diff --git a/data/base/palette.txt b/data/base/palette.txt
index c3e7cc522..905da108b 100644
--- a/data/base/palette.txt
+++ b/data/base/palette.txt
@@ -57,3 +57,11 @@ A0,70,00,ff	// team2 - orange
 20,30,60,ff	// team6 - blue
 90,00,70,ff	// team7 - purple
 00,80,80,ff	// team8 - teal
+7f,7f,7f,ff	// default form background
+ff,ff,ff,ff	// default form text
+ff,ff,ff,ff	// default form light
+00,00,00,ff	// default form dark
+40,40,40,ff	// default form hilite
+ff,0,0,ff	// default form cursor
+30,30,30,ff	// default form tip background
+bf,bf,bf,ff	// default form disabled
diff --git a/lib/ivis_common/piepalette.h b/lib/ivis_common/piepalette.h
index 0221db4a7..416b87cea 100644
--- a/lib/ivis_common/piepalette.h
+++ b/lib/ivis_common/piepalette.h
@@ -81,8 +81,16 @@
 #define WZCOL_TEAM6					psPalette[56]
 #define WZCOL_TEAM7					psPalette[57]
 #define WZCOL_TEAM8					psPalette[58]
+#define WZCOL_FORM_BACKGROUND				psPalette[59]
+#define WZCOL_FORM_TEXT					psPalette[60]
+#define WZCOL_FORM_LIGHT				psPalette[61]
+#define WZCOL_FORM_DARK					psPalette[62]
+#define WZCOL_FORM_HILITE				psPalette[63]
+#define WZCOL_FORM_CURSOR				psPalette[64]
+#define WZCOL_FORM_TIP_BACKGROUND			psPalette[65]
+#define WZCOL_FORM_DISABLE				psPalette[66]
 
-#define WZCOL_MAX			59
+#define WZCOL_MAX			67
 
 //*************************************************************************
 
diff --git a/lib/widget/form.c b/lib/widget/form.c
index 77ed2641a..bae0b58a3 100644
--- a/lib/widget/form.c
+++ b/lib/widget/form.c
@@ -49,49 +49,14 @@ typedef struct _tab_pos
 /* Set default colours for a form */
 static void formSetDefaultColours(W_FORM *psForm)
 {
-	static BOOL bDefaultsSet = false;
-	static PIELIGHT wcol_bkgrnd;
-	static PIELIGHT wcol_text;
-	static PIELIGHT wcol_light;
-	static PIELIGHT wcol_dark;
-	static PIELIGHT wcol_hilite;
-	static PIELIGHT wcol_cursor;
-	static PIELIGHT wcol_tipbkgrnd;
-	static PIELIGHT wcol_disable;
-
-	if (bDefaultsSet)
-	{
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_BKGRND]    = wcol_bkgrnd;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_TEXT]      = wcol_text;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_LIGHT]     = wcol_light;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_DARK]      = wcol_dark;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_HILITE]    = wcol_hilite;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_CURSOR]    = wcol_cursor;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_TIPBKGRND] = wcol_tipbkgrnd;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_DISABLE]   = wcol_disable;
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		wcol_bkgrnd    = pal_Colour(0x7f, 0x7f, 0x7f);
-		wcol_text      = WZCOL_WHITE;
-		wcol_light     = WZCOL_WHITE;
-		wcol_dark      = WZCOL_BLACK;
-		wcol_hilite    = pal_Colour(0x40, 0x40, 0x40);
-		wcol_cursor    = pal_Colour(0xff, 0x00, 0x00);
-		wcol_tipbkgrnd = pal_Colour(0x30, 0x30, 0x60);
-		wcol_disable   = pal_Colour(0xbf, 0xbf, 0xbf);
-
-		bDefaultsSet   = true;
-
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_BKGRND]    = wcol_bkgrnd;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_TEXT]      = wcol_text;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_LIGHT]     = wcol_light;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_DARK]      = wcol_dark;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_HILITE]    = wcol_hilite;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_CURSOR]    = wcol_cursor;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_TIPBKGRND] = wcol_tipbkgrnd;
-		psForm->aColours[WCOL_DISABLE]   = wcol_disable;
-	}
+	psForm->aColours[WCOL_BKGRND]    = WZCOL_FORM_BACKGROUND;
+	psForm->aColours[WCOL_TEXT]      = WZCOL_FORM_TEXT;
+	psForm->aColours[WCOL_LIGHT]     = WZCOL_FORM_LIGHT;
+	psForm->aColours[WCOL_DARK]      = WZCOL_FORM_DARK;
+	psForm->aColours[WCOL_HILITE]    = WZCOL_FORM_HILITE;
+	psForm->aColours[WCOL_CURSOR]    = WZCOL_FORM_CURSOR;
+	psForm->aColours[WCOL_TIPBKGRND] = WZCOL_FORM_TIP_BACKGROUND;
+	psForm->aColours[WCOL_DISABLE]   = WZCOL_FORM_DISABLE;
 }
 
 /* Create a plain form widget */
diff --git a/lib/widget/form.h b/lib/widget/form.h
index 052a77b34..754654945 100644
--- a/lib/widget/form.h
+++ b/lib/widget/form.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ extern "C"
 	UWORD		Ax0,Ay0,Ax1,Ay1; 	/* Working coords for animations. */ \
 	UDWORD		animCount; 			/* Animation counter. */ \
 	UDWORD		startTime;			/* Animation start time */ \
-	PIELIGHT	aColours[WCOL_MAX];		/* Colours for the form and its widgets. signed since aColours -1 means use bitmap. */ \
+	PIELIGHT	aColours[WCOL_MAX];		/* Colours for the form and its widgets */ \
 	WIDGET		*psLastHiLite;	/* The last widget to be hilited */ \
 								/* This is used to track when the mouse moves */ \
 								/* off something */ \