diff -ur grub2.color/term/gfxterm.c grub2.gfxterm/term/gfxterm.c
--- grub2.color/term/gfxterm.c	2007-12-24 02:21:30.000000000 +0100
+++ grub2.gfxterm/term/gfxterm.c	2007-12-24 02:07:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -38,10 +38,13 @@
 
 #define DEFAULT_BORDER_WIDTH	10
 
-#define DEFAULT_FG_COLOR    	0x0a
-#define DEFAULT_BG_COLOR    	0x00
 #define DEFAULT_CURSOR_COLOR	0x0f
 
+static grub_uint8_t grub_gfxterm_cur_color = 0x7;
+static grub_uint8_t grub_gfxterm_standard_color = 0x7;
+static grub_uint8_t grub_gfxterm_normal_color = 0x7;
+static grub_uint8_t grub_gfxterm_highlight_color = 0x70;
+
 struct grub_dirty_region
 {
   int top_left_x;
@@ -90,8 +93,6 @@
   int cursor_state;
 
   /* Color settings.  */
-  grub_video_color_t fg_color_setting;
-  grub_video_color_t bg_color_setting;
   grub_video_color_t fg_color;
   grub_video_color_t bg_color;
   grub_video_color_t cursor_color;
@@ -175,10 +176,8 @@
      we can only have those after mode is initialized.  */
   grub_video_set_active_render_target (text_layer);
 
-  virtual_screen.fg_color_setting = grub_video_map_color (DEFAULT_FG_COLOR);
-  virtual_screen.bg_color_setting = grub_video_map_color (DEFAULT_BG_COLOR);
-  virtual_screen.fg_color = virtual_screen.fg_color_setting;
-  virtual_screen.bg_color = virtual_screen.bg_color_setting;
+  virtual_screen.fg_color = grub_video_map_color (grub_gfxterm_cur_color & 0x0f);
+  virtual_screen.bg_color = grub_video_map_color (grub_gfxterm_cur_color >> 4);
   virtual_screen.cursor_color = grub_video_map_color (DEFAULT_CURSOR_COLOR);
 
   grub_video_set_active_render_target (GRUB_VIDEO_RENDER_TARGET_DISPLAY);
@@ -805,15 +804,12 @@
 static void
 grub_gfxterm_cls (void)
 {
-  grub_video_color_t color;
-
   /* Clear virtual screen.  */
   grub_virtual_screen_cls ();
 
   /* Clear text layer.  */
   grub_video_set_active_render_target (text_layer);
-  color = virtual_screen.bg_color_setting;
-  grub_video_fill_rect (color, 0, 0, mode_info.width, mode_info.height);
+  grub_video_fill_rect (virtual_screen.bg_color, 0, 0, mode_info.width, mode_info.height);
   grub_video_set_active_render_target (GRUB_VIDEO_RENDER_TARGET_DISPLAY);
 
   /* Mark virtual screen to be redrawn.  */
@@ -823,20 +819,39 @@
 static void
 grub_virtual_screen_setcolorstate (grub_term_color_state state)
 {
-  switch (state)
-    {
+  grub_video_color_t tmp;
+
+  switch (state) {
     case GRUB_TERM_COLOR_STANDARD:
+      grub_gfxterm_cur_color = grub_gfxterm_standard_color;
+      break;
     case GRUB_TERM_COLOR_NORMAL:
-      virtual_screen.fg_color = virtual_screen.fg_color_setting;
-      virtual_screen.bg_color = virtual_screen.bg_color_setting;
+      grub_gfxterm_cur_color = grub_gfxterm_normal_color;
       break;
     case GRUB_TERM_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT:
-      virtual_screen.fg_color = virtual_screen.bg_color_setting;
-      virtual_screen.bg_color = virtual_screen.fg_color_setting;
+      grub_gfxterm_cur_color = grub_gfxterm_highlight_color;
       break;
     default:
       break;
-    }
+  }
+
+  virtual_screen.fg_color = grub_video_map_color (grub_gfxterm_cur_color & 0x0f) | 0xff000000;
+  virtual_screen.bg_color = grub_video_map_color (grub_gfxterm_cur_color >> 4);
+}
+
+static void
+grub_virtual_screen_setcolor (grub_uint8_t normal_color,
+                              grub_uint8_t highlight_color)
+{
+  grub_gfxterm_normal_color = normal_color;
+  grub_gfxterm_highlight_color = highlight_color;
+}
+
+static void
+grub_virtual_screen_getcolor (grub_uint8_t *normal_color, grub_uint8_t *highlight_color)
+{
+  *normal_color = grub_gfxterm_normal_color;
+  *highlight_color = grub_gfxterm_highlight_color;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -874,6 +889,8 @@
     .gotoxy = grub_gfxterm_gotoxy,
     .cls = grub_gfxterm_cls,
     .setcolorstate = grub_virtual_screen_setcolorstate,
+    .setcolor = grub_virtual_screen_setcolor,
+    .getcolor = grub_virtual_screen_getcolor,
     .setcursor = grub_gfxterm_setcursor,
     .refresh = grub_gfxterm_refresh,
     .flags = 0,
diff -ur grub2.color/video/i386/pc/vbe.c grub2.gfxterm/video/i386/pc/vbe.c
--- grub2.color/video/i386/pc/vbe.c	2007-07-22 01:32:32.000000000 +0200
+++ grub2.gfxterm/video/i386/pc/vbe.c	2007-12-24 02:29:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -722,6 +722,8 @@
       value |= blue << render_target->mode_info.blue_field_pos;
       value |= alpha << render_target->mode_info.reserved_field_pos;
 
+      grub_printf ("alpha=%x, bits=%x\n", alpha, render_target->mode_info.reserved_field_pos);
+
       return value;
     }