--- rxvt-unicode/src/screen.C	2015/10/13 08:10:43	1.456
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/screen.C	2016/06/21 12:03:56	1.457
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
 void
 rxvt_term::scr_color (unsigned int color, int fgbg) NOTHROW
 {
-  if (!IN_RANGE_INC (color, minCOLOR, maxTermCOLOR))
+  if (!IN_RANGE_INC (color, minCOLOR, maxTermCOLOR24))
     color = fgbg;
 
   if (fgbg == Color_fg)