diff --git a/harbour/contrib/libct/color.prg b/harbour/contrib/libct/color.prg
index 6b93bc658d..53ca525854 100644
--- a/harbour/contrib/libct/color.prg
+++ b/harbour/contrib/libct/color.prg
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ FUNCTION NTOCOLOR( nColor, lChar )
 
   if valtype( nColor ) == "N" .and. nColor > 0 .and. nColor < 256
 
-     nColorFore = INT( nColor / 16 )
-     nColorBack = nColor % 16
+     nColorFore = nColor % 16
+     nColorBack = INT( nColor / 16 )
 
      if !lChar