diff --git a/share/qtcreator/styles/grayscale.xml b/share/qtcreator/styles/grayscale.xml
index 39dabbff691..09a09f1ba93 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/styles/grayscale.xml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/styles/grayscale.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   <style name="String" foreground="#636363"/>
   <style name="Text" foreground="#000000" background="#ffffff"/>
   <style name="Type"/>
+  <style name="Namespace"/>
   <style name="VirtualMethod" italic="true"/>
   <style name="Occurrences.Unused" underlineColor="#8F8F8F" underlineStyle="SingleUnderline"/>
   <style name="Warning" underlineColor="#505050" underlineStyle="SingleUnderline"/>
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
index c5a2607bcc3..7c811681556 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ static void semanticHighlighter(QFutureInterface<HighlightingResult> &future,
         } else if (token.type == "comment") { // "comment" means code disabled via the preprocessor
             styles.mainStyle = C_DISABLED_CODE;
         } else if (token.type == "namespace") {
-            styles.mainStyle = C_TYPE;
+            styles.mainStyle = C_NAMESPACE;
         } else if (token.type == "property") {
             styles.mainStyle = C_FIELD;
         } else if (token.type == "enum") {
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/clangdtests.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/clangdtests.cpp
index 29f3a980eb4..ff69d650f39 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/clangdtests.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/clangdtests.cpp
@@ -764,12 +764,12 @@ void ClangdTestHighlighting::test_data()
     QTest::newRow("struct declaration") << 50 << 8 << 50 << 11
         << QList<int>{C_TYPE, C_DECLARATION} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("namespace declaration") << 160 << 11 << 160 << 20
-        << QList<int>{C_TYPE, C_DECLARATION} << 0;
+        << QList<int>{C_NAMESPACE, C_DECLARATION} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("namespace alias declaration") << 164 << 11 << 164 << 25
-        << QList<int>{C_TYPE, C_DECLARATION} << 0;
+        << QList<int>{C_NAMESPACE, C_DECLARATION} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("struct in namespaced using declaration") << 165 << 18 << 165 << 35
         << QList<int>{C_TYPE} << 0;
-    QTest::newRow("namespace reference") << 166 << 1 << 166 << 10 << QList<int>{C_TYPE} << 0;
+    QTest::newRow("namespace reference") << 166 << 1 << 166 << 10 << QList<int>{C_NAMESPACE} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("namespaced struct in global variable declaration") << 166 << 12 << 166 << 29
         << QList<int>{C_TYPE} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("virtual function declaration") << 170 << 18 << 170 << 33
@@ -992,7 +992,8 @@ void ClangdTestHighlighting::test_data()
         << QList<int>{C_PUNCTUATION} << int(CppEditor::SemanticHighlighter::AngleBracketOpen);
     QTest::newRow("class template instantiation (closing angle bracket)") << 384 << 22 << 384 << 23
         << QList<int>{C_PUNCTUATION} << int(CppEditor::SemanticHighlighter::AngleBracketClose);
-    QTest::newRow("namespace in declaration") << 413 << 4 << 413 << 26 << QList<int>{C_TYPE} << 0;
+    QTest::newRow("namespace in declaration") << 413 << 4 << 413 << 26
+                                              << QList<int>{C_NAMESPACE} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("namespaced class in declaration") << 413 << 28 << 413 << 41
         << QList<int>{C_TYPE} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("class as template argument in declaration") << 413 << 42 << 413 << 52
@@ -1163,14 +1164,14 @@ void ClangdTestHighlighting::test_data()
     QTest::newRow("reference to global variable") << 764 << 5 << 764 << 14
         << QList<int>{C_GLOBAL} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("nested template instantiation (namespace 1)") << 773 << 8 << 773 << 11
-        << QList<int>{C_TYPE} << 0;
+        << QList<int>{C_NAMESPACE} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("nested template instantiation (type 1)") << 773 << 13 << 773 << 19
         << QList<int>{C_TYPE} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("nested template instantiation (opening angle bracket 1)")
         << 773 << 19 << 773 << 20
         << QList<int>{C_PUNCTUATION} << int(CppEditor::SemanticHighlighter::AngleBracketOpen);
     QTest::newRow("nested template instantiation (namespace 2)") << 773 << 20 << 773 << 23
-        << QList<int>{C_TYPE} << 0;
+        << QList<int>{C_NAMESPACE} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("nested template instantiation (type 2)") << 773 << 25 << 773 << 29
