diff -ur a/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QTerminalColors.cpp b/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QTerminalColors.cpp
--- a/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QTerminalColors.cpp	2013-04-08 16:03:51.094735581 -0400
+++ b/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QTerminalColors.cpp	2013-04-08 15:18:08.684055541 -0400
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 QConsoleColors::QConsoleColors (void)
     : QMap<int, QColor> ()
 {
-  (*this)[0]  = Qt::black;
+  (*this)[0]  = Qt::white;
   (*this)[1]  = Qt::darkBlue;
   (*this)[2]  = Qt::darkGreen;
   (*this)[3]  = Qt::darkCyan;
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@
   (*this)[12] = Qt::red;
   (*this)[13] = Qt::magenta;
   (*this)[14] = Qt::yellow;
-  (*this)[15] = Qt::white;
+  (*this)[15] = Qt::black;
 }
diff -ur a/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QWinTerminalImpl.cpp b/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QWinTerminalImpl.cpp
--- a/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QWinTerminalImpl.cpp	2013-04-08 16:05:22.810853004 -0400
+++ b/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QWinTerminalImpl.cpp	2013-04-08 15:16:47.387539047 -0400
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
   m_font.setFamily ("Lucida Console");
   m_font.setPointSize (9);
   m_font.setStyleHint (QFont::TypeWriter);
-  m_backgroundColor = Qt::black;
+  m_backgroundColor = Qt::white;
 
   m_buffer = m_tmpBuffer = 0;
 
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@
     return;
 
   p.setFont (d->m_font);
-  p.setPen (Qt::black);
+  p.setPen (Qt::white);
 
   ascent = p.fontMetrics ().ascent ();
   stride = d->m_consoleRect.width ();