diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
index 1f75373be8..02eb0049d9 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
@@ -171,12 +171,19 @@ limitations under the License.
     opacity: 0.4;
 }
 
+div.mx_EventTile_notSent.mx_EventTile_redacted .mx_UnknownBody {
+    --lozenge-color: $event-notsent-color !important;
+    --lozenge-border-color: $event-notsent-color !important;
+}
+
 .mx_EventTile_notSent {
     color: $event-notsent-color;
 }
 
 .mx_EventTile_redacted .mx_EventTile_line .mx_UnknownBody,
 .mx_EventTile_redacted .mx_EventTile_reply .mx_UnknownBody {
+    --lozenge-color: $event-redacted-fg-color;
+    --lozenge-border-color: $event-redacted-border-color;
     display: block;
     width: 100%;
     height: 22px;
@@ -184,12 +191,12 @@ limitations under the License.
     border-radius: 11px;
     background: repeating-linear-gradient(
         -45deg,
-        $event-redacted-fg-color,
-        $event-redacted-fg-color 3px,
+        var(--lozenge-color),
+        var(--lozenge-color) 3px,
         transparent 3px,
         transparent 6px
     );
-    box-shadow: 0px 0px 3px $event-redacted-border-color inset;
+    box-shadow: 0px 0px 3px var(--lozenge-border-color) inset;
 }
 
 .mx_EventTile_highlight,