         << QList<int>{C_TYPE} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("nested template instantiation (opening angle bracket 2)")
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppchecksymbols.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppchecksymbols.cpp
index 68dffa6c805..2c75a426ed7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppchecksymbols.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppchecksymbols.cpp
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ bool CheckSymbols::visit(NamespaceAST *ast)
         if (!tok.generated()) {
             int line, column;
             getTokenStartPosition(ast->identifier_token, &line, &column);
-            Result use(line, column, tok.utf16chars(), SemanticHighlighter::TypeUse);
+            Result use(line, column, tok.utf16chars(), SemanticHighlighter::NamespaceUse);
             addUse(use);
         }
     }
@@ -1221,7 +1221,15 @@ void CheckSymbols::addType(ClassOrNamespace *b, NameAST *ast)
     int line, column;
     getTokenStartPosition(startToken, &line, &column);
     const unsigned length = tok.utf16chars();
-    const Result use(line, column, length, SemanticHighlighter::TypeUse);
+    Kind kind = SemanticHighlighter::TypeUse;
+    const QList<Symbol *> &symbols = b->symbols();
+    for (const Symbol * const s : symbols) {
+        if (s->isNamespace()) {
+            kind = SemanticHighlighter::NamespaceUse;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    const Result use(line, column, length, kind);
     addUse(use);
 }
 
@@ -1266,6 +1274,8 @@ bool CheckSymbols::maybeAddTypeOrStatic(const QList<LookupItem> &candidates, Nam
             Kind kind = SemanticHighlighter::TypeUse;
             if (c->enclosingEnum() != nullptr)
                 kind = SemanticHighlighter::EnumerationUse;
+            else if (c->isNamespace())
+                kind = SemanticHighlighter::NamespaceUse;
             else if (c->isStatic())
                 // treat static variable as a field(highlighting)
                 kind = SemanticHighlighter::FieldUse;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/semantichighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/semantichighlighter.cpp
index 7c92044b2f0..ba8b81e7ff1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/semantichighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/semantichighlighter.cpp
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ void SemanticHighlighter::updateFormatMapFromFontSettings()
     const FontSettings &fs = m_baseTextDocument->fontSettings();
 
     m_formatMap[TypeUse] = fs.toTextCharFormat(C_TYPE);
+    m_formatMap[NamespaceUse] = fs.toTextCharFormat(C_NAMESPACE);
     m_formatMap[LocalUse] = fs.toTextCharFormat(C_LOCAL);
     m_formatMap[FieldUse] = fs.toTextCharFormat(C_FIELD);
     m_formatMap[EnumerationUse] = fs.toTextCharFormat(C_ENUMERATION);
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/semantichighlighter.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/semantichighlighter.h
index edec88ed7a5..b46971fbfd1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/semantichighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/semantichighlighter.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public:
     enum Kind {
         Unknown = 0,
         TypeUse,
+        NamespaceUse,
         LocalUse,
         FieldUse,
         EnumerationUse,
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp
index 4c6df391ce2..ef8a36af948 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp
@@ -417,6 +417,10 @@ bool FontSettings::loadColorScheme(const QString &fileName,
     foreach (const FormatDescription &desc, descriptions) {
         const TextStyle id = desc.id();
         if (!m_scheme.contains(id)) {
+            if (id == C_NAMESPACE && m_scheme.contains(C_TYPE)) {
+                m_scheme.setFormatFor(C_NAMESPACE, m_scheme.formatFor(C_TYPE));
+                continue;
+            }
             Format format;
             const Format &descFormat = desc.format();
             // Default fallback for background and foreground is C_TEXT, which is set through
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp
index b7ed7802873..01459630bb5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const char *nameForStyle(TextStyle style)
     case C_NUMBER:              return "Number";
     case C_STRING:              return "String";
     case C_TYPE:                return "Type";
+    case C_NAMESPACE:           return "Namespace";
     case C_LOCAL:               return "Local";
     case C_PARAMETER:           return "Parameter";
     case C_GLOBAL:              return "Global";
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
index a1ae0ec540d..060c521a400 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ enum TextStyle : quint8 {
