1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ui/curses.c b/ui/curses.c
index ec281125ac..3a1b71451c 100644
--- a/ui/curses.c
+++ b/ui/curses.c
@@ -75,14 +75,16 @@ static void curses_update(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
     line = screen + y * width;
     for (h += y; y < h; y ++, line += width) {
         for (x = 0; x < width; x++) {
-            chtype ch = line[x] & 0xff;
-            chtype at = line[x] & ~0xff;
+            chtype ch = line[x] & A_CHARTEXT;
+            chtype at = line[x] & A_ATTRIBUTES;
+            short color_pair = PAIR_NUMBER(line[x]);
+
             ret = getcchar(&vga_to_curses[ch], wch, &attrs, &colors, NULL);
             if (ret == ERR || wch[0] == 0) {
                 wch[0] = ch;
                 wch[1] = 0;
             }
-            setcchar(&curses_line[x], wch, at, 0, NULL);
+            setcchar(&curses_line[x], wch, at, color_pair, NULL);
         }
         mvwadd_wchnstr(screenpad, y, 0, curses_line, width);
     }