..30821ffdac 100644
--- a/addons/interact_menu/functions/fnc_renderIcon.sqf
+++ b/addons/interact_menu/functions/fnc_renderIcon.sqf
@@ -18,12 +18,9 @@ if(count _sPos > 0) then {
     if(_icon == "") then {
         _icon = DEFAULT_ICON;
     };
-    _text = "<img image='" + _icon + "' />" + _text;
+    _text = format ["<img image='%1'/><t color ='%2'>%3</t>", _icon, _color, _text];
 	_ctrl ctrlSetStructuredText (parseText _text);
 	_ctrl ctrlSetPosition [(_sPos select 0)-(0.011*SafeZoneW), (_sPos select 1)-(0.0095*SafeZoneW), 0.4*SafeZoneW, 0.025*SafeZoneW];
-	_ctrl ctrlSetForegroundColor _color;
-    _opacity = _color select 3;
-    _control ctrlSetTextColor _color;
 	// _ctrl ctrlSetBackgroundColor [1,0,0,1];
 	_ctrl ctrlCommit 0;
 };
diff --git a/addons/interact_menu/functions/fnc_renderMenu.sqf b/addons/interact_menu/functions/fnc_renderMenu.sqf
index 80f39b91c5..3510037b0b 100644
--- a/addons/interact_menu/functions/fnc_renderMenu.sqf
+++ b/addons/interact_menu/functions/fnc_renderMenu.sqf
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ if(_cursorScreenPos distance _pos <= _distance) then {
 	};
 	_menuDepth = (count GVAR(menuDepthPath));
 
-	_opacity = 1;
+	_color = "#FFFFFFFF";  // ARGB Color (First Hex Pair is transparancy)
 	if(_menuDepth > 0 && _index != (GVAR(menuDepthPath) select (GVAR(renderDepth)))) then {
-		_opacity = ((GVAR(renderDepth)/_menuDepth)) max 0.25;
+        _color = format ["#%1FFFFFF", [255 * (((GVAR(renderDepth)/_menuDepth)) max 0.25)] call EFUNC(common,toHex)];
 	};
 	_path set[(count _path), _index];
 	// player sideChat format["r: %1", _actionData select 2];
-	[_actionData select 0, [1,1,1,_opacity], _pos, 1, 1, 0, _actionData select 1, 0.5, 0.025, "TahomaB"] call FUNC(renderIcon);
+	[_actionData select 0, _color, _pos, 1, 1, 0, _actionData select 1, 0.5, 0.025, "TahomaB"] call FUNC(renderIcon);
 	GVAR(currentOptions) set[(count GVAR(currentOptions)), [_this, _pos, _path]];
 	_currentRenderDepth = -1;
 	_currentRenderDepth = GVAR(renderDepth);