diff --git a/code/game/machinery/machinery.dm b/code/game/machinery/machinery.dm
index 5d90d407c69..ab437a4a1e9 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/machinery.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/machinery.dm
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ Class Procs:
 		return 1
 
 	if(!user.IsAdvancedToolUser())
-		user << "\red You don't have the dexterity to do this!"
+		user << "<span class='warning'>You don't have the dexterity to do this!</span>"
 		return 1
 
 /*
@@ -354,10 +354,10 @@ Class Procs:
 	if (ishuman(user))
 		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = user
 		if(H.getBrainLoss() >= 60)
-			visible_message("\red [H] stares cluelessly at [src] and drools.")
+			visible_message("<span class='warning'>[H] stares cluelessly at [src] and drools.</span>")
 			return 1
 		else if(prob(H.getBrainLoss()))
-			user << "\red You momentarily forget how to use [src]."
+			user << "<span class='warning'>You momentarily forget how to use [src].</span>"
 			return 1
 
 	src.add_fingerprint(user)
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
index 89d235999c6..74a612762e7 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
@@ -382,17 +382,17 @@ REAGENT SCANNER
 	if (user.stat)
 		return
 	if (crit_fail)
-		user << "\red This device has critically failed and is no longer functional!"
+		user << "<span class='warning'>This device has critically failed and is no longer functional!</span>"
 		return
 	if (!user.IsAdvancedToolUser())
-		user << "\red You don't have the dexterity to do this!"
+		user << "<span class='warning'>You don't have the dexterity to do this!</span>"
 		return
 	if(reagents.total_volume)
 		var/list/blood_traces = list()
 		for(var/datum/reagent/R in reagents.reagent_list)
 			if(R.id != "blood")
 				reagents.clear_reagents()
-				user << "\red The sample was contaminated! Please insert another sample"
+				user << "<span class='warning'>The sample was contaminated! Please insert another sample.</span>"
 				return
 			else
 				blood_traces = params2list(R.data["trace_chem"])
@@ -442,12 +442,12 @@ REAGENT SCANNER
 	if (user.stat)
 		return
 	if (!user.IsAdvancedToolUser())
-		user << "\red You don't have the dexterity to do this!"
+		user << "<span class='warning'>You don't have the dexterity to do this!</span>"
 		return
 	if(!istype(O))
 		return
 	if (crit_fail)
-		user << "\red This device has critically failed and is no longer functional!"
+		user << "<span class='warning'>This device has critically failed and is no longer functional!</span>"
 		return
 
 	if(!isnull(O.reagents))
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ REAGENT SCANNER
 			var/one_percent = O.reagents.total_volume / 100
 			for (var/datum/reagent/R in O.reagents.reagent_list)
 				if(prob(reliability))
-					dat += "\n \t \blue [R][details ? ": [R.volume / one_percent]%" : ""]"
+					dat += "<br>[TAB]<span class='notice'>[R][details ? ": [R.volume / one_percent]%" : ""]</span>"
 					recent_fail = 0
 				else if(recent_fail)
 					crit_fail = 1
@@ -465,11 +465,11 @@ REAGENT SCANNER
 				else
 					recent_fail = 1
 		if(dat)
-			user << "\blue Chemicals found: [dat]"
+			user << "<span class='notice'>Chemicals found: [dat]</span>"
 		else
-			user << "\blue No active chemical agents found in [O]."
+			user << "<span class='notice'>No active chemical agents found in [O].</span>"
 	else
-		user << "\blue No significant chemical agents found in [O]."
+		user << "<span class='notice'>No significant chemical agents found in [O].</span>"
 
 	return
 
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/toys.dm b/code/game/objects/items/toys.dm
index ffae91a70ce..f52de29785b 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/toys.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/toys.dm
@@ -170,17 +170,16 @@
 		if (flag)
 			return
 		if (!user.IsAdvancedToolUser())
-			user << "\red You don't have the dexterity to do this!"
+			user << "<span class='warning'>You don't have the dexterity to do this!</span>"
 			return
 		src.add_fingerprint(user)
 		if (src.bullets < 1)
-			user.show_message("\red *click* *click*", 2)
+			user.show_message("<span class='alert'>*click* *click*</span>", 2)
 			playsound(user, 'sound/weapons/empty.ogg', 100, 1)
 			return
 		playsound(user, 'sound/weapons/Gunshot.ogg', 100, 1)
 		src.bullets--
-		for(var/mob/O in viewers(user, null))
-			O.show_message(text("\red <B>[] fires a cap gun at []!</B>", user, target), 1, "\red You hear a gunshot", 2)
+		user.visible_message("<span class='danger'>[user] fires a cap gun at [target]!</span>", null, "You hear a gunshot.")
 
 /obj/item/toy/ammo/gun
 	name = "ammo-caps"