diff --git a/src/editor/lsp/features.test.ts b/src/editor/lsp/features.test.ts
index 357d35ec..0d23cf9b 100644
--- a/src/editor/lsp/features.test.ts
+++ b/src/editor/lsp/features.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ describe("semanticRanges", () => {
     expect(semanticRanges(doc, input)).toEqual([{ from: 0, to: 3, className: "cm-sem-function" }]);
   });
 
+  it("marks globals (lua-language-server's `global` modifier)", () => {
+    const input = {
+      tokenTypes: ["variable", "function"],
+      tokenModifiers: ["global"],
+      data: [0, 0, 3, 0, 1, 0, 4, 3, 1, 1],
+    };
+    expect(semanticRanges(doc, input)).toEqual([
+      { from: 0, to: 3, className: "cm-sem-global" },
+      { from: 4, to: 7, className: "cm-sem-function cm-sem-global" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("colours a constructor (jdtls: class + `constructor`) as a function", () => {
     const input = { tokenTypes: ["class"], tokenModifiers: ["constructor", "declaration"], data: [0, 0, 3, 0, 0b11] };
     expect(semanticRanges(doc, input)[0]?.className).toBe("cm-sem-function cm-sem-declaration");
diff --git a/src/editor/lsp/semantic.ts b/src/editor/lsp/semantic.ts
index a1e497b8..9b3d3e95 100644
--- a/src/editor/lsp/semantic.ts
+++ b/src/editor/lsp/semantic.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ const MODIFIER_CLASS: Record<string, string> = {
   declaration: "declaration",
   definition: "declaration",
   defaultLibrary: "builtin",
+  global: "global",
 };
 
 /** Number of `--syn-rainbow-<n>` colours (IDEA's five semantic highlighting colours). */
diff --git a/src/editor/lsp/theme.ts b/src/editor/lsp/theme.ts
index 51b019d5..aff186e7 100644
--- a/src/editor/lsp/theme.ts
+++ b/src/editor/lsp/theme.ts
@@ -361,6 +361,8 @@ export const lspTheme = EditorView.theme({
   ".cm-sem-parameter": { color: "var(--syn-param, var(--syn-variable))" },
   ".cm-sem-self": { color: "var(--syn-self, var(--syn-keyword))" },
   ".cm-sem-keyword": { color: "var(--syn-keyword)", fontWeight: "var(--syn-keyword-bold, inherit)" },
+  // Before the builtin rule: library globals (`print`, `string`) keep the predefined colour.
+  ".cm-sem-global:not(.cm-sem-function)": { color: "var(--syn-global, inherit)" },
   ".cm-sem-builtin:not(.cm-sem-function)": { color: "var(--syn-builtin, inherit)" },
   ".cm-sem-static": { fontStyle: "var(--syn-static-italic, italic)" },
   ".cm-sem-python-static": { fontStyle: "var(--syn-python-static-italic, normal)" },
diff --git a/src/features/plugins/intellijTheme.ts b/src/features/plugins/intellijTheme.ts
index b1e81364..0d345f3f 100644
--- a/src/features/plugins/intellijTheme.ts
+++ b/src/features/plugins/intellijTheme.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ export const ICLS_ATTRIBUTES: Record<string, Array<[Part, string]>> = {
   DEFAULT_IDENTIFIER: [["FOREGROUND", "--syn-variable"]],
   DEFAULT_LOCAL_VARIABLE: [["FOREGROUND", "--syn-variable"]],
   DEFAULT_PARAMETER: [["FOREGROUND", "--syn-param"]],
+  DEFAULT_GLOBAL_VARIABLE: [["FOREGROUND", "--syn-global"]],
   DEFAULT_PREDEFINED_SYMBOL: [["FOREGROUND", "--syn-builtin"]],
   DEFAULT_METADATA: [
     ["FOREGROUND", "--syn-annotation"],
diff --git a/src/platform/colorScheme.ts b/src/platform/colorScheme.ts
index b9349d3b..93564613 100644
--- a/src/platform/colorScheme.ts
+++ b/src/platform/colorScheme.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ export const ATTRIBUTES: readonly AttributeDef[] = [
   syn("keyword", "Keyword", [LD], "keyword"),
   syn("identifier", "Identifiers › Local variable", [LD], "variable"),
   syn("parameter", "Identifiers › Parameter", [LD], "param"),
+  syn("globalVariable", "Identifiers › Global variable", [LD], "global"),
   syn("constant", "Identifiers › Constant", [LD], "constant"),
   syn("field", "Identifiers › Instance field", [LD], "property"),
   { id: "staticSymbol", name: "Identifiers › Static symbol", path: [LD], token: "static", italicOnly: true },
diff --git a/src/platform/icls.test.ts b/src/platform/icls.test.ts
index 675a23f2..9e914a56 100644
--- a/src/platform/icls.test.ts
+++ b/src/platform/icls.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ describe(".icls schemes", () => {
     expect(customs).toEqual(before);
   });
 
