diff --git a/src/bin/col.c b/src/bin/col.c
index 65fc6ca5..003847cd 100644
--- a/src/bin/col.c
+++ b/src/bin/col.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ colors_term_init(Evas_Object *textgrid, Evas_Object *bg, Config *config)
 
    for (c = 0; c < (4 * 12); c++)
      {
-        n = c;
+        n = c + (24 * (c / 24));
         if (config->colors_use)
           {
              r = config->colors[c].r;
@@ -421,19 +421,9 @@ colors_term_init(Evas_Object *textgrid, Evas_Object *bg, Config *config)
            r, g, b, a);
 
         /* faint */
-        if ((n == 1) && (r == 0) && (g == 0) && (b == 0))
-          {
-             /* dark gray */
-             evas_object_textgrid_palette_set(
-                textgrid, EVAS_TEXTGRID_PALETTE_STANDARD, n + 48,
-                127, 127, 127, 127);
-          }
-        else
-          {
-             evas_object_textgrid_palette_set(
-                textgrid, EVAS_TEXTGRID_PALETTE_STANDARD, n + 48,
-                r / 2, g / 2, b / 2, a / 2);
-          }
+        evas_object_textgrid_palette_set(
+           textgrid, EVAS_TEXTGRID_PALETTE_STANDARD, n + 24,
+           r / 2, g / 2, b / 2, a / 2);
      }
    for (c = 0; c < 256; c++)
      {