colors change to grey when sending a message

Binary package hint: pidgin

this does this with any of my messengers i use.
when i write my text in the box the colors i chose come up right, when i sent them tot he person they turn grey & are not the colors i chose. this happens all the time, hope this can be fixed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: pidgin 1:2.7.11-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 3 15:39:02 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)