diff --git a/src/DynamoCoreWpf/UI/Resources/DesignScript.Resources.SyntaxHighlighting.xshd b/src/DynamoCoreWpf/UI/Resources/DesignScript.Resources.SyntaxHighlighting.xshd
index ce500a87ca6..8c72d2e0987 100644
--- a/src/DynamoCoreWpf/UI/Resources/DesignScript.Resources.SyntaxHighlighting.xshd
+++ b/src/DynamoCoreWpf/UI/Resources/DesignScript.Resources.SyntaxHighlighting.xshd
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@
         <End>"</End>
       </Span>
       <!--<MarkPrevious color="#417693">(</MarkPrevious>-->
-      <KeyWords name="BuiltInStatements" color="#8C5EAA">
+      <KeyWords name="BuiltInStatements" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="local" />
         <Key word="static" />
         <Key word="this" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="ClassStatement" color="#8C5EAA">
+      <KeyWords name="ClassStatement" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="class" />
         <Key word="extends" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="ExceptionHandlingStatements" color="#8C5EAA">
+      <KeyWords name="ExceptionHandlingStatements" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="throw" />
         <Key word="catch" />
         <Key word="try" />
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <Key word="function" />
         <Key word="constructor" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="Imports" color="#8C5EAA">
+      <KeyWords name="Imports" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="import" />
         <Key word="from" />
       </KeyWords>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <Key word="continue" />
         <Key word="return" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="AccessSpecifiers" color="#8C5EAA">
+      <KeyWords name="AccessSpecifiers" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="public" />
         <Key word="private" />
         <Key word="protected" />
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <Key word="Imperative" />
         <Key word="Options" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="SelectionStatements" color="#8C5EAA">
+      <KeyWords name="SelectionStatements" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="elseif" />
         <Key word="else" />
         <Key word="if" />
diff --git a/src/DynamoCoreWpf/Views/CodeBlocks/CodeBlockEditorUtils.cs b/src/DynamoCoreWpf/Views/CodeBlocks/CodeBlockEditorUtils.cs
index 29933f99c20..133489a90f9 100644
--- a/src/DynamoCoreWpf/Views/CodeBlocks/CodeBlockEditorUtils.cs
+++ b/src/DynamoCoreWpf/Views/CodeBlocks/CodeBlockEditorUtils.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Windows.Media;
 using System.Xml;
 using Dynamo.Configuration;
 using Dynamo.Engine;
+using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit;
 using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Highlighting;
 using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Highlighting.Xshd;
 using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Rendering;
@@ -132,19 +133,30 @@ public static void CreateHighlightingRules(ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.TextEditor edi
             var stream = typeof(CodeHighlightingRuleFactory).Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(
                             "Dynamo.Wpf.UI.Resources." + Configurations.HighlightingFile);
 
+            // Hyperlink color
+            editor.TextArea.TextView.LinkTextForegroundBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 106, 192, 231));
+
             editor.SyntaxHighlighting = HighlightingLoader.Load(
                 new XmlTextReader(stream), HighlightingManager.Instance);
 
+            AddCommonHighlighingRules(editor, controller);
+        }
+
+        // Assigning custom highlighting rules moved to a separate method
+        // So we can reuse for both design script and python script
+        // Allows each individual eidtor to have their own set of rules, and aligns the common ones
+        internal static void AddCommonHighlighingRules(TextEditor editor, EngineController controller)
+        {
             // Highlighting Digits
             var rules = editor.SyntaxHighlighting.MainRuleSet.Rules;
 
             rules.Add(CodeHighlightingRuleFactory.CreateNumberHighlightingRule());
-            
+
             var classRule = CodeHighlightingRuleFactory.CreateClassHighlightRule(controller);
-            if(classRule != null) rules.Add(classRule);
+            if (classRule != null) rules.Add(classRule);
 
