Triggers that change color

I have a trigger set so that messages of the format "<Hardcode> *" have <Hardcode> colored in red.

However, when I get a message of that format, <Hardcode> is initially white for a split second, then it changes to red. I find this kind of distracting. Is there a way to make it show up as the correct color to begin with?

The way MUSHclient works it displays incoming text on the screen as it arrives (by packet) and then when it gets a newline it interprets triggers. If the MUD happens to send the newline in a separate packet then you may get the behaviour you describe.