diff --git a/lib/ansible/callbacks.py b/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
index 1480130548..c956aa10e3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class PlaybookRunnerCallbacks(DefaultRunnerCallbacks):
 
     def on_no_hosts(self):
 
-        print stringc("no hosts matched or remaining\n", 'orange')
+        print stringc("no hosts matched or remaining\n", 'red')
 
     def on_async_poll(self, host, res, jid, clock):