diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/full-page-search.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/full-page-search.hbs
index b12f43734c3..9582992ff03 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/full-page-search.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/full-page-search.hbs
@@ -19,8 +19,13 @@
         </a>{{category-link result.topic.category}}
       </div>
       <div class='blurb container'>
-        {{format-age result.created_at}}{{#if result.blurb}}
-        &ndash;
+        <span class='date'>
+        {{format-age result.created_at}}
+        {{#if result.blurb}}
+        -
+        {{/if}}
+        </span>
+        {{#if result.blurb}}
         {{{unbound result.blurb}}}
         {{/if}}
       </div>
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/search.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/search.scss
index b4f83031925..3a9dc8adfba 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/search.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/search.scss
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 .fps-result {
-  margin-bottom: 25px;
+
+  .badge-wrapper span.badge-category {
+    max-width: inherit;
+  }
+
+  margin-bottom: 28px;
   max-width: 675px;
   .topic {
     a {
-      color: $primary;
+      color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 10%);
     }
     line-height: 20px;
   }
@@ -14,15 +19,18 @@
   }
   .search-link {
     .topic-statuses, .topic-title {
-      font-size: 1.15em;
+      font-size: 1.25em;
     }
   }
   .blurb {
     font-size: 1.0em;
-    line-height: 20px;
+    line-height: 24px;
     word-wrap: break-word;
     clear: both;
-    color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 45%);
+    color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 20%);
+    .date {
+      color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 40%);
+    }
 
     .search-highlight {
       color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 25%);