diff --git a/common/ui_style.c b/common/ui_style.c
index 0c91e15273f53846d68c884bc5273ca8df3310cc..40a0cd6a4441571e706f6b67be31491696acfd82 100644
--- a/common/ui_style.c
+++ b/common/ui_style.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ print_colors (GtkWidget * win, GdkColor * x, int n)
 {
     GdkColor color;
     color = query_color (win, x[n]);
-    return print_color(win, x[n]);
+    return print_color(win, color);
 }
 
 static gchar *