diff --git a/app/views/account/_signup_form.rhtml b/app/views/account/_signup_form.rhtml
index bd522c8..82effb6 100644
--- a/app/views/account/_signup_form.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/account/_signup_form.rhtml
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@
     <%= required f.password_field(:password, :id => 'user_pw') %>
     <%= content_tag(:small,_('Choose a password that you can remember easily. It must have at least 4 characters.'), :id => 'password-balloon') %>
     <div id='password-rate'>
-      <p><span class="invalid hidden" style="color:red" id='result-short'>
+      <p><span class="invalid hidden" id='result-short'>
         <%=_('Short') %>
       </span></p>
-      <p><span class="invalid hidden" style="color:brown" id='result-bad'>
+      <p><span class="invalid hidden" id='result-bad'>
         <%=_('Bad') %>
       </span></p>
-      <p><span class="invalid hidden" style="color:green" id='result-good'>
+      <p><span class="invalid hidden" id='result-good'>
         <%=_('Good') %>
       </span></p>
-      <p><span class="invalid hidden" style="color:limegreen" id='result-strong'>
+      <p><span class="invalid hidden" id='result-strong'>
         <%=_('Strong') %>
       </span></p>
     </div>
diff --git a/public/javascripts/sign_up_password_rate.js b/public/javascripts/sign_up_password_rate.js
index fba6204..8446ae3 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/sign_up_password_rate.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/sign_up_password_rate.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Firas Kassem  phiras.wordpress.com || phiras at gmail {dot} com
 // for more information : http://phiras.wordpress.com/2007/04/08/password-strength-meter-a-jquery-plugin/
 
+var blankPass    = -1
 var shortPass   = 0
 var badPass     = 1
 var goodPass    = 2
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ function passwordStrength(password,username)
 {
   score = 0
 
+  if(password.length == 0) return blankPass
+
   //password < 4
   if (password.length < 4 ) { return shortPass }
 
@@ -81,6 +84,10 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function() {
     jQuery('#user_pw').keyup(function()
     {
       var result = passwordStrength(jQuery('#user_pw').val(),jQuery('#user_login').val())
+      if(result == blankPass)
+      {
+        showRateField('#result-blank')
+      } else
       if(result == shortPass)
       {
         showRateField('#result-short')
@@ -103,6 +110,7 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function() {
 
 function showRateField(validation)
 {
+  jQuery('#result-blank').addClass('hidden')
   jQuery('#result-short').addClass('hidden')
   jQuery('#result-bad').addClass('hidden')
   jQuery('#result-good').addClass('hidden')
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 9fe3a29..267d139 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -6535,3 +6535,19 @@ ul.article-versions li {
 .controller-features .manage-fields-batch-actions td {
   font-style: italic;
 }
+
+#result-short {
+  color: red !important;
+}
+
+#result-bad {
+  color: #825A2C !important;
+}
+
+#result-good {
+  color: green !important;
+}
+
+#result-strong {
+  color: #32CD32 !important;
+}
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