diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/fragments/WeekFragment.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/fragments/WeekFragment.kt
index 89ced9500..9948b5759 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/fragments/WeekFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/fragments/WeekFragment.kt
@@ -449,9 +449,10 @@ class WeekFragment : Fragment(), WeeklyCalendar {
                 val dayColumn = dayColumns[dayOfWeek]
                 (inflater.inflate(R.layout.week_event_marker, null, false) as TextView).apply {
                     var backgroundColor = eventTypeColors.get(event.eventType, primaryColor)
-                    val textColor = backgroundColor.getContrastColor()
+                    var textColor = backgroundColor.getContrastColor()
                     if (dimPastEvents && event.isPastEvent && !isPrintVersion) {
                         backgroundColor = backgroundColor.adjustAlpha(LOW_ALPHA)
+                        textColor = textColor.adjustAlpha(LOW_ALPHA)
                     }
 
                     background = ColorDrawable(backgroundColor)
@@ -555,9 +556,10 @@ class WeekFragment : Fragment(), WeeklyCalendar {
     private fun addAllDayEvent(event: Event) {
         (inflater.inflate(R.layout.week_all_day_event_marker, null, false) as TextView).apply {
             var backgroundColor = eventTypeColors.get(event.eventType, primaryColor)
-            val textColor = backgroundColor.getContrastColor()
+            var textColor = backgroundColor.getContrastColor()
             if (dimPastEvents && event.isPastEvent && !isPrintVersion) {
                 backgroundColor = backgroundColor.adjustAlpha(LOW_ALPHA)
+                textColor = textColor.adjustAlpha(LOW_ALPHA)
             }
             background = ColorDrawable(backgroundColor)
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/views/MonthView.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/views/MonthView.kt
index f1d9d0d55..b56479865 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/views/MonthView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/views/MonthView.kt
@@ -275,16 +275,16 @@ class MonthView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) : View(con
         bgRectF.set(bgLeft, bgTop, bgRight, bgBottom)
         canvas.drawRoundRect(bgRectF, BG_CORNER_RADIUS, BG_CORNER_RADIUS, getEventBackgroundColor(event, startDayIndex, endDayIndex))
 
-        drawEventTitle(event, canvas, xPos, yPos + verticalOffset, bgRight - bgLeft - smallPadding)
+        drawEventTitle(event, canvas, xPos, yPos + verticalOffset, bgRight - bgLeft - smallPadding, startDayIndex, endDayIndex)
 
         for (i in 0 until Math.min(event.daysCnt, 7 - event.startDayIndex % 7)) {
             dayVerticalOffsets.put(event.startDayIndex + i, verticalOffset + eventTitleHeight + smallPadding * 2)
         }
     }
 
-    private fun drawEventTitle(event: MonthViewEvent, canvas: Canvas, x: Float, y: Float, availableWidth: Float) {
+    private fun drawEventTitle(event: MonthViewEvent, canvas: Canvas, x: Float, y: Float, availableWidth: Float, startDay: DayMonthly, endDay: DayMonthly) {
         val ellipsized = TextUtils.ellipsize(event.title, eventTitlePaint, availableWidth - smallPadding, TextUtils.TruncateAt.END)
-        canvas.drawText(event.title, 0, ellipsized.length, x + smallPadding * 2, y, getEventTitlePaint(event))
+        canvas.drawText(event.title, 0, ellipsized.length, x + smallPadding * 2, y, getEventTitlePaint(event, startDay, endDay))
     }
 
     private fun getTextPaint(startDay: DayMonthly): Paint {
@@ -319,9 +319,14 @@ class MonthView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) : View(con
         return getColoredPaint(paintColor)
     }
 
-    private fun getEventTitlePaint(event: MonthViewEvent): Paint {
+    private fun getEventTitlePaint(event: MonthViewEvent, startDay: DayMonthly, endDay: DayMonthly): Paint {
+        var paintColor = event.color.getContrastColor()
+        if ((!startDay.isThisMonth && !endDay.isThisMonth) || (dimPastEvents && event.isPastEvent && !isPrintVersion)) {
+            paintColor = paintColor.adjustAlpha(MEDIUM_ALPHA)
+        }
+
         val curPaint = Paint(eventTitlePaint)
-        curPaint.color = event.color.getContrastColor()
+        curPaint.color = paintColor
         return curPaint
     }