context => undef,
 );
 
+my $COLOR = qr/(?:bright)?
+               (?:normal|black|red|green|yellow|blue|magenta|cyan|white)/x;
+
 sub my_colored {
-       my ($self, $slot) = @_; # $_[2] = buffer
+       my ($self, $slot, $buf) = @_;
        my $val = $self->{"color.$slot"} //=
                        $self->{-leicfg}->{"color.$slot"} //
                        $self->{-gitcfg}->{"color.diff.$slot"} //
                        $DEFAULT_COLOR{$slot};
        $val = $val->[-1] if ref($val) eq 'ARRAY';
        if (defined $val) {
+               $val = lc $val;
                # git doesn't use "_", Term::ANSIColor does
-               $val =~ s/\Abright([^_])/bright_$1/i;
-               ${$self->{obuf}} .= Term::ANSIColor::colored($_[2], lc $val);
+               $val =~ s/\Abright([^_])/bright_$1/ig;
+
+               # git: "green black" => T::A: "green on_black"
+               $val =~ s/($COLOR)(.+?)($COLOR)/$1$2on_$3/;
+
+               # FIXME: convert git #XXXXXX to T::A-compatible colors
+               # for 256-color terminals
+
+               ${$self->{obuf}} .= colored($buf, $val);
        } else {
-               ${$self->{obuf}} .= $_[2];
+               ${$self->{obuf}} .= $buf;
        }
 }