diff --git a/src/bfu/style.c b/src/bfu/style.c
index 9d6c7e3f..57221183 100644
--- a/src/bfu/style.c
+++ b/src/bfu/style.c
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ struct bfu_color_entry {
 
 	unsigned int node_number;
 
+	unsigned int was_color16_set:1;
 	unsigned int was_color256_set:1;
 	unsigned int was_color24_set:1;
 
+	struct screen_char c16;
 	struct screen_char c256;
 	struct screen_char c24;
 };
@@ -38,6 +40,32 @@ struct bfu_color_entry *node_entries[1024];
 
 static struct hash *bfu_colors = NULL;
 
+unsigned char *
+get_bfu_background_color16_node(unsigned int node_number)
+{
+	struct bfu_color_entry *entry = node_entries[node_number];
+
+	if (!entry->was_color16_set) {
+		set_term_color(&entry->c16, &entry->colors, 0, COLOR_MODE_16);
+		entry->was_color16_set = 1;
+	}
+
+	return &entry->c16.c.color[0];
+}
+
+unsigned char *
+get_bfu_foreground_color16_node(unsigned int node_number)
+{
+	struct bfu_color_entry *entry = node_entries[node_number];
+
+	if (!entry->was_color16_set) {
+		set_term_color(&entry->c16, &entry->colors, 0, COLOR_MODE_16);
+		entry->was_color16_set = 1;
+	}
+
+	return &entry->c16.c.color[0];
+}
+
 unsigned char
 get_bfu_background_color256_node(unsigned int node_number)
 {
@@ -64,6 +92,7 @@ get_bfu_foreground_color256_node(unsigned int node_number)
 	return TERM_COLOR_FOREGROUND_256(entry->c256.c.color);
 }
 
+
 unsigned char *
 get_bfu_background_color_true_node(unsigned int node_number)
 {
diff --git a/src/bfu/style.h b/src/bfu/style.h
index 5ee5d315..f5035c4f 100644
--- a/src/bfu/style.h
+++ b/src/bfu/style.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ get_bfu_color(struct terminal *term, const char *stylename);
 
 unsigned int get_bfu_color_node(struct terminal *term, const char *stylename);
 
+unsigned char *get_bfu_background_color16_node(unsigned int node_number);
+unsigned char *get_bfu_foreground_color16_node(unsigned int node_number);
 unsigned char get_bfu_background_color256_node(unsigned int node_number);
 unsigned char get_bfu_foreground_color256_node(unsigned int node_number);
 unsigned char *get_bfu_background_color_true_node(unsigned int node_number);
diff --git a/src/terminal/screen.c b/src/terminal/screen.c
index 04a5fe86..4f5b67bc 100644
--- a/src/terminal/screen.c
+++ b/src/terminal/screen.c
@@ -443,6 +443,10 @@ static const struct screen_driver_opt *const screen_driver_opts[] = {
 
 static INIT_LIST_OF(struct screen_driver, active_screen_drivers);
 
+
+static unsigned char *get_foreground_color16_from_node(struct screen_char *ch);
+static unsigned char *get_background_color16_from_node(struct screen_char *ch);
+
 /** Set screen_driver.opt according to screen_driver.type and @a term_spec.
  * Other members of @a *driver need not have been initialized.
  *
@@ -956,8 +960,8 @@ add_char16(struct string *screen, struct screen_driver *driver,
 #ifdef CONFIG_TERMINFO
 		if (driver->opt.terminfo) {
 			add_to_string(screen, terminfo_set_bold(bold));
-			add_to_string(screen, terminfo_set_foreground(TERM_COLOR_FOREGROUND_16(ch->c.color)));
-			add_to_string(screen, terminfo_set_background(TERM_COLOR_BACKGROUND_16(ch->c.color)));
+			add_to_string(screen, terminfo_set_foreground(TERM_COLOR_FOREGROUND_16(get_foreground_color16_from_node(ch))));
+			add_to_string(screen, terminfo_set_background(TERM_COLOR_BACKGROUND_16(get_background_color16_from_node(ch))));
 
 			if (italic)
 				add_to_string(screen, terminfo_set_italics(italic));
@@ -980,9 +984,9 @@ add_char16(struct string *screen, struct screen_driver *driver,
 			 * - An unsupported color mode.  Use 16 colors.  */
 			if (driver->opt.color_mode != COLOR_MODE_MONO) {
 				char code[] = ";30;40";
-				unsigned char bgcolor = TERM_COLOR_BACKGROUND_16(ch->c.color);
+				unsigned char bgcolor = TERM_COLOR_BACKGROUND_16(get_background_color16_from_node(ch));
 
-				code[2] += TERM_COLOR_FOREGROUND_16(ch->c.color);
+				code[2] += TERM_COLOR_FOREGROUND_16(get_foreground_color16_from_node(ch));
 
 				if (!driver->opt.transparent || bgcolor != 0) {
 					code[5] += bgcolor;
@@ -1089,6 +1093,34 @@ get_foreground_color_from_node(struct screen_char *ch)
 	return ch->c.color[0];
 }
 
+static unsigned char *
+get_background_color16_from_node(struct screen_char *ch)
+{
+	if (ch->is_node) {
+		unsigned int node_number = ch->c.node_number;
+
+		if (node_number < 1024) {
+			return get_bfu_background_color16_node(node_number);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &ch->c.color[0];
+}
+
+static unsigned char *
+get_foreground_color16_from_node(struct screen_char *ch)
+{
+	if (ch->is_node) {
+		unsigned int node_number = ch->c.node_number;
+
+		if (node_number < 1024) {
+			return get_bfu_foreground_color16_node(node_number);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &ch->c.color[0];
+}
+
 static inline void
 add_background_color(struct string *str, const struct string *seq, struct screen_char *ch)
 {