diff --git a/src/rc/cpp.kak b/src/rc/cpp.kak
index deb1ea5d..b0c41c9d 100644
--- a/src/rc/cpp.kak
+++ b/src/rc/cpp.kak
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ hook global WinCreate .*\.(c|cc|cpp|cxx|C|h|hh|hpp|hxx|H) \
     addhl group hlcpp; \
     addhl -group hlcpp regex "\<(this|true|false|NULL|nullptr)\>|\<-?\d+[fdiu]?|'((\\.)?|[^'\\])'" red default; \
     addhl -group hlcpp regex "\<(void|int|char|unsigned|float|bool|size_t)\>" yellow default; \
-    addhl -group hlcpp regex "\<(while|for|if|else|do|switch|case|default|goto|break|continue|return|using|try|catch|throw)\>" blue default; \
-    addhl -group hlcpp regex "\<(const|auto|namespace|static|volatile|class|struct|enum|union|public|protected|private|template|typedef|virtual|friend)\>" green default; \
+    addhl -group hlcpp regex "\<(while|for|if|else|do|switch|case|default|goto|break|continue|return|using|try|catch|throw|new|delete)\>" blue default; \
+    addhl -group hlcpp regex "\<(const|auto|namespace|static|volatile|class|struct|enum|union|public|protected|private|template|typedef|virtual|friend|extern)\>" green default; \
     addhl -group hlcpp regex "(?<!')\"(\\\"|[^\"])*\"" magenta default; \
     addhl -group hlcpp regex "(\`|(?<=\n))\h*#\h*[^\n]*" magenta default; \
     addhl -group hlcpp regex "(//[^\n]*\n)|(/\*.*?(\*/|\'))" cyan default; \