--- rxvt-unicode/src/screen.C	2012/06/29 22:10:18	1.425
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/screen.C	2012/10/02 10:29:12	1.426
@@ -2566,7 +2566,7 @@
       if (transparent)
         XSetWindowBackgroundPixmap (dpy, scrollBar.win, ParentRelative);
       else
-        XSetWindowBackground (dpy, scrollBar.win, pix_colors[Color_border]);
+        XSetWindowBackground (dpy, scrollBar.win, pix_colors[scrollBar.color ()]);
       scrollBar.state = SB_STATE_IDLE;
       scrollBar.show (0);
     }