diff --git a/hw/display/jazz_led.c b/hw/display/jazz_led.c
index 12b1707..1ea49b7 100644
--- a/hw/display/jazz_led.c
+++ b/hw/display/jazz_led.c
@@ -233,8 +233,10 @@
 
     /* TODO: draw the segments */
     snprintf(buf, 2, "%02hhx\n", s->segments);
-    console_write_ch(chardata++, 0x00200100 | buf[0]);
-    console_write_ch(chardata++, 0x00200100 | buf[1]);
+    console_write_ch(chardata++, ATTR2CHTYPE(buf[0], QEMU_COLOR_BLUE,
+                                             QEMU_COLOR_BLACK, 1));
+    console_write_ch(chardata++, ATTR2CHTYPE(buf[1], QEMU_COLOR_BLUE,
+                                             QEMU_COLOR_BLACK, 1));
 
     dpy_text_update(s->con, 0, 0, 2, 1);
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/vga.c b/hw/display/vga.c
index 9f68394..84ce0af 100644
--- a/hw/display/vga.c
+++ b/hw/display/vga.c
@@ -1979,7 +1979,8 @@
     width = (s->last_width - size) / 2;
     dst = chardata + s->last_width + width;
     for (i = 0; i < size; i ++)
-        console_write_ch(dst ++, 0x00200100 | msg_buffer[i]);
+        console_write_ch(dst ++, ATTR2CHTYPE(msg_buffer[i], QEMU_COLOR_BLUE,
+                                             QEMU_COLOR_BLACK, 1));
 
     dpy_text_update(s->con, 0, 0, s->last_width, height);
 }
diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index c249db4..adac36d 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -30,6 +30,21 @@
 #define GUI_REFRESH_INTERVAL_DEFAULT    30
 #define GUI_REFRESH_INTERVAL_IDLE     3000
 
+/* Color number is match to standard vga palette */
+enum qemu_color_names {
+    QEMU_COLOR_BLACK   = 0,
+    QEMU_COLOR_BLUE    = 1,
+    QEMU_COLOR_GREEN   = 2,
+    QEMU_COLOR_CYAN    = 3,
+    QEMU_COLOR_RED     = 4,
+    QEMU_COLOR_MAGENTA = 5,
+    QEMU_COLOR_YELLOW  = 6,
+    QEMU_COLOR_WHITE   = 7
+};
+/* Convert to curses char attributes */
+#define ATTR2CHTYPE(c, fg, bg, bold) \
+    ((bold) << 21 | (bg) << 11 | (fg) << 8 | (c))
+
 typedef void QEMUPutKBDEvent(void *opaque, int keycode);
 typedef void QEMUPutLEDEvent(void *opaque, int ledstate);
 typedef void QEMUPutMouseEvent(void *opaque, int dx, int dy, int dz, int buttons_state);
diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index 27a2cdc..4b65c34 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -376,42 +376,29 @@
 
 #include "vgafont.h"
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_CURSES
-enum color_names {
-    COLOR_BLACK   = 0,
-    COLOR_RED     = 1,
-    COLOR_GREEN   = 2,
-    COLOR_YELLOW  = 3,
-    COLOR_BLUE    = 4,
-    COLOR_MAGENTA = 5,
-    COLOR_CYAN    = 6,
-    COLOR_WHITE   = 7
-};
-#endif
-
 #define QEMU_RGB(r, g, b)                                               \
     { .red = r << 8, .green = g << 8, .blue = b << 8, .alpha = 0xffff }
 
