diff --git a/TodoTxtMac/TTMAppDelegate.m b/TodoTxtMac/TTMAppDelegate.m
index 5805307..3b0ce9c 100644
--- a/TodoTxtMac/TTMAppDelegate.m
+++ b/TodoTxtMac/TTMAppDelegate.m
@@ -79,10 +79,12 @@
                 @NO, @"useCustomColorForDueTodayTasks",
                 @NO, @"useCustomColorForProjects",
                 @NO, @"useCustomColorForContexts",
+                @NO, @"useCustomColorForDueDates",
                 [NSArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:[NSColor redColor]], @"dueTodayColor",
                 [NSArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:[NSColor purpleColor]], @"overdueColor",
                 [NSArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:[NSColor darkGrayColor]], @"projectColor",
                 [NSArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:[NSColor darkGrayColor]], @"contextColor",
+                [NSArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:[NSColor darkGrayColor]], @"dueDateColor",
                 nil];
     }
     return dict;
diff --git a/TodoTxtMac/TTMPreferences.xib b/TodoTxtMac/TTMPreferences.xib
index eaab916..a498da0 100644
--- a/TodoTxtMac/TTMPreferences.xib
+++ b/TodoTxtMac/TTMPreferences.xib
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
         <window title="TodoTxtMac Preferences" allowsToolTipsWhenApplicationIsInactive="NO" autorecalculatesKeyViewLoop="NO" oneShot="NO" releasedWhenClosed="NO" visibleAtLaunch="NO" animationBehavior="default" id="QvC-M9-y7g">
             <windowStyleMask key="styleMask" titled="YES" closable="YES"/>
             <windowPositionMask key="initialPositionMask" leftStrut="YES" rightStrut="YES" topStrut="YES" bottomStrut="YES"/>
-            <rect key="contentRect" x="196" y="240" width="480" height="339"/>
+            <rect key="contentRect" x="196" y="240" width="481" height="371"/>
             <rect key="screenRect" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="1440" height="878"/>
             <view key="contentView" id="EiT-Mj-1SZ">
-                <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="480" height="339"/>
+                <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="481" height="371"/>
                 <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
                 <subviews>
                     <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="jj2-Ob-EWZ">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="303" width="252" height="18"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="335" width="252" height="18"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Prepend date on newly created tasks" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="Io7-mh-1Cc">
                             <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </button>
                     <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="EbF-No-8Sl">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="249" width="79" height="17"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="281" width="79" height="17"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" title="Archive file:" id="dO7-fz-ew6">
                             <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                         </textFieldCell>
                     </textField>
                     <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" horizontalCompressionResistancePriority="250" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="kLG-5x-TgF">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="103" y="229" width="257" height="37"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="103" y="261" width="257" height="37"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <textFieldCell key="cell" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" borderStyle="bezel" title="Archive file" placeholderString="Archive file (done.txt)" drawsBackground="YES" id="ER5-Fw-tUr">
                             <font key="font" metaFont="smallSystem"/>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </textField>
                     <button verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="7Xb-Wn-oSq">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="362" y="238" width="107" height="32"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="362" y="270" width="107" height="32"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <buttonCell key="cell" type="push" title="Browse..." bezelStyle="rounded" alignment="center" borderStyle="border" imageScaling="proportionallyDown" inset="2" id="Hif-CU-wHj">
                             <behavior key="behavior" pushIn="YES" lightByBackground="YES" lightByGray="YES"/>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </button>
                     <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Gob-0a-fcd">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="205" width="216" height="18"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="237" width="216" height="18"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Archive tasks upon completion" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="yjz-ct-IkY">
                             <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </button>
                     <button verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="aUb-St-NdM">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="217" y="159" width="60" height="32"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="217" y="191" width="60" height="32"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <buttonCell key="cell" type="push" title="Set..." bezelStyle="rounded" alignment="center" borderStyle="border" imageScaling="proportionallyDown" inset="2" id="7nh-a8-lLC">
                             <behavior key="behavior" pushIn="YES" lightByBackground="YES" lightByGray="YES"/>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </button>
                     <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="d9b-fx-36a">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="279" y="165" width="184" height="22"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="279" y="197" width="184" height="22"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <textFieldCell key="cell" scrollable="YES" lineBreakMode="clipping" refusesFirstResponder="YES" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" state="on" borderStyle="bezel" drawsBackground="YES" id="2lK-GJ-lfT">
                             <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </textField>
                     <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="9Zh-2L-OK0">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="168" width="199" height="18"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="200" width="199" height="18"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Use custom font for task list" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" inset="2" id="Hux-p9-XAz">
                             <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </button>
                     <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="wFd-n2-OjV">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="279" width="274" height="18"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="311" width="274" height="18"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Move to newly added task after creation" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="7VI-d0-pcv">
                             <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@
                         </connections>
                     </button>
                     <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="LFL-6w-UIX">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="130" width="434" height="18"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="154.5" width="448" height="18"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
-                        <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Use highlight colors for past due, overdue, projects, and contexts" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="g4E-76-FN1">
+                        <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Use highlight colors for due state, projects, contexts, and due dates" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="g4E-76-FN1">
                             <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
                             <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
                         </buttonCell>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </button>
                     <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="kOY-JE-iji">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="103" width="243" height="18"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="127" width="243" height="18"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Use custom color for overdue tasks" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="Xwh-nn-Qfj">
                             <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </button>
                     <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="id0-SQ-XPW">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="76" width="255" height="18"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="100" width="255" height="18"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Use custom color for tasks due today" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="LWD-r3-4iw">
                             <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </button>
                     <colorWell fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="kyv-n7-gmA">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="279" y="101" width="44" height="23"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="279" y="125" width="44" height="23"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <color key="color" red="0.05813049898" green="0.055541899059999997" blue="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="calibratedRGB"/>
                         <connections>
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </colorWell>
                     <colorWell fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="pJz-fI-VRc">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="279" y="74" width="44" height="23"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="279" y="98" width="44" height="23"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <color key="color" red="0.05813049898" green="0.055541899059999997" blue="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="calibratedRGB"/>
                         <connections>
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </colorWell>
                     <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Qki-7l-2C2">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="49" width="207" height="18"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="73" width="207" height="18"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Use custom color for projects" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="JvI-Nx-2UB">
                             <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </button>
                     <colorWell fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="zF2-3U-srK">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="279" y="47" width="44" height="23"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="279" y="71" width="44" height="23"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <color key="color" red="0.05813049898" green="0.055541899059999997" blue="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="calibratedRGB"/>
                         <connections>
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </colorWell>
                     <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="IVK-oE-htE">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="22" width="210" height="18"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="46" width="210" height="18"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Use custom color for contexts" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="4EM-a2-8Xf">
                             <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
                         </connections>
                     </button>
                     <colorWell fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Agi-nP-xDL">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="279" y="20" width="44" height="23"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="279" y="44" width="44" height="23"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
                         <color key="color" red="0.05813049898" green="0.055541899059999997" blue="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="calibratedRGB"/>
                         <connections>
@@ -228,6 +228,29 @@
                             </binding>
                         </connections>
                     </colorWell>
+                    <button fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="q5w-gK-nag">
+                        <rect key="frame" x="18" y="19" width="218" height="18"/>
+                        <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
+                        <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Use custom color for due dates" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="yVB-1N-NGG">
+                            <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
+                            <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
+                        </buttonCell>
+                        <connections>
+                            <binding destination="p0U-mu-Cyy" name="value" keyPath="values.useCustomColorForDueDates" id="q7r-xQ-BAA"/>
+                        </connections>
+                    </button>
+                    <colorWell fixedFrame="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="6MV-d7-Saz">
+                        <rect key="frame" x="279" y="17" width="44" height="23"/>
+                        <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMinY="YES"/>
+                        <color key="color" red="0.05813049898" green="0.055541899059999997" blue="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="calibratedRGB"/>
+                        <connections>
+                            <binding destination="p0U-mu-Cyy" name="value" keyPath="values.dueDateColor" id="m6b-LO-QB0">
+                                <dictionary key="options">
+                                    <string key="NSValueTransformerName">NSUnarchiveFromData</string>
+                                </dictionary>
+                            </binding>
+                        </connections>
+                    </colorWell>
                 </subviews>
             </view>
             <toolbar key="toolbar" implicitIdentifier="0E731F1D-B402-4A44-B42F-E99F834951C6" autosavesConfiguration="NO" allowsUserCustomization="NO" displayMode="iconAndLabel" sizeMode="regular" id="mF0-SF-KAE">
diff --git a/TodoTxtMac/TTMTableViewDelegate.m b/TodoTxtMac/TTMTableViewDelegate.m
index 22fdb41..6edf833 100644
--- a/TodoTxtMac/TTMTableViewDelegate.m
+++ b/TodoTxtMac/TTMTableViewDelegate.m
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ @implementation TTMTableViewDelegate
 
