diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 41bac5aa..6703cdf9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ byobu (5.42) unreleased; urgency=low
     - clear wifi status indicator when there is no wifi connection
   * usr/bin/byobu-select-session: LP: #1182776
     - skip sessions that are just whitespace
+  * usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil, usr/lib/byobu/wifi_quality,
+    usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1: LP: #1182528
+    - fix status colors on Red Hat, Mac OS X, and elsewhere
+    - seems that the #nnnnnn style coloring isn't working everywhere
+      + should probably get to the bottom of this...
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 09 May 2013 09:06:07 -0500
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil b/usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil
index 5aa9ca69..7dbb917e 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil
@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@ color_map() {
 		"m") _RET="magenta" ;;
 		"c") _RET="cyan" ;;
 		"w") _RET="white" ;;
-		"d") _RET="color0" ;;
-		"K") _RET="#555555" ;;
-		"R") _RET="#FF0000" ;;
-		"G") _RET="#00FF00" ;;
-		"Y") _RET="#FFFF00" ;;
-		"B") _RET="#0000FF" ;;
-		"M") _RET="#FF00FF" ;;
-		"C") _RET="#00FFFF" ;;
-		"W") _RET="#FFFFFF" ;;
+		"d") _RET="black" ;;
+		"K") _RET="brightblack" ;;
+		"R") _RET="brightred" ;;
+		"G") _RET="brightgreen" ;;
+		"Y") _RET="brightyellow" ;;
+		"B") _RET="brightblue" ;;
+		"M") _RET="brightmagenta" ;;
+		"C") _RET="brightcyan" ;;
+		"W") _RET="brightwhite" ;;
 		*) _RET= ;;
 	esac
 }
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/wifi_quality b/usr/lib/byobu/wifi_quality
index bf34e5ed..36c3cd65 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/wifi_quality
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/wifi_quality
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ __wifi_quality() {
 		rm -f "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/status.$BYOBU_BACKEND/wifi_quality"*
 		return
 	fi
-	printf "${ICON_WIFI}"; color b C k; printf "%s" "$bitrate"; color -; color C k; printf "%s" "$ICON_MBPS"; color -; color b C k; printf "%s" "$quality"; color -; color C k; printf "%s" "$PCT"; color --
+	printf "${ICON_WIFI}"; color b C w; printf "%s" "$bitrate"; color -; color C w; printf "%s" "$ICON_MBPS"; color -; color b C w; printf "%s" "$quality"; color -; color C w; printf "%s" "$PCT"; color --
 }
 
 # vi: syntax=sh ts=4 noexpandtab
diff --git a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1 b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
index d84dd3d4..2ffc2104 100644
--- a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
+++ b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ The background colors of the \fBbyobu\fP status lines can be adjusted by editing
 
 \fBwhoami\fP \- the name of the user who owns the screen session; displayed in the upper bar toward the far right in bold black text on a grey background
 
-\fBwifi_quality\fP \- the connection rate and signal quality of the wifi connection; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in black text on a cyan background; the connection rate is in 'Mb/s' and the signal quality is as a percentage with a trailing '%'; override the default interface by specifying an alternate interface with MONITORED_NETWORK=wlan0 in \fI$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc\fP
+\fBwifi_quality\fP \- the connection rate and signal quality of the wifi connection; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in white text on a cyan background; the connection rate is in 'Mb/s' and the signal quality is as a percentage with a trailing '%'; override the default interface by specifying an alternate interface with MONITORED_NETWORK=wlan0 in \fI$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc\fP
 
 .SH SESSIONS