 static const pixman_color_t color_table_rgb[2][8] = {
     {   /* dark */
-        QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0x00, 0x00),  /* black */
-        QEMU_RGB(0xaa, 0x00, 0x00),  /* red */
-        QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0xaa, 0x00),  /* green */
-        QEMU_RGB(0xaa, 0xaa, 0x00),  /* yellow */
-        QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0x00, 0xaa),  /* blue */
-        QEMU_RGB(0xaa, 0x00, 0xaa),  /* magenta */
-        QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0xaa, 0xaa),  /* cyan */
-        QEMU_RGB(0xaa, 0xaa, 0xaa),  /* white */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_BLACK]   = QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0x00, 0x00),  /* black */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_BLUE]    = QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0x00, 0xaa),  /* blue */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_GREEN]   = QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0xaa, 0x00),  /* green */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_CYAN]    = QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0xaa, 0xaa),  /* cyan */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_RED]     = QEMU_RGB(0xaa, 0x00, 0x00),  /* red */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_MAGENTA] = QEMU_RGB(0xaa, 0x00, 0xaa),  /* magenta */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_YELLOW]  = QEMU_RGB(0xaa, 0xaa, 0x00),  /* yellow */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_WHITE]   = QEMU_RGB(0xaa, 0xaa, 0xaa),  /* white */
     },
     {   /* bright */
-        QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0x00, 0x00),  /* black */
-        QEMU_RGB(0xff, 0x00, 0x00),  /* red */
-        QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0xff, 0x00),  /* green */
-        QEMU_RGB(0xff, 0xff, 0x00),  /* yellow */
-        QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0x00, 0xff),  /* blue */
-        QEMU_RGB(0xff, 0x00, 0xff),  /* magenta */
-        QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0xff, 0xff),  /* cyan */
-        QEMU_RGB(0xff, 0xff, 0xff),  /* white */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_BLACK]   = QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0x00, 0x00),  /* black */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_BLUE]    = QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0x00, 0xff),  /* blue */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_GREEN]   = QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0xff, 0x00),  /* green */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_CYAN]    = QEMU_RGB(0x00, 0xff, 0xff),  /* cyan */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_RED]     = QEMU_RGB(0xff, 0x00, 0x00),  /* red */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_MAGENTA] = QEMU_RGB(0xff, 0x00, 0xff),  /* magenta */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_YELLOW]  = QEMU_RGB(0xff, 0xff, 0x00),  /* yellow */
+        [QEMU_COLOR_WHITE]   = QEMU_RGB(0xff, 0xff, 0xff),  /* white */
     }
 };
 
@@ -560,7 +547,7 @@
     }
 
     vga_fill_rect(s, 0, 0, surface_width(surface), surface_height(surface),
-                  color_table_rgb[0][COLOR_BLACK]);
+                  color_table_rgb[0][QEMU_COLOR_BLACK]);
     y1 = s->y_displayed;
     for (y = 0; y < s->height; y++) {
         c = s->cells + y1 * s->width;
@@ -698,53 +685,53 @@
                 break;
             /* set foreground color */
             case 30:
-                s->t_attrib.fgcol=COLOR_BLACK;
+                s->t_attrib.fgcol = QEMU_COLOR_BLACK;
                 break;
             case 31:
-                s->t_attrib.fgcol=COLOR_RED;
+                s->t_attrib.fgcol = QEMU_COLOR_RED;
                 break;
             case 32:
-                s->t_attrib.fgcol=COLOR_GREEN;
+                s->t_attrib.fgcol = QEMU_COLOR_GREEN;
                 break;
             case 33:
-                s->t_attrib.fgcol=COLOR_YELLOW;
+                s->t_attrib.fgcol = QEMU_COLOR_YELLOW;
                 break;
             case 34:
-                s->t_attrib.fgcol=COLOR_BLUE;
+                s->t_attrib.fgcol = QEMU_COLOR_BLUE;
                 break;
             case 35:
-                s->t_attrib.fgcol=COLOR_MAGENTA;
+                s->t_attrib.fgcol = QEMU_COLOR_MAGENTA;
                 break;
             case 36:
-                s->t_attrib.fgcol=COLOR_CYAN;
+                s->t_attrib.fgcol = QEMU_COLOR_CYAN;
                 break;
             case 37:
-                s->t_attrib.fgcol=COLOR_WHITE;
+                s->t_attrib.fgcol = QEMU_COLOR_WHITE;
                 break;
             /* set background color */
             case 40:
-                s->t_attrib.bgcol=COLOR_BLACK;
+                s->t_attrib.bgcol = QEMU_COLOR_BLACK;
                 break;
             case 41:
-                s->t_attrib.bgcol=COLOR_RED;
+                s->t_attrib.bgcol = QEMU_COLOR_RED;
                 break;
             case 42:
-                s->t_attrib.bgcol=COLOR_GREEN;
+                s->t_attrib.bgcol = QEMU_COLOR_GREEN;
                 break;
             case 43:
-                s->t_attrib.bgcol=COLOR_YELLOW;
+                s->t_attrib.bgcol = QEMU_COLOR_YELLOW;
                 break;
             case 44:
-                s->t_attrib.bgcol=COLOR_BLUE;
+                s->t_attrib.bgcol = QEMU_COLOR_BLUE;
                 break;
             case 45:
-                s->t_attrib.bgcol=COLOR_MAGENTA;
+                s->t_attrib.bgcol = QEMU_COLOR_MAGENTA;
                 break;
             case 46:
-                s->t_attrib.bgcol=COLOR_CYAN;
+                s->t_attrib.bgcol = QEMU_COLOR_CYAN;
                 break;
             case 47:
-                s->t_attrib.bgcol=COLOR_WHITE;
+                s->t_attrib.bgcol = QEMU_COLOR_WHITE;
                 break;
         }
     }
@@ -1165,11 +1152,13 @@
         src = (s->y_base + s->text_y[0]) * s->width;
         chardata += s->text_y[0] * s->width;
         for (i = s->text_y[0]; i <= s->text_y[1]; i ++)
-            for (j = 0; j < s->width; j ++, src ++)
-                console_write_ch(chardata ++, s->cells[src].ch |
-                                (s->cells[src].t_attrib.fgcol << 12) |
-                                (s->cells[src].t_attrib.bgcol << 8) |
-                                (s->cells[src].t_attrib.bold << 21));
+            for (j = 0; j < s->width; j++, src++) {
+                console_write_ch(chardata ++,
+                                 ATTR2CHTYPE(s->cells[src].ch,
+                                             s->cells[src].t_attrib.fgcol,
+                                             s->cells[src].t_attrib.bgcol,
+                                             s->cells[src].t_attrib.bold));
+            }
         dpy_text_update(s, s->text_x[0], s->text_y[0],
                         s->text_x[1] - s->text_x[0], i - s->text_y[0]);
         s->text_x[0] = s->width;
@@ -1306,8 +1295,8 @@
                                                    const char *msg)
 {
     DisplaySurface *surface = qemu_create_displaysurface(w, h);
-    pixman_color_t bg = color_table_rgb[0][COLOR_BLACK];
-    pixman_color_t fg = color_table_rgb[0][COLOR_WHITE];
+    pixman_color_t bg = color_table_rgb[0][QEMU_COLOR_BLACK];
+    pixman_color_t fg = color_table_rgb[0][QEMU_COLOR_WHITE];
     pixman_image_t *glyph;
     int len, x, y, i;
 
