diff --git a/changedetectionio/diff.py b/changedetectionio/diff.py
index 859abe6a..0d5fb363 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/diff.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/diff.py
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ def customSequenceMatcher(
     include_removed: bool = True,
     include_added: bool = True,
     include_replaced: bool = True,
-    include_change_type_prefix: bool = True
+    include_change_type_prefix: bool = True,
+    html_colour: bool = False
 ) -> Iterator[List[str]]:
     """
     Compare two sequences and yield differences based on specified parameters.
-    
+
     Args:
         before (List[str]): Original sequence
         after (List[str]): Modified sequence
@@ -25,26 +26,33 @@ def customSequenceMatcher(
         include_added (bool): Include added parts
         include_replaced (bool): Include replaced parts
         include_change_type_prefix (bool): Add prefixes to indicate change types
-    
+        html_colour (bool): Use HTML background colors for differences
+
     Yields:
         List[str]: Differences between sequences
     """
     cruncher = difflib.SequenceMatcher(isjunk=lambda x: x in " \t", a=before, b=after)
-    
+
     for tag, alo, ahi, blo, bhi in cruncher.get_opcodes():
         if include_equal and tag == 'equal':
             yield before[alo:ahi]
         elif include_removed and tag == 'delete':
-            prefix = "(removed) " if include_change_type_prefix else ''
-            yield [f"{prefix}{line}" for line in same_slicer(before, alo, ahi)]
+            if html_colour:
+                yield [f'<span style="background-color: #ffcecb;">{line}</span>' for line in same_slicer(before, alo, ahi)]
+            else:
+                yield [f"(removed) {line}" for line in same_slicer(before, alo, ahi)] if include_change_type_prefix else same_slicer(before, alo, ahi)
         elif include_replaced and tag == 'replace':
-            prefix_changed = "(changed) " if include_change_type_prefix else ''
-            prefix_into = "(into) " if include_change_type_prefix else ''
-            yield [f"{prefix_changed}{line}" for line in same_slicer(before, alo, ahi)] + \
-                  [f"{prefix_into}{line}" for line in same_slicer(after, blo, bhi)]
+            if html_colour:
+                yield [f'<span style="background-color: #ffcecb;">{line}</span>' for line in same_slicer(before, alo, ahi)] + \
+                      [f'<span style="background-color: #dafbe1;">{line}</span>' for line in same_slicer(after, blo, bhi)]
+            else:
+                yield [f"(changed) {line}" for line in same_slicer(before, alo, ahi)] + \
+                      [f"(into) {line}" for line in same_slicer(after, blo, bhi)] if include_change_type_prefix else same_slicer(before, alo, ahi) + same_slicer(after, blo, bhi)
         elif include_added and tag == 'insert':
-            prefix = "(added) " if include_change_type_prefix else ''
-            yield [f"{prefix}{line}" for line in same_slicer(after, blo, bhi)]
+            if html_colour:
+                yield [f'<span style="background-color: #dafbe1;">{line}</span>' for line in same_slicer(after, blo, bhi)]
+            else:
+                yield [f"(added) {line}" for line in same_slicer(after, blo, bhi)] if include_change_type_prefix else same_slicer(after, blo, bhi)
 
 def render_diff(
     previous_version_file_contents: str,
@@ -55,11 +63,12 @@ def render_diff(
     include_replaced: bool = True,
     line_feed_sep: str = "\n",
     include_change_type_prefix: bool = True,
-    patch_format: bool = False
+    patch_format: bool = False,
+    html_colour: bool = False
 ) -> str:
     """
     Render the difference between two file contents.
-    
+
     Args:
         previous_version_file_contents (str): Original file contents
         newest_version_file_contents (str): Modified file contents
@@ -70,7 +79,8 @@ def render_diff(
         line_feed_sep (str): Separator for lines in output
         include_change_type_prefix (bool): Add prefixes to indicate change types
         patch_format (bool): Use patch format for output
-    
+        html_colour (bool): Use HTML background colors for differences
+
     Returns:
         str: Rendered difference
     """
@@ -88,10 +98,11 @@ def render_diff(
         include_removed=include_removed,
         include_added=include_added,
         include_replaced=include_replaced,
-        include_change_type_prefix=include_change_type_prefix
+        include_change_type_prefix=include_change_type_prefix,
+        html_colour=html_colour
     )
 
     def flatten(lst: List[Union[str, List[str]]]) -> str:
         return line_feed_sep.join(flatten(x) if isinstance(x, list) else x for x in lst)
 
-    return flatten(rendered_diff)
+    return flatten(rendered_diff)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changedetectionio/notification.py b/changedetectionio/notification.py
index 42dcdce7..4dac610f 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/notification.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/notification.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ valid_notification_formats = {
     'Text': NotifyFormat.TEXT,
     'Markdown': NotifyFormat.MARKDOWN,
     'HTML': NotifyFormat.HTML,
+    'HTML Color': 'htmlcolor',
     # Used only for editing a watch (not for global)
     default_notification_format_for_watch: default_notification_format_for_watch
 }
diff --git a/changedetectionio/update_worker.py b/changedetectionio/update_worker.py
index af54eff4..942f87bf 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/update_worker.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/update_worker.py
@@ -44,11 +44,17 @@ class update_worker(threading.Thread):
         else:
             snapshot_contents = "No snapshot/history available, the watch should fetch atleast once."
 
+        html_colour_enable = False
         # HTML needs linebreak, but MarkDown and Text can use a linefeed
         if n_object.get('notification_format') == 'HTML':
             line_feed_sep = "<br>"
             # Snapshot will be plaintext on the disk, convert to some kind of HTML
             snapshot_contents = snapshot_contents.replace('\n', line_feed_sep)
+        elif n_object.get('notification_format') == 'HTML Color':
+            line_feed_sep = "<br>"
+            # Snapshot will be plaintext on the disk, convert to some kind of HTML
+            snapshot_contents = snapshot_contents.replace('\n', line_feed_sep)
+            html_colour_enable = True
         else:
             line_feed_sep = "\n"
 
@@ -69,7 +75,7 @@ class update_worker(threading.Thread):
 
         n_object.update({
             'current_snapshot': snapshot_contents,
-            'diff': diff.render_diff(prev_snapshot, current_snapshot, line_feed_sep=line_feed_sep),
+            'diff': diff.render_diff(prev_snapshot, current_snapshot, line_feed_sep=line_feed_sep, html_colour=html_colour_enable),
             'diff_added': diff.render_diff(prev_snapshot, current_snapshot, include_removed=False, line_feed_sep=line_feed_sep),
             'diff_full': diff.render_diff(prev_snapshot, current_snapshot, include_equal=True, line_feed_sep=line_feed_sep),
             'diff_patch': diff.render_diff(prev_snapshot, current_snapshot, line_feed_sep=line_feed_sep, patch_format=True),