diff --git a/src/framewin.c b/src/framewin.c
index 3f03aa59..b11f414e 100644
--- a/src/framewin.c
+++ b/src/framewin.c
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ static void paintButton(WCoreWindow * button, WTexture * texture,
 
 static void updateTitlebar(WFrameWindow * fwin);
 
-static void allocFrameBorderPixel(Colormap colormap, const char *color_name, unsigned long **pixel);
+static void allocFrameBorderPixel(WFrameWindow *fwin, const char *color_name, unsigned long **pixel);
 
-static void allocFrameBorderPixel(Colormap colormap, const char *color_name, unsigned long **pixel) {
+static void allocFrameBorderPixel(WFrameWindow *fwin, const char *color_name, unsigned long **pixel) {
 	XColor xcol;
 
 	*pixel = NULL;
 
-	if (! wGetColorForColormap(colormap, color_name, &xcol))
+	if (! wGetColorForColormap(fwin->screen_ptr, fwin->colormap, color_name, &xcol))
 		return;
 
 	*pixel = wmalloc(sizeof(unsigned long));
@@ -412,9 +412,9 @@ void wFrameWindowUpdateBorders(WFrameWindow * fwin, int flags)
 
 	checkTitleSize(fwin);
 
-	allocFrameBorderPixel(fwin->colormap, WMGetColorRGBDescription(scr->frame_border_color), &fwin->border_pixel);
-	allocFrameBorderPixel(fwin->colormap, WMGetColorRGBDescription(scr->frame_focused_border_color), &fwin->focused_border_pixel);
-	allocFrameBorderPixel(fwin->colormap, WMGetColorRGBDescription(scr->frame_selected_border_color), &fwin->selected_border_pixel);
+	allocFrameBorderPixel(fwin, WMGetColorRGBDescription(scr->frame_border_color), &fwin->border_pixel);
+	allocFrameBorderPixel(fwin, WMGetColorRGBDescription(scr->frame_focused_border_color), &fwin->focused_border_pixel);
+	allocFrameBorderPixel(fwin, WMGetColorRGBDescription(scr->frame_selected_border_color), &fwin->selected_border_pixel);
 
 	if (flags & WFF_SELECTED) {
 		if (fwin->selected_border_pixel)
diff --git a/src/resources.c b/src/resources.c
index 8a336008..ee427915 100644
--- a/src/resources.c
+++ b/src/resources.c
@@ -35,8 +35,16 @@
 #include "resources.h"
 #include "screen.h"
 
-int wGetColorForColormap(Colormap colormap, const char *color_name, XColor *color)
+int wGetColorForColormap(WScreen *scr, Colormap colormap, const char *color_name, XColor *color)
 {
+	if (scr->w_visual->class == TrueColor) {
+		XColor dummy_exact;
+		if (!XLookupColor(dpy, colormap, color_name, &dummy_exact, color)) {
+			wwarning(_("could not lookup color \"%s\""), color_name);
+			return False;
+		}
+		return True;
+	}
 	if (!XParseColor(dpy, colormap, color_name, color)) {
 		wwarning(_("could not parse color \"%s\""), color_name);
 		return False;
@@ -50,11 +58,14 @@ int wGetColorForColormap(Colormap colormap, const char *color_name, XColor *colo
 
 int wGetColor(WScreen *scr, const char *color_name, XColor *color)
 {
-	return wGetColorForColormap(scr->w_colormap, color_name, color);
+	return wGetColorForColormap(scr, scr->w_colormap, color_name, color);
 }
 
 void wFreeColor(WScreen * scr, unsigned long pixel)
 {
+	if (scr->w_visual->class == TrueColor)
+		return;
+
 	if (pixel != scr->white_pixel && pixel != scr->black_pixel) {
 		unsigned long colors[1];
 
diff --git a/src/resources.h b/src/resources.h
index a310c60b..7fe589f0 100644
--- a/src/resources.h
+++ b/src/resources.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #ifndef WMRESOURCES_H_
 #define WMRESOURCES_H_
 
-int wGetColorForColormap(Colormap colormap, const char *color_name, XColor *color);
+int wGetColorForColormap(WScreen *scr, Colormap colormap, const char *color_name, XColor *color);
 int wGetColor(WScreen *scr, const char *color_name, XColor *color);
 void wFreeColor(WScreen *scr, unsigned long pixel);