diff --git a/docs/Config.md b/docs/Config.md
index 5bd531014..b1329f77d 100644
--- a/docs/Config.md
+++ b/docs/Config.md
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ gui:
   showRandomTip: true
   showCommandLog: true
   commandLogSize: 8
-  authorColors: # in case you're not happy with the randomly assigned colour
-    'John Smith': '#ff0000'
 git:
   paging:
     colorArg: always
@@ -376,6 +374,28 @@ Alternatively you may have bold fonts disabled in your terminal, in which case e
 
 If you're still having trouble please raise an issue.
 
+## Custom Author Color
+
+Lazygit will assgin a random color for every commit author in the commits pane by default.
+
+You can customize the color in case you're not happy with the randomly assigned one:
+
+```yaml
+gui:
+  authorColors:
+    'John Smith': '#ff0000 # use red for John Smith
+```
+
+You can use wildcard to set a unified color in case your are lazy to customize the color for every author or you are just want a single color for all/other authors:
+```yaml
+gui:
+  authorColors:
+    # use red for John Smith
+    'John Smith': '#ff0000
+    # use blue for other authors
+    '*': '#0000ff'
+```
+
 ## Example Coloring
 
 ![border example](../../assets/colored-border-example.png)
diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/authors/authors.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/authors/authors.go
index c48683a12..65016142f 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/presentation/authors/authors.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/authors/authors.go
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@ import (
 
 // if these being global variables causes trouble we can wrap them in a struct
 // attached to the gui state.
-var authorInitialCache = make(map[string]string)
-var authorNameCache = make(map[string]string)
-var authorStyleCache = make(map[string]style.TextStyle)
+var (
+	authorInitialCache = make(map[string]string)
+	authorNameCache    = make(map[string]string)
+	authorStyleCache   = make(map[string]style.TextStyle)
+)
+
+const authorNameWildcard = "*"
 
 func ShortAuthor(authorName string) string {
 	if value, ok := authorInitialCache[authorName]; ok {
@@ -51,6 +55,11 @@ func AuthorStyle(authorName string) style.TextStyle {
 		return value
 	}
 
+	// use the unified style whatever the autor name is
+	if value, ok := authorStyleCache[authorNameWildcard]; ok {
+		return value
+	}
+
 	value := trueColorStyle(authorName)
 
 	authorStyleCache[authorName] = value