diff --git a/config/aerc.conf b/config/aerc.conf
index 66b08ad..7a5e423 100644
--- a/config/aerc.conf
+++ b/config/aerc.conf
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ reply-to-self=true
 # against (non-case-sensitive) and a comma, e.g. subject,text will match a
 # subject which contains "text". Use header,~regex to match against a regex.
 #subject,~^\[PATCH=colordiff
-text/plain=sed 's/^>\+.*/\x1b[2;36m&\x1b[0m/'
+text/plain=sed 's/^>\+.*/\x1b[36m&\x1b[0m/'
 #text/html=pandoc -f html -t plain
 #image/*=catimg -w $(tput cols) -