diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index bc4ebfc..7174098 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -894,9 +894,9 @@ read_Xresources(void) {
 			fonts[0] = strdup(xval.addr);
 		if (XrmGetResource(xdb, "dmenu.color0", "*", &type, &xval) == True)  /* normal background color */
 			colors[SchemeNorm][ColBg] = strdup(xval.addr);
-		if (XrmGetResource(xdb, "dmenu.color7", "*", &type, &xval) == True)  /* normal foreground color */
+		if (XrmGetResource(xdb, "dmenu.color4", "*", &type, &xval) == True)  /* normal foreground color */
 			colors[SchemeNorm][ColFg] = strdup(xval.addr);
-		if (XrmGetResource(xdb, "dmenu.color6", "*", &type, &xval) == True)  /* selected background color */
+		if (XrmGetResource(xdb, "dmenu.color4", "*", &type, &xval) == True)  /* selected background color */
 			colors[SchemeSel][ColBg] = strdup(xval.addr);
 		if (XrmGetResource(xdb, "dmenu.color0", "*", &type, &xval) == True)  /* selected foreground color */
 			colors[SchemeSel][ColFg] = strdup(xval.addr);