diff --git a/vim/colors/customred256.vim b/vim/colors/customred256.vim
index 260645b..ea364cb 100644
--- a/vim/colors/customred256.vim
+++ b/vim/colors/customred256.vim
@@ -256,6 +256,12 @@ hi! vueConditional              ctermfg=202
 hi! def link vueFor             vueConditional
 hi! vueRef                      ctermfg=214
 
+hi! vueDirectiveValue           ctermfg=201
+hi! vueEventValue               ctermfg=201
+hi! vueConditionalValue         ctermfg=201
+hi! vueForValue                 ctermfg=201
+hi! vueRefValue                 ctermfg=201
+
 " json definitions
 hi! def link jsonKeyword				Identifier
 hi! def link jsonValue					String
diff --git a/vim/syntax/vue_custom.vim b/vim/syntax/vue_custom.vim
index a4a85e0..3801dab 100644
--- a/vim/syntax/vue_custom.vim
+++ b/vim/syntax/vue_custom.vim
@@ -56,11 +56,19 @@ endif
 syn region  vueSurroundingTag   contained start=+<\(script\|style\|template\)+ end=+>+ fold contains=htmlTagN,htmlString,htmlArg,htmlValue,htmlTagError,htmlEvent
 syn keyword htmlSpecialTagName  contained template
 syn keyword htmlArg             contained scoped ts
-" syn match   htmlArg "[@v:][-:.0-9_a-z]*\>" contained
-syn match   vueDirective "[v:][-:.0-9_a-z]*" containedin=htmlTag
-syn match   vueEvent "[@][-:.0-9_a-z]*" containedin=htmlTag
-syn match   vueConditional "v-if\|v-else\|v-show" containedin=htmlTag
-syn match   vueFor "v-for" containedin=htmlTag
-syn match   vueRef "ref" containedin=htmlTag
+
+
+syn match   vueDirective "[v:][-:.0-9_a-z]*" containedin=htmlTag nextgroup=vueDirectiveValue
+syn match   vueEvent "[@][-:.0-9_a-z]*" containedin=htmlTag nextgroup=vueEventValue
+syn match   vueConditional "v-else" containedin=htmlTag
+syn match   vueConditional "v-if\|v-show" containedin=htmlTag nextgroup=vueConditionalValue
+syn match   vueFor "v-for" containedin=htmlTag nextgroup=vueForValue
+syn match   vueRef "ref" containedin=htmlTag nextgroup=vueRefValue
+
+syn region vueDirectiveValue contained start=+="+hs=s+2 end=+"+he=e-1
+syn region vueEventValue contained start=+="+hs=s+2 end=+"+he=e-1
+syn region vueConditionalValue contained start=+="+hs=s+2 end=+"+he=e-1
+syn region vueForValue contained start=+="+hs=s+2 end=+"+he=e-1
+syn region vueRefValue contained start=+="+hs=s+2 end=+"+he=e-1
 
 let b:current_syntax = "vue"