diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index aa3202c..c133977 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ static const char col_gray2[]       = "#444444";
 static const char col_gray3[]       = "#bbbbbb";
 static const char col_gray4[]       = "#eeeeee";
 static const char col_cyan[]        = "#005577";
+static const char col_green[]       = "#384f00";
 static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 	/*               fg         bg         border   */
 	[SchemeNorm] = { col_gray3, col_gray1, col_gray2 },
+	[SchemeSelMon] = { col_gray3, col_green, col_green }, // for selected monitor
 	[SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_cyan,  col_cyan  },
 };
 
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index fc51ad5..3a5cce2 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 /* enums */
 enum { CurNormal, CurResize, CurMove, CurLast }; /* cursor */
-enum { SchemeNorm, SchemeSel }; /* color schemes */
+enum { SchemeNorm, SchemeSelMon, SchemeSel }; /* color schemes */
 enum { NetSupported, NetWMName, NetWMState, NetWMCheck,
        NetWMFullscreen, NetActiveWindow, NetWMWindowType,
        NetWMWindowTypeDialog, NetClientList, NetLast }; /* EWMH atoms */
@@ -737,7 +737,11 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 		if(!(occ & 1 << i || m->tagset[m->seltags] & 1 << i))
 			continue;
 		w = TEXTW(tags[i]);
-		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[m->tagset[m->seltags] & 1 << i ? SchemeSel : SchemeNorm]);
+        if (m == selmon) {
+		    drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[m->tagset[m->seltags] & 1 << i ? SchemeSelMon : SchemeNorm]);
+        } else {
+		    drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[m->tagset[m->seltags] & 1 << i ? SchemeSel : SchemeNorm]);
+        }
 		drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, tags[i], urg & 1 << i);
 		x += w;
 	}