             var methodRule = CodeHighlightingRuleFactory.CreateMethodHighlightRule(controller);
-            if(methodRule != null) rules.Add(methodRule);
+            if (methodRule != null) rules.Add(methodRule);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/DynamoCoreWpf/Views/CodeCompletion/CodeCompletionEditor.xaml.cs b/src/DynamoCoreWpf/Views/CodeCompletion/CodeCompletionEditor.xaml.cs
index bb1a40abe70..ec90933de1c 100644
--- a/src/DynamoCoreWpf/Views/CodeCompletion/CodeCompletionEditor.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/DynamoCoreWpf/Views/CodeCompletion/CodeCompletionEditor.xaml.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -418,4 +418,4 @@ internal void Dispose()
             this.dynamoViewModel.PreferencesViewModel.PropertyChanged -= OnPreferencesViewModelPropertyChanged;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Libraries/PythonNodeModelsWpf/Resources/ICSharpCode.PythonBinding.Resources.Python.xshd b/src/Libraries/PythonNodeModelsWpf/Resources/ICSharpCode.PythonBinding.Resources.Python.xshd
index 4e76c821f65..596782a2614 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/PythonNodeModelsWpf/Resources/ICSharpCode.PythonBinding.Resources.Python.xshd
+++ b/src/Libraries/PythonNodeModelsWpf/Resources/ICSharpCode.PythonBinding.Resources.Python.xshd
@@ -18,27 +18,27 @@
   <Properties>
     <Property name="LineComment" value="#" />
   </Properties>
-  <Digits name="Digits" color="#AE81FF" />
+  <Digits name="Digits" color="#6AC0E7" />
   <RuleSets>
     <RuleSet ignorecase="false">
       <Delimiters>()[]{}@,:.`=;+-*/% &amp;|^&gt;&lt;</Delimiters>
-      <Span name="Char" stopateol="true" color="#E6DB74" escapecharacter="\">
+      <Span name="Char" stopateol="true" color="#E0A86F" escapecharacter="\">
         <Begin>'</Begin>
         <End>'</End>
       </Span>
-      <Span name="DocComment" color="#a8a8a8">
+      <Span name="DocComment" color="#B7D78C">
         <Begin>"""</Begin>
         <End>"""</End>
       </Span>
-      <Span name="LineComment" stopateol="true" color="#a8a8a8">
+      <Span name="LineComment" stopateol="true" color="#B7D78C">
         <Begin>#</Begin>
       </Span>
-      <Span name="String" stopateol="true" color="#E6DB74" escapecharacter="\">
+      <Span name="String" stopateol="true" color="#E0A86F" escapecharacter="\">
         <Begin>"</Begin>
         <End>"</End>
-      </Span>
-      <MarkPrevious bold="true" color="White">(</MarkPrevious>
-      <KeyWords name="BuiltInStatements" bold="false" color="#B7D78C">
+      </Span>                   
+      <MarkPrevious bold="false" color="#84d7ce">(</MarkPrevious>
+      <KeyWords name="BuiltInStatements" bold="false" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="assert" />
         <Key word="del" />
         <Key word="exec" />
@@ -46,51 +46,55 @@
         <Key word="lambda" />
         <Key word="print" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="ClassStatement" color="#E0A86F" bold="false">
+      <KeyWords name="ClassStatement" color="#6AC0E7" bold="false">
         <Key word="class" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="ExceptionHandlingStatements" bold="false" color="#BC8CDF">
+      <KeyWords name="ExceptionHandlingStatements" bold="false" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="except" />
         <Key word="finally" />
         <Key word="raise" />
         <Key word="try" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="FunctionDefinition" italic="true" color="#66D9EF">
+      <KeyWords name="FunctionDefinition" italic="false" color="#6AC0E7">
         <Key word="def" />
       </KeyWords>
       <KeyWords name="Imports" bold="false" color="#F5C1D1">
         <Key word="import" />
         <Key word="from" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="IterationStatements" bold="false" color="#BC8CDF">
+      <KeyWords name="IterationStatements" bold="false" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="for" />
         <Key word="in" />
         <Key word="while" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="JumpStatements" color="#BC8CDF">
+      <KeyWords name="JumpStatements" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="break" />
         <Key word="continue" />
         <Key word="yield" />
         <Key word="return" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="OperatorStatements" bold="true" color="#BC8CDF">
+      <KeyWords name="OperatorStatements" bold="true" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="and" />
         <Key word="as" />
         <Key word="is" />
         <Key word="not" />
         <Key word="or" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="PassStatement" color="#BC8CDF">
+      <KeyWords name="PassStatement" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="pass" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="SelectionStatements" bold="true" color="#BC8CDF">
+      <KeyWords name="SelectionStatements" bold="false" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="elif" />
         <Key word="else" />
         <Key word="if" />
       </KeyWords>
-      <KeyWords name="WithStatement" color="#BC8CDF">
+      <KeyWords name="WithStatement" color="#F2A9F2">
         <Key word="with" />
       </KeyWords>
+      <KeyWords name="Constants" color="#F9F9A5">
+          <Key word="True" />
+          <Key word="False" />
+      </KeyWords>
     </RuleSet>
   </RuleSets>
 </SyntaxDefinition>
diff --git a/src/Libraries/PythonNodeModelsWpf/ScriptEditorWindow.xaml.cs b/src/Libraries/PythonNodeModelsWpf/ScriptEditorWindow.xaml.cs
index a8d507d2daa..7374f0bd968 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/PythonNodeModelsWpf/ScriptEditorWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/Libraries/PythonNodeModelsWpf/ScriptEditorWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Windows.Media;
 using Dynamo.PythonServices;
+using Dynamo.Wpf.Views;
+using System.Windows.Media;
 using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit;
 using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Document;
 using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Editing;
@@ -129,6 +131,9 @@ internal void Initialize(Guid workspaceGuid, Guid nodeGuid, string propName, str
             // Initialize editor with global settings for show/hide tabs and spaces
             editText.Options = dynamoViewModel.PythonScriptEditorTextOptions.GetTextOptions();
 
+            // Hyperlink color
+            editText.TextArea.TextView.LinkTextForegroundBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 106, 192, 231));
+
             // Set options to reflect global settings when python script editor in initialized for the first time.
             editText.Options.ShowSpaces = dynamoViewModel.ShowTabsAndSpacesInScriptEditor;
             editText.Options.ShowTabs = dynamoViewModel.ShowTabsAndSpacesInScriptEditor;
@@ -144,6 +149,9 @@ internal void Initialize(Guid workspaceGuid, Guid nodeGuid, string propName, str
             editText.SyntaxHighlighting = HighlightingLoader.Load(
                 new XmlTextReader(elem), HighlightingManager.Instance);
 
+            // Add custom highlighting rules consistent with DesignScript
+            CodeHighlightingRuleFactory.AddCommonHighlighingRules(editText, dynamoViewModel.EngineController);
+
             AvailableEngines =
                 new ObservableCollection<string>(PythonEngineManager.Instance.AvailableEngines.Select(x => x.Name));
             // Add the serialized Python Engine even if it is missing (so that the user does not see an empty slot)
@@ -402,6 +410,7 @@ private void UpdateScript(string scriptText)
             dynamoViewModel.ExecuteCommand(command);
             this.Focus();
             nodeWasModified = true;
+            IsSaved = true;
             NodeModel.OnNodeModified();
         }