diff --git a/doc/toxic.1 b/doc/toxic.1
index 519096652..547b94946 100644
--- a/doc/toxic.1
+++ b/doc/toxic.1
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
.\" Title: toxic
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHORS" section]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot
-.\" Date: 2021-12-05
+.\" Date: 2023-03-04
.\" Manual: Toxic Manual
.\" Source: toxic __VERSION__
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "TOXIC" "1" "2021\-12\-05" "toxic __VERSION__" "Toxic Manual"
+.TH "TOXIC" "1" "2023\-03\-04" "toxic __VERSION__" "Toxic Manual"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/toxic.conf.5 b/doc/toxic.conf.5
index a62294d69..36a048ce3 100644
--- a/doc/toxic.conf.5
+++ b/doc/toxic.conf.5
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
.\" Title: toxic.conf
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHORS" section]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot
-.\" Date: 2024-01-18
+.\" Date: 2024-01-19
.\" Manual: Toxic Manual
.\" Source: toxic __VERSION__
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "TOXIC\&.CONF" "5" "2024\-01\-18" "toxic __VERSION__" "Toxic Manual"
+.TH "TOXIC\&.CONF" "5" "2024\-01\-19" "toxic __VERSION__" "Toxic Manual"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -436,6 +436,9 @@ Toggle the peer list on and off\&.
Toggle treating linebreaks as enter key press\&.
.RE
.RE
+.SH "BUGS"
+.sp
+Non\-default colours (gray, brown, orange, and pink) will not work on terminal emulators that don\(cqt support 256\-colors\&. Konsole, qterminal and possibly others are also known to have issues with them\&. If you\(cqre using screen or tmux, try to configure it to use the xterm\-256color TERM environment variable\&.
.SH "FILES"
.PP
~/\&.config/tox/toxic\&.conf
diff --git a/doc/toxic.conf.5.asc b/doc/toxic.conf.5.asc
index a1391de80..965135795 100644
--- a/doc/toxic.conf.5.asc
+++ b/doc/toxic.conf.5.asc
@@ -272,6 +272,13 @@ OPTIONS
Toggle treating linebreaks as enter key press.
+BUGS
+----
+Non-default colours (gray, brown, orange, and pink) will not work on terminal emulators that
+don't support 256-colors. Konsole, qterminal and possibly others are also known to have issues
+with them. If you're using screen or tmux, try to configure it to use the xterm-256color TERM
+environment variable.
+
FILES
-----
~/.config/tox/toxic.conf::
diff --git a/src/toxic.c b/src/toxic.c
index 601888bb6..8db5aa865 100644
--- a/src/toxic.c
+++ b/src/toxic.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static void init_term(void)
init_pair(YELLOW_BAR_FG, COLOR_YELLOW, bar_bg_color);
init_pair(MAGENTA_BAR_FG, COLOR_MAGENTA, bar_bg_color);
- if (COLORS == 256) {
+ if (COLORS >= 256) {
init_color(CUSTOM_COLOUR_GRAY, 664, 664, 664);
init_color(CUSTOM_COLOUR_ORANGE, 935, 525, 210);
init_color(CUSTOM_COLOUR_PINK, 820, 555, 555);