 static NSString * const ProjectPattern = @"(?<=^|\\s)(\\+[^\\s]+)";
 static NSString * const ContextPattern = @"(?<=^|\\s)(\\@[^\\s]+)";
+static NSString * const FullDueDatePattern = @"(\\sdue:)((\\d{4})-(\\d{2})-(\\d{2}))";
 
 #pragma mark - TableView Delegate Methods
 
@@ -115,6 +116,10 @@ - (NSAttributedString*)displayText:(TTMTask*)task
                                   boolForKey:@"useCustomColorForContexts"]) ?
             [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] colorForKey:@"contextColor"] :
             [NSColor darkGrayColor];
+        NSColor *dueDateColor = ([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]
+                                   boolForKey:@"useCustomColorForDueDates"]) ?
+            [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] colorForKey:@"dueDateColor"] :
+            [NSColor darkGrayColor];
         
         // Color due texts.
         if (task.dueState == DueToday) {
@@ -145,6 +150,14 @@ - (NSAttributedString*)displayText:(TTMTask*)task
                        value:contextsColor
                        range:match.range];
         }
+        
+        // Color due dates.
+        matches = [task.rawText matchesWithDetails:RX(FullDueDatePattern)];
+        for (RxMatch *match in matches) {
+            [as addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName
+                       value:dueDateColor
+                       range:match.range];
+        }
     }
     
     return as;
diff --git a/TodoTxtMac/TTMTask.m b/TodoTxtMac/TTMTask.m
index b95fdf5..ff7f5cc 100644
--- a/TodoTxtMac/TTMTask.m
+++ b/TodoTxtMac/TTMTask.m
@@ -239,6 +239,14 @@ - (NSAttributedString*)displayText {
                    value:[NSColor darkGrayColor]
                    range:match.range];
     }
+
+    // Highlight due dates.
+    matches = [self.rawText matchesWithDetails:RX(FullDueDatePattern)];
+    for (RxMatch *match in matches) {
+        [as addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName
+                   value:[NSColor darkGrayColor]
+                   range:match.range];
+    }
     
     return as;
 }