diff --git a/public/scripts/utils.js b/public/scripts/utils.js
index e23187e66..ac63fdbcc 100644
--- a/public/scripts/utils.js
+++ b/public/scripts/utils.js
@@ -1502,9 +1502,9 @@ export function select2ModifyOptions(element, items, { select = false, changeEve
  * Can be used on a single global array, querying data from the server or anything similar.
  * 
  * @param {function():Select2Option[]} dataProvider - The provider/function to retrieve the data - can be as simple as "() => myData" for arrays
- * @return {object} The ajax object with the transport function to use on the select2 ajax property
+ * @return {{transport: function}} The ajax object with the transport function to use on the select2 ajax property
  */
-export function getDynamicSelect2DataViaAjax(dataProvider) {
+export function dynamicSelect2DataViaAjax(dataProvider) {
     function dynamicSelect2DataTransport(params, success, failure) {
         var items = dataProvider();
         // fitering if params.data.q available
@@ -1524,3 +1524,44 @@ export function getDynamicSelect2DataViaAjax(dataProvider) {
     };
     return ajax;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Applies syntax highlighting to a given regex string by generating HTML with classes
+ * 
+ * @param {string} regexStr - The javascript compatible regex string
+ * @returns {string} The html representation of the highlighted regex
+ */
+export function highlightRegex(regexStr) {
+    // Function to escape HTML special characters for safety
+    const escapeHtml = (str) => str.replace(/[&<>"']/g, match => ({
+        '&': '&amp;', '<': '&lt;', '>': '&gt;', '"': '&quot;', "'": '&#39;'
+    })[match]);
+
+    // Replace special characters with their HTML-escaped forms
+    regexStr = escapeHtml(regexStr);
+
+    // Patterns that we want to highlight only if they are not escaped
+    const patterns = {
+        brackets: /(?<!\\)\[.*?\]/g,  // Non-escaped squary brackets
+        quantifiers: /(?<!\\)[*+?{}]/g,  // Non-escaped quantifiers
+        operators: /(?<!\\)[|.^$()]/g,  // Non-escaped operators like | and ()
+        specialChars: /\\./g,
+        flags: /(?<=\/)([gimsuy]*)$/g,  // Match trailing flags
+        delimiters: /^\/|(?<![\\<])\//g,  // Match leading or trailing delimiters
+    };
+
+    // Function to replace each pattern with a highlighted HTML span
+    const wrapPattern = (pattern, className) => {
+        regexStr = regexStr.replace(pattern, match => `<span class="${className}">${match}</span>`);
+    };
+
+    // Apply highlighting patterns
+    wrapPattern(patterns.brackets, 'regex-brackets');
+    wrapPattern(patterns.quantifiers, 'regex-quantifier');
+    wrapPattern(patterns.operators, 'regex-operator');
+    wrapPattern(patterns.specialChars, 'regex-special');
+    wrapPattern(patterns.flags, 'regex-flags');
+    wrapPattern(patterns.delimiters, 'regex-delimiter');
+
+    return `<span class="regex-highlight">${regexStr}</span>`;
+}
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diff --git a/public/scripts/world-info.js b/public/scripts/world-info.js
index 81b912fb1..510fa6a91 100644
--- a/public/scripts/world-info.js
+++ b/public/scripts/world-info.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { saveSettings, callPopup, substituteParams, getRequestHeaders, chat_metadata, this_chid, characters, saveCharacterDebounced, menu_type, eventSource, event_types, getExtensionPromptByName, saveMetadata, getCurrentChatId, extension_prompt_roles } from '../script.js';
-import { download, debounce, initScrollHeight, resetScrollHeight, parseJsonFile, extractDataFromPng, getFileBuffer, getCharaFilename, getSortableDelay, escapeRegex, PAGINATION_TEMPLATE, navigation_option, waitUntilCondition, isTrueBoolean, setValueByPath, flashHighlight, select2ModifyOptions, getStringHash, getSelect2OptionId, getDynamicSelect2DataViaAjax } from './utils.js';
+import { download, debounce, initScrollHeight, resetScrollHeight, parseJsonFile, extractDataFromPng, getFileBuffer, getCharaFilename, getSortableDelay, escapeRegex, PAGINATION_TEMPLATE, navigation_option, waitUntilCondition, isTrueBoolean, setValueByPath, flashHighlight, select2ModifyOptions, getStringHash, getSelect2OptionId, dynamicSelect2DataViaAjax, highlightRegex } from './utils.js';
 import { extension_settings, getContext } from './extensions.js';
 import { NOTE_MODULE_NAME, metadata_keys, shouldWIAddPrompt } from './authors-note.js';
 import { registerSlashCommand } from './slash-commands.js';
@@ -1332,6 +1332,7 @@ function getWorldEntry(name, data, entry) {
             const content = $('<span>').addClass('item').text(item.text);
             const isRegex = isValidRegex(item.text);
             if (isRegex) {
+                content.html(highlightRegex(item.text));
                 content.addClass('regex_item').prepend($('<span>').addClass('regex_icon').text("•*").attr('title', 'Regex'));
             }
 
@@ -1348,7 +1349,7 @@ function getWorldEntry(name, data, entry) {
 
         if (!isMobile()) {
             input.select2({
-                ajax: getDynamicSelect2DataViaAjax(() => worldEntryKeyOptionsCache),
+                ajax: dynamicSelect2DataViaAjax(() => worldEntryKeyOptionsCache),
                 tags: true,
                 tokenSeparators: [','],
                 tokenizer: customTokenizer,
diff --git a/public/style.css b/public/style.css
index 3a32569c8..487206bd6 100644
--- a/public/style.css
+++ b/public/style.css
@@ -4035,4 +4035,13 @@ body:not(.movingUI) .drawer-content.maximized {
         height: 100vh;
         z-index: 9999;
     }
-}
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+}
+
+/* CSS styles using a consistent pastel color palette */
+.regex-brackets { color: #FFB347; } /* Pastel Orange */
+.regex-special { color: #B0E0E6; } /* Powder Blue */
+.regex-quantifier { color: #DDA0DD; } /* Plum */
+.regex-operator { color: #FFB6C1; } /* Light Pink */
+.regex-flags { color: #98FB98; } /* Pale Green */
+.regex-delimiter { font-weight: bold; color: #FF6961; } /* Pastel Red */
+.regex-highlight { color: #FAF8F6; } /* Pastel White */
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