--- files.org	Sun Feb  4 13:43:32 2001
+++ files.c	Wed Jul  4 15:58:44 2001
@@ -533,13 +533,16 @@
 		if (tokenize(buf+2, 2, zz) == 2)
 		{
 			u16b type = (u16b)strtol(zz[0], NULL, 0);
-			byte color = color_char_to_attr(zz[1][0]);
+			int color = color_char_to_attr(zz[1][0]);
 
 			/* Ignore illegal types */
 			if (type >= MSG_MAX) return (1);
 
+			/* Ignore illegal color */
+			if (color < 0) return (1);
+
 			/* Store the color */
-			message__color[type] = color;
+			message__color[type] = (byte)color;
 
 			/* Success */
 			return (0);