     C_NUMBER,
     C_STRING,
     C_TYPE,
+    C_NAMESPACE,
     C_LOCAL,
     C_PARAMETER,
     C_GLOBAL,
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
index b2a77953dfb..4141806679c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ FormatDescriptions TextEditorSettingsPrivate::initialFormats()
                              tr("Name of a primitive data type."), Qt::darkYellow);
     formatDescr.emplace_back(C_TYPE, tr("Type"), tr("Name of a type."),
                              Qt::darkMagenta);
+    formatDescr.emplace_back(C_NAMESPACE, tr("Namespace"), tr("Name of a namespace."),
+                             Qt::darkGreen);
     formatDescr.emplace_back(C_LOCAL, tr("Local"),
                              tr("Local variables."), QColor(9, 46, 100));
     formatDescr.emplace_back(C_PARAMETER, tr("Parameter"),
diff --git a/tests/auto/cplusplus/checksymbols/tst_checksymbols.cpp b/tests/auto/cplusplus/checksymbols/tst_checksymbols.cpp
index 0f7bd8b136b..3720c64daa4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/cplusplus/checksymbols/tst_checksymbols.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/cplusplus/checksymbols/tst_checksymbols.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static QString useKindToString(UseKind useKind)
     switch (useKind) {
     CASE_STR(Unknown);
     CASE_STR(TypeUse);
+    CASE_STR(NamespaceUse);
     CASE_STR(LocalUse);
     CASE_STR(FieldUse);
     CASE_STR(EnumerationUse);
@@ -249,8 +250,8 @@ void tst_CheckSymbols::test_checksymbols_data()
         << _("namespace N {}\n"
              "using namespace N;\n")
         << (UseList()
-            << Use(1, 11, 1, Highlighting::TypeUse)
-            << Use(2, 17, 1, Highlighting::TypeUse));
+            << Use(1, 11, 1, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
+            << Use(2, 17, 1, Highlighting::NamespaceUse));
 
     QTest::newRow("LocalUse")
         << _("int f()\n"
@@ -713,11 +714,11 @@ void tst_CheckSymbols::test_checksymbols_data()
             << Use(1, 14, 4, Highlighting::FieldUse)
             << Use(2, 6, 4, Highlighting::FunctionDeclarationUse)
             << Use(4, 8, 4, Highlighting::FieldUse)
-            << Use(6, 11, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(6, 11, 3, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(7, 16, 4, Highlighting::FieldUse)
             << Use(8, 8, 4, Highlighting::FunctionDeclarationUse)
             << Use(10, 10, 4, Highlighting::FieldUse)
-            << Use(13, 11, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(13, 11, 3, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(15, 27, 4, Highlighting::FieldUse)
             << Use(16, 10, 4, Highlighting::FunctionDeclarationUse)
             << Use(16, 19, 4, Highlighting::FieldUse)
@@ -795,9 +796,9 @@ void tst_CheckSymbols::test_checksymbols_data()
              "    Foo foo;\n"
              "}\n")
         << (UseList()
-            << Use(1, 11, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(1, 11, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(2, 7, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
-            << Use(4, 7, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(4, 7, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(4, 11, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
             << Use(5, 6, 3, Highlighting::FunctionDeclarationUse)
             << Use(7, 5, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
@@ -815,10 +816,10 @@ void tst_CheckSymbols::test_checksymbols_data()
               "}\n"
               "}\n")
         << (UseList()
-            << Use(1, 11, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(1, 11, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(2, 7, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
-            << Use(4, 11, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
-            << Use(5, 7, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(4, 11, 3, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
+            << Use(5, 7, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(5, 11, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
             << Use(6, 6, 3, Highlighting::FunctionDeclarationUse)
             << Use(8, 5, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
@@ -834,10 +835,10 @@ void tst_CheckSymbols::test_checksymbols_data()
              "    Foo foo;\n"
              "}\n")
         << (UseList()
-            << Use(1, 11, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(1, 11, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(2, 7, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
             << Use(4, 6, 3, Highlighting::FunctionDeclarationUse)