+  it("imports the global variable colour", () => {
+    const xml =
+      '<scheme name="G" parent_scheme="Darcula"><attributes><option name="DEFAULT_GLOBAL_VARIABLE"><value>' +
+      '<option name="FOREGROUND" value="9876aa"/><option name="FONT_TYPE" value="2"/></value></option></attributes></scheme>';
+    expect(parseIcls(xml).scheme.attributes.globalVariable).toEqual({
+      foreground: "#9876aa",
+      bold: false,
+      italic: true,
+    });
+  });
+
   it.each([
     ["Darcula", "ffffff", "dark"],
     ["Default", "000000", "light"],
diff --git a/src/platform/icls.ts b/src/platform/icls.ts
index 3e6269f5..7062162e 100644
--- a/src/platform/icls.ts
+++ b/src/platform/icls.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const ATTRIBUTE_NAMES: Record<string, string> = {
   DEFAULT_IDENTIFIER: "identifier",
   DEFAULT_LOCAL_VARIABLE: "identifier",
   DEFAULT_PARAMETER: "parameter",
+  DEFAULT_GLOBAL_VARIABLE: "globalVariable",
   DEFAULT_CONSTANT: "constant",
   DEFAULT_INSTANCE_FIELD: "field",
   DEFAULT_STATIC_FIELD: "constant",
diff --git a/src/styles/tokens.css b/src/styles/tokens.css
index d9eb0eb9..251c115c 100644
--- a/src/styles/tokens.css
+++ b/src/styles/tokens.css
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ html {
   --syn-number: #2aacb8;
   --syn-punct: #bcbec4;
   --syn-variable: #bcbec4;
+  --syn-global: var(--syn-variable);
   --syn-param: #bcbec4;
   --syn-property: #c77dbb;
   --syn-constant: #c77dbb;
@@ -494,6 +495,7 @@ html {
   --syn-number: #1750eb;
   --syn-punct: #080808;
   --syn-variable: #080808;
+  --syn-global: var(--syn-variable);
   --syn-param: #080808;
   --syn-property: #871094;
   --syn-constant: #871094;
@@ -748,6 +750,7 @@ html {
   --syn-number: #4fd0dc;
   --syn-punct: #e3e4e8;
   --syn-variable: #e3e4e8;
+  --syn-global: var(--syn-variable);
   --syn-param: #e3e4e8;
   --syn-property: #e0a0d6;
   --syn-constant: #e0a0d6;
@@ -1087,6 +1090,7 @@ html {
   --syn-number: var(--palette-number);
   --syn-punct: var(--palette-fg);
   --syn-variable: var(--palette-variable);
+  --syn-global: var(--syn-variable);
   --syn-param: var(--palette-fg);
   --syn-property: var(--palette-property);
   --syn-constant: var(--palette-number);