diff --git a/mobile/android/base/android-services.mozbuild b/mobile/android/base/android-services.mozbuild
index 31be309cdeab..84d3361c35f6 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/android-services.mozbuild
+++ b/mobile/android/base/android-services.mozbuild
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ sync_java_files = [
     'browserid/verifier/BrowserIDVerifierException.java',
     'browserid/VerifyingPublicKey.java',
     'fxa/AccountLoader.java',
+    'fxa/activities/CustomColorPreference.java',
     'fxa/activities/FxAccountAbstractActivity.java',
     'fxa/activities/FxAccountAbstractSetupActivity.java',
     'fxa/activities/FxAccountAbstractUpdateCredentialsActivity.java',
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/fxa/activities/CustomColorPreference.java b/mobile/android/base/fxa/activities/CustomColorPreference.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c4d7f3ccaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/android/base/fxa/activities/CustomColorPreference.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.fxa.activities;
+
+import org.mozilla.gecko.R;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.res.TypedArray;
+import android.preference.Preference;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+
+ /**
+  * This preference is used to define custom  colors for both title and summary texts.
+  * Color code #777777 (placeholder_grey) is used as the fallback color for both title and summary.
+  */
+public class CustomColorPreference extends Preference {
+    private int mTitleColor;
+    private int mSummaryColor;
+
+    public CustomColorPreference(Context context) {
+        super(context);
+    }
+
+    public CustomColorPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
+        super(context, attrs);
+        init(context, attrs);
+    }
+
+    public CustomColorPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
+        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
+        init(context, attrs);
+    }
+
+    public void init(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
+        TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.CustomColorPreference);
+        mTitleColor = a.getColor(R.styleable.CustomColorPreference_titleColor, R.color.placeholder_grey);
+        mSummaryColor = a.getColor(R.styleable.CustomColorPreference_summaryColor, R.color.placeholder_grey);
+        a.recycle();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onBindView(View view) {
+        super.onBindView(view);
+        final TextView title = (TextView) view.findViewById(android.R.id.title);
+        final TextView summary = (TextView) view.findViewById(android.R.id.summary);
+        title.setTextColor(mTitleColor);
+        summary.setTextColor(mSummaryColor);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/resources/values/attrs.xml b/mobile/android/base/resources/values/attrs.xml
index d11a33d17e4d..a3cc181449f3 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/base/resources/values/attrs.xml
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@
         <attr name="titlebarFill" format="boolean" />
     </declare-styleable>
 
+    <declare-styleable name="CustomColorPreference">
+        <attr name="titleColor" format="color" />
+        <attr name="summaryColor" format="color" />
+    </declare-styleable>
+
     <declare-styleable name="TabPanelBackButton">
         <attr name="rightDivider" format="reference"/>
         <attr name="dividerVerticalPadding" format="dimension"/>
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/resources/xml/fxaccount_status_prefscreen.xml b/mobile/android/base/resources/xml/fxaccount_status_prefscreen.xml
index 88b16e274976..59e447ebee72 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/xml/fxaccount_status_prefscreen.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/base/resources/xml/fxaccount_status_prefscreen.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    android:key="status_screen" >
+                  xmlns:gecko="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
+                  android:key="status_screen">
 
     <PreferenceCategory
         android:key="signed_in_as_category"
@@ -102,10 +103,11 @@
             android:key="sync_server"
             android:persistent="false"
             android:title="@string/fxaccount_status_sync_server" />
-        <Preference
+        <org.mozilla.gecko.fxa.activities.CustomColorPreference
             android:editable="false"
             android:key="remove_account"
             android:persistent="false"
+            gecko:titleColor="@color/rejection_red"
             android:title="@string/fxaccount_remove_account" />
         <Preference
             android:editable="false"