diff --git a/xml.nanorc b/xml.nanorc
index 809a048..6d4e8f0 100644
--- a/xml.nanorc
+++ b/xml.nanorc
@@ -7,9 +7,16 @@ magic "(XML|SGML) (sub)?document"
 comment "<!--|-->"
 
 color white "^.+$"
+# Attributes
 color green  start="<" end=">"
-color cyan   "<[^> ]+"
-color cyan   ">"
+color brightgreen "=\"[^\"]*\""
+# Opening tags
+color brightcyan   "<[^/][^> ]*"
+color brightcyan   ">"
+# Closing tags
+color cyan "</[^> ]*>"
+# Self-closing part
+color cyan "/>"
 color yellow start="<!DOCTYPE" end="[/]?>"
 color yellow start="<!--" end="-->"
 color red    "&[^;]*;"