diff --git a/bin/logo b/bin/logo
index 5e248740..f455e68e 100755
--- a/bin/logo
+++ b/bin/logo
@@ -31,63 +31,63 @@ print_logo() {
 	distro=`echo "$1" | sed 'y/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/' `
 	case "$distro" in
 		*ubuntu*)
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b k r)%s$(color k y)%s$(color b k Y)%s" "\\" "o" "/" || printf "\\o/"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b k r)%s$(color -)$(color k y)%s$(color -)$(color b k Y)%s$(color -)" "\\" "o" "/" || printf "\\o/"
 		;;
 		*altlinux*)
 			logo="alt"
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color Y k)%s" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color Y k)%s$(color -)" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
 		;;
 	 	*arch*)
 			logo=" A "
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b w b)%s" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b w b)%s$(color -)" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
 		;;
 		*centos*)
 			logo="****"
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color g w)*$(color m w)*$(color y w)*$(color b w)*" || printf "$logo"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color g w)*$(color -)$(color m w)*$(color -)$(color y w)*$(color -)$(color b w)*$(color -)" || printf "$logo"
 		;;
 		*debian*)
 			logo=" @ "
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color w r)%s" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color w r)%s$(color -)" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
 		;;
 		*fedora*)
 			logo=" f "
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b w)%s" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b w)%s$(color -)" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
 		;;
 		*foresight*)
 			logo="<@>"
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b W g)%s" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b W g)%s$(color -)" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
 		;;
 		*gentoo*)
 			logo=" > "
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b c w)%s" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b c w)%s$(color -)" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
 		;;
 		*mandriva*)
 			logo=" (* "
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b k c) ($(color b k y)* " || printf "$logo"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b k c) ($(color -)$(color b k y)*$(color -) " || printf "$logo"
 		;;
 		*redhat*)
 			logo=" RH "
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color R k)%s" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color R k)%s$(color -)" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
 		;;
 		*rockhopper*)
 			logo="palm"
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color k w)%s" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color k w)%s$(color -)" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
 		;;
 		*slackware*)
 			logo=".S "
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color u B k)%s" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color u B k)%s$(color -)" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
 		;;
 		*suse*)
 			logo="SuSE"
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color W g)%s" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color W g)%s$(color -)" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
 		;;
 		*xandros*)
 			logo=" X "
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color W r)%s" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color W r)%s$(color -)" "$logo" || printf "$logo"
 		;;
 		*)
 			logo="[B]"
-			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b k W)%s" "$logo" || printf " $logo "
+			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b k W)%s$(color -)" "$logo" || printf " $logo "
 		;;
 	esac
 }
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9cb5d53d..3dd97079 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ byobu (2.43-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low
   * byobu-select-profile, byobu-config: improve color selection with more
     informative color names and support screen default background/foreground
     colors, LP: #500669
+  * bin/logo, profiles/common: must undo each color change on logo printing
+    like all other status items, fix hardstatus line for "default color"
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:01:55 -0600
 
diff --git a/profiles/common b/profiles/common
index 39ed6c2e..580b4333 100644
--- a/profiles/common
+++ b/profiles/common
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ source $HOME/.byobu/keybindings
 caption always "%12`%?%-Lw%50L>%?%{=r }%{+b }%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%12`%?%+Lw%?%11` %=%12`%110`%109`%122`%111`%10`%<"
 
 # Status string, last line
-hardstatus string '%99`%12` %100`%112`%= %130`%102`%101`%129`%127`%114`%115`%108`%128`%125`%126`%113`%119`%117`%116`%106`%104`%103`%105`%107`%123`%120`%121`'
+hardstatus string '%99`%{-}%{=r}%12` %100`%112`%= %130`%102`%101`%129`%127`%114`%115`%108`%128`%125`%126`%113`%119`%117`%116`%106`%104`%103`%105`%107`%123`%120`%121`'
 
 # NOTE: Older version of screen have an arbitrary limit of only being able
 # to change colors 16 times in this 'hardstatus string'.