1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index adb5fca..eda3cb9 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ static bool initcurses(void *oldmask)
 		if (colors && *colors == '#') {
 			char *sep = strchr(colors, ';');
 
-			if (COLORS >= 256) {
+			if (!g_state.oldcolor && COLORS >= 256) {
 				++colors;
 				ext = TRUE;