diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c039516..fae8b58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Procedure when bumping the version number:
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Changed
+- Respect colon-delimited emoji when calculating nick hue
+
 ## v0.5.2 - 2023-01-14
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3d86a8a..650c4f3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "euphoxide",
  "linkify",
  "log",
+ "once_cell",
  "open",
  "parking_lot",
  "rusqlite",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7394fa2..bf0469b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ directories = "4.0.1"
 edit = "0.1.4"
 linkify = "0.9.0"
 log = { version = "0.4.17", features = ["std"] }
+once_cell = "1.17.0"
 open = "3.2.0"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 rusqlite = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["bundled", "time"] }
diff --git a/src/euph/util.rs b/src/euph/util.rs
index cf05c76..3285a07 100644
--- a/src/euph/util.rs
+++ b/src/euph/util.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 use crossterm::style::{Color, ContentStyle, Stylize};
+use euphoxide::emoji::Emoji;
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+
+static EMOJI: Lazy<Emoji> = Lazy::new(Emoji::load);
 
 /// Convert HSL to RGB following [this approach from wikipedia][1].
 ///
@@ -33,8 +37,7 @@ fn hsl_to_rgb(h: f32, s: f32, l: f32) -> (u8, u8, u8) {
 }
 
 pub fn nick_color(nick: &str) -> (u8, u8, u8) {
-    // TODO Use nick hue with emoji (lazy init emoji?)
-    let hue = euphoxide::nick_hue_without_removing_emoji(nick) as f32;
+    let hue = euphoxide::nick_hue(&EMOJI, nick) as f32;
     hsl_to_rgb(hue, 1.0, 0.72)
 }