diff -r 552909484712 -r 39e05a6ba8d7 sources/interface.cpp
--- a/sources/interface.cpp	Mon Jan 11 02:26:23 2016 +0200
+++ b/sources/interface.cpp	Mon Jan 11 02:42:34 2016 +0200
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@
 //
 chtype Interface::color_pair (Color fg, Color bg)
 {
-	return COLOR_PAIR (1 + (int (fg) * NUM_COLORS) + int (bg));
+	if (fg == DEFAULT && bg == DEFAULT)
+		return 0;
+	else
+		return COLOR_PAIR (1 + (int (fg) * NUM_COLORS) + int (bg));
 }
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -171,10 +174,9 @@
 	if (::has_colors())
 	{
 		::start_color();
-		::use_default_colors();
-
-		int defaultFg = (use_default_colors() == OK) ? -1 : COLOR_WHITE;
-		int defaultBg = (use_default_colors() == OK) ? -1 : COLOR_BLACK;
+		bool hasDefaultColors = ::use_default_colors();
+		int defaultFg = (hasDefaultColors == OK) ? -1 : COLOR_WHITE;
+		int defaultBg = (hasDefaultColors == OK) ? -1 : COLOR_BLACK;
 
 		// Initialize color pairs
 		for (int i = 0; i < NUM_COLORS; ++i)
@@ -184,14 +186,13 @@
 			int fg = (i == DEFAULT) ? defaultFg : i;
 			int bg = (j == DEFAULT) ? defaultBg : j;
 
-			if (::init_pair (pairnum, fg, bg) == ERR)
-				print_warning ("Unable to initialize color pair %d (%d, %d)\n", pairnum, fg, bg);
+			if (fg != -1 || bg != -1)
+			{
+				if (::init_pair (pairnum, fg, bg) == ERR)
+					print_warning ("Unable to initialize color pair %d (%d, %d)\n", pairnum, fg, bg);
+			}
 		}
 	}
-	else
-	{
-		print_warning ("This terminal does not appear to support colors.\n");
-	}
 
 	render_full();
 	refresh();
@@ -932,7 +933,6 @@
 	va_start (args, fmtstr);
 	print_to_console (TEXTCOLOR_BrightBlue);
 	vprint (fmtstr, args);
-	print_to_console (TEXTCOLOR_Reset);
 	va_end (args);
 }
 
@@ -944,7 +944,6 @@
 	va_start (args, fmtstr);
 	print_to_console (TEXTCOLOR_BrightYellow "-!- ");
 	vprint (fmtstr, args);
-	print_to_console (TEXTCOLOR_Reset);
 	va_end (args);
 }
 
@@ -956,7 +955,6 @@
 	va_start (args, fmtstr);
 	print_to_console (TEXTCOLOR_BrightRed "!!! ");
 	vprint (fmtstr, args);
-	print_to_console (TEXTCOLOR_Reset);
 	va_end (args);
 }