diff --git a/liblog/logprint.cpp b/liblog/logprint.cpp
index 238431f91..a5c5edd0b 100644
--- a/liblog/logprint.cpp
+++ b/liblog/logprint.cpp
@@ -78,18 +78,21 @@ struct AndroidLogFormat_t {
 static bool descriptive_output = false;
 
 /*
- *  gnome-terminal color tags
- *    See http://misc.flogisoft.com/bash/tip_colors_and_formatting
- *    for ideas on how to set the forground color of the text for xterm.
- *    The color manipulation character stream is defined as:
- *      ESC [ 3 8 ; 5 ; <color#> m
+ * 8-bit color tags. See ECMA-48 Set Graphics Rendition in
+ * [console_codes(4)](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man4/console_codes.4.html).
+ *
+ * The text manipulation character stream is defined as:
+ *   ESC [ <parameter #> m
+ *
+ * We use "set <color> foreground" escape sequences instead of
+ * "256/24-bit foreground color". This allows colors to render
+ * according to user preferences in terminal emulator settings
  */
-#define ANDROID_COLOR_BLUE 75
-#define ANDROID_COLOR_DEFAULT 231
-#define ANDROID_COLOR_GREEN 40
-#define ANDROID_COLOR_ORANGE 166
-#define ANDROID_COLOR_RED 196
-#define ANDROID_COLOR_YELLOW 226
+#define ANDROID_COLOR_BLUE 34
+#define ANDROID_COLOR_DEFAULT 39
+#define ANDROID_COLOR_GREEN 32
+#define ANDROID_COLOR_RED 31
+#define ANDROID_COLOR_YELLOW 33
 
 static FilterInfo* filterinfo_new(const char* tag, android_LogPriority pri) {
   FilterInfo* p_ret;
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ static int colorFromPri(android_LogPriority pri) {
     case ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE: return ANDROID_COLOR_DEFAULT;
     case ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG:   return ANDROID_COLOR_BLUE;
     case ANDROID_LOG_INFO:    return ANDROID_COLOR_GREEN;
-    case ANDROID_LOG_WARN:    return ANDROID_COLOR_ORANGE;
+    case ANDROID_LOG_WARN:    return ANDROID_COLOR_YELLOW;
     case ANDROID_LOG_ERROR:   return ANDROID_COLOR_RED;
     case ANDROID_LOG_FATAL:   return ANDROID_COLOR_RED;
     case ANDROID_LOG_SILENT:  return ANDROID_COLOR_DEFAULT;
@@ -1499,7 +1502,7 @@ char* android_log_formatLogLine(AndroidLogFormat* p_format, char* defaultBuffer,
    */
   if (p_format->colored_output) {
     prefixLen =
-        snprintf(prefixBuf, sizeof(prefixBuf), "\x1B[38;5;%dm", colorFromPri(entry->priority));
+        snprintf(prefixBuf, sizeof(prefixBuf), "\x1B[%dm", colorFromPri(entry->priority));
     prefixLen = MIN(prefixLen, sizeof(prefixBuf));
 
     const char suffixContents[] = "\x1B[0m";
diff --git a/logcat/logcat.cpp b/logcat/logcat.cpp
index 0056c809b..d0c22ebff 100644
--- a/logcat/logcat.cpp
+++ b/logcat/logcat.cpp
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ static void show_format_help() {
         "  time       — Display the date, invocation time, priority/tag, and PID of the\n"
         "             process issuing the message.\n"
         "\nAdverb modifiers can be used in combination:\n"
-        "  color       — Display in highlighted color to match priority. i.e. \x1B[38;5;231mVERBOSE\n"
-        "                \x1B[38;5;75mDEBUG \x1B[38;5;40mINFO \x1B[38;5;166mWARNING \x1B[38;5;196mERROR FATAL\x1B[0m\n"
+        "  color       — Display in highlighted color to match priority. i.e. \x1B[39mVERBOSE\n"
+        "                \x1B[34mDEBUG \x1B[32mINFO \x1B[33mWARNING \x1B[31mERROR FATAL\x1B[0m\n"
         "  descriptive — events logs only, descriptions from event-log-tags database.\n"
         "  epoch       — Display time as seconds since Jan 1 1970.\n"
         "  monotonic   — Display time as cpu seconds since last boot.\n"