diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/dccgui.c b/src/fe-gtk/dccgui.c
index 9604cb09..cbe587a9 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/dccgui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/dccgui.c
@@ -731,7 +731,11 @@ static void
 dcc_add_column (GtkWidget *tree, int textcol, int colorcol, char *title, gboolean right_justified)
 {
 	GtkCellRenderer *renderer;
-	const char *foreground_property = PALETTE_FOREGROUND_PROPERTY;
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
+	const char *foreground_property = "foreground-rgba";
+#else
+	const char *foreground_property = "foreground-gdk";
+#endif
 
 	renderer = gtk_cell_renderer_text_new ();
 	if (right_justified)
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/notifygui.c b/src/fe-gtk/notifygui.c
index 6ddcd212..d1e39c45 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/notifygui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/notifygui.c
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ notify_treecell_property_mapper (GtkTreeViewColumn *col, GtkCellRenderer *cell,
 	                    model_column, &text, -1);
 	g_object_set (G_OBJECT (cell), "text", text, NULL);
 #if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
-	g_object_set (G_OBJECT (cell), PALETTE_FOREGROUND_PROPERTY, colour, NULL);
+	g_object_set (G_OBJECT (cell), "foreground-rgba", colour, NULL);
 	if (colour)
 		gdk_rgba_free (colour);
 #else
-	g_object_set (G_OBJECT (cell), PALETTE_FOREGROUND_PROPERTY, colour, NULL);
+	g_object_set (G_OBJECT (cell), "foreground-gdk", colour, NULL);
 	if (colour)
 		gdk_color_free (colour);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/palette.c b/src/fe-gtk/palette.c
index 8e74ab31..245a3f66 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/palette.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/palette.c
@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@
 static void
 palette_color_set_rgb16 (PaletteColor *color, guint16 red, guint16 green, guint16 blue)
 {
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
-	GdkRGBA parsed;
-	gboolean parsed_ok;
 	char color_string[16];
 
 	g_snprintf (color_string, sizeof (color_string), "#%04x%04x%04x", red, green, blue);
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
+	GdkRGBA parsed;
+	gboolean parsed_ok;
+
 	parsed_ok = gdk_rgba_parse (&parsed, color_string);
 	if (!parsed_ok)
 	{
@@ -63,10 +64,13 @@ palette_color_set_rgb16 (PaletteColor *color, guint16 red, guint16 green, guint1
 	}
 	*color = parsed;
 #else
-	color->red = red;
-	color->green = green;
-	color->blue = blue;
-	color->pixel = 0;
+	if (!gdk_color_parse (color_string, color))
+	{
+		color->red = red;
+		color->green = green;
+		color->blue = blue;
+		color->pixel = 0;
+	}
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/setup.c b/src/fe-gtk/setup.c
index b7ffce73..f22e4b40 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/setup.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/setup.c
@@ -1542,7 +1542,12 @@ setup_rgba_from_palette (const PaletteColor *color, GdkRGBA *rgba)
 	palette_color_get_rgb16 (color, &red, &green, &blue);
 	g_snprintf (color_string, sizeof (color_string), "#%04x%04x%04x", red, green, blue);
 	if (!gdk_rgba_parse (rgba, color_string))
-		*rgba = *color;
+	{
+		rgba->red = red / 65535.0;
+		rgba->green = green / 65535.0;
+		rgba->blue = blue / 65535.0;
+		rgba->alpha = 1.0;
+	}
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/userlistgui.c b/src/fe-gtk/userlistgui.c
index 14a93986..25ccd8b6 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/userlistgui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/userlistgui.c
@@ -533,7 +533,11 @@ static void
 userlist_add_columns (GtkTreeView * treeview)
 {
 	GtkCellRenderer *renderer;
-	const char *foreground_property = PALETTE_FOREGROUND_PROPERTY;
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
+	const char *foreground_property = "foreground-rgba";
+#else
+	const char *foreground_property = "foreground-gdk";
+#endif
 
 	/* icon column */
 	renderer = gtk_cell_renderer_pixbuf_new ();