-            << Use(6, 11, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(6, 11, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(6, 15, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
             << Use(7, 5, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
             << Use(7, 9, 3, Highlighting::LocalUse));
@@ -852,7 +853,7 @@ void tst_CheckSymbols::test_checksymbols_data()
              "    Foo foo;\n"
              "}\n")
         << (UseList()
-            << Use(1, 11, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(1, 11, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(2, 7, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
             << Use(5, 6, 3, Highlighting::FunctionDeclarationUse)
             << Use(7, 9, 3, Highlighting::LocalUse));
@@ -869,9 +870,9 @@ void tst_CheckSymbols::test_checksymbols_data()
              "}\n"
              "}\n")
         << (UseList()
-            << Use(1, 11, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(1, 11, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(2, 7, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
-            << Use(4, 11, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(4, 11, 3, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(6, 6, 3, Highlighting::FunctionDeclarationUse)
             << Use(8, 9, 3, Highlighting::LocalUse));
 
@@ -885,7 +886,7 @@ void tst_CheckSymbols::test_checksymbols_data()
              "    Foo foo;\n"
              "}\n")
         << (UseList()
-            << Use(1, 11, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(1, 11, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(2, 7, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
             << Use(4, 6, 3, Highlighting::FunctionDeclarationUse)
             << Use(7, 9, 3, Highlighting::LocalUse));
@@ -947,14 +948,14 @@ void tst_CheckSymbols::test_checksymbols_data()
              "}\n")
         << (UseList()
             << Use(1, 8, 1, Highlighting::TypeUse)
-            << Use(2, 11, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(2, 11, 3, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(4, 24, 1, Highlighting::TypeUse)
             << Use(4, 34, 10, Highlighting::TypeUse)
-            << Use(6, 11, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
-            << Use(8, 11, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(6, 11, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
+            << Use(8, 11, 3, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(8, 16, 10, Highlighting::TypeUse)
             << Use(10, 6, 3, Highlighting::FunctionDeclarationUse)
-            << Use(12, 5, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+            << Use(12, 5, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
             << Use(12, 9, 10, Highlighting::TypeUse)
             << Use(12, 20, 1, Highlighting::TypeUse)
             << Use(12, 23, 1, Highlighting::LocalUse));
@@ -970,9 +971,9 @@ void tst_CheckSymbols::test_checksymbols_data()
                  "    Foo foo;\n"
                  "}\n")
             << (QList<Use>()
-                << Use(3, 15, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+                << Use(3, 15, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
                 << Use(3, 27, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
-                << Use(4, 11, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+                << Use(4, 11, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
                 << Use(4, 15, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
                 << Use(6, 6, 3, Highlighting::FunctionDeclarationUse)
                 << Use(8, 5, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
@@ -994,12 +995,12 @@ void tst_CheckSymbols::test_checksymbols_data()
                  "}\n"
                  )
             << (QList<Use>()
-                << Use(1, 11, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
-                << Use(3, 15, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+                << Use(1, 11, 3, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
+                << Use(3, 15, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
                 << Use(3, 27, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
-                << Use(4, 11, 2, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+                << Use(4, 11, 2, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
                 << Use(4, 15, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
-                << Use(6, 11, 3, Highlighting::TypeUse)
+                << Use(6, 11, 3, Highlighting::NamespaceUse)
                 << Use(8, 10, 3, Highlighting::FunctionDeclarationUse)
                 << Use(10, 13, 3, Highlighting::LocalUse)
                 );