diff --git a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
index 53fe82d54dc..2eea45ea043 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
@@ -240,9 +240,11 @@ GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(observer_default_invisibility, INVISIBILITY_OBSERVER)
  * Increase the brightness of a color by calculating the average distance between the R, G and B values,
  * and maximum brightness, then adding 30% of that average to R, G and B.
  *
- * I'll make this proc global and move it to its own file in a future update. |- Ricotez
+ * I'll make this proc global and move it to its own file in a future update. |- Ricotez - UPDATE: They never did :(
  */
 /mob/proc/brighten_color(input_color)
+	if(input_color[1] == "#")
+		input_color = copytext(input_color, 2) // Removing the # at the beginning.
 	var/r_val
 	var/b_val
 	var/g_val
@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(observer_default_invisibility, INVISIBILITY_OBSERVER)
 	if(b_val > 255)
 		b_val = 255
 
-	return copytext(rgb(r_val, g_val, b_val), 2)
+	return "#" + copytext(rgb(r_val, g_val, b_val), 2)
 
 /*
 Transfer_mind is there to check if mob is being deleted/not going to have a body.