diff --git a/scripts/colors b/scripts/colors
index 87818d7..9a43812 100755
--- a/scripts/colors
+++ b/scripts/colors
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ for i in (seq 8)
   printf "%02d %-27s (%s)     %02d %-36s (%s)\n" \
     (math $i - 1) \
     (colored $colors[$i] $colors[$i]) \
-    (xrdb -query color(math $i - 1)) \
+    (xrdb -get color(math $i - 1)) \
     (math $i + 7) \
     (colored br$colors[$i] "bright "$colors[$i]) \
-    (xrdb -query color(math $i + 7))
+    (xrdb -get color(math $i + 7))
 end