diff -ru pine4.55-orig/pico/osdep/unix pine4.55/pico/osdep/unix
--- pine4.55-orig/pico/osdep/unix	2003-04-15 17:20:22.000000000 -0500
+++ pine4.55/pico/osdep/unix	2003-06-23 13:05:19.000000000 -0500
@@ -998,7 +998,9 @@
     if(ANSI_COLOR()){
 	char buf[10];
 
-	if(color < 8)
+	if(color == 0)
+	  memcpy(buf, "\033[49m", 6);
+	else if(color < 8)
 	  sprintf(buf, "\033[4%cm",  color + '0');
 	else
 	  sprintf(buf, "\033[10%cm", (color-8) + '0');