@@ -1941,8 +1930,8 @@
     s->t_attrib_default.blink = 0;
     s->t_attrib_default.invers = 0;
     s->t_attrib_default.unvisible = 0;
-    s->t_attrib_default.fgcol = COLOR_WHITE;
-    s->t_attrib_default.bgcol = COLOR_BLACK;
+    s->t_attrib_default.fgcol = QEMU_COLOR_WHITE;
+    s->t_attrib_default.bgcol = QEMU_COLOR_BLACK;
     /* set current text attributes to default */
     s->t_attrib = s->t_attrib_default;
     text_console_resize(s);
@@ -1951,7 +1940,7 @@
         char msg[128];
         int len;
 
-        s->t_attrib.bgcol = COLOR_BLUE;
+        s->t_attrib.bgcol = QEMU_COLOR_BLUE;
         len = snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "%s console\r\n", chr->label);
         console_puts(chr, (uint8_t*)msg, len);
         s->t_attrib = s->t_attrib_default;
diff --git a/ui/curses.c b/ui/curses.c
index 7e7e402..274e09b 100644
--- a/ui/curses.c
+++ b/ui/curses.c
@@ -333,8 +333,14 @@
 static void curses_setup(void)
 {
     int i, colour_default[8] = {
-        COLOR_BLACK, COLOR_BLUE, COLOR_GREEN, COLOR_CYAN,
-        COLOR_RED, COLOR_MAGENTA, COLOR_YELLOW, COLOR_WHITE,
+        [QEMU_COLOR_BLACK]   = COLOR_BLACK,
+        [QEMU_COLOR_BLUE]    = COLOR_BLUE,
+        [QEMU_COLOR_GREEN]   = COLOR_GREEN,
+        [QEMU_COLOR_CYAN]    = COLOR_CYAN,
+        [QEMU_COLOR_RED]     = COLOR_RED,
+        [QEMU_COLOR_MAGENTA] = COLOR_MAGENTA,
+        [QEMU_COLOR_YELLOW]  = COLOR_YELLOW,
+        [QEMU_COLOR_WHITE]   = COLOR_WHITE,
     };
 
     /* input as raw as possible, let everything be interpreted
@@ -343,10 +349,11 @@
     nodelay(stdscr, TRUE); nonl(); keypad(stdscr, TRUE);
     start_color(); raw(); scrollok(stdscr, FALSE);
 
+    /* Make color pair to match color format (3bits bg:3bits fg) */
     for (i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
         init_pair(i, colour_default[i & 7], colour_default[i >> 3]);
     }
-    /* Set default color for more than 64. (monitor uses 0x74xx for example) */
+    /* Set default color for more than 64 for safety. */
     for (i = 64; i < COLOR_PAIRS; i++) {
         init_pair(i, COLOR_WHITE, COLOR_BLACK);
     }