diff --git a/dmenubar/config.arg.h b/dmenubar/config.arg.h
index 066c1a4..1e0ff8c 100644
--- a/dmenubar/config.arg.h
+++ b/dmenubar/config.arg.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 #define FONT			"-*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*"
-#define BGCOLOR			"#666699"
-#define FGCOLOR			"#eeeeee"
-#define BORDERCOLOR		"#9999CC"
+#define SELBGCOLOR		"#666699"
+#define SELFGCOLOR		"#eeeeee"
+#define NORMBGCOLOR		"#333366"
+#define NORMFGCOLOR		"#cccccc"
diff --git a/dmenubar/config.default.h b/dmenubar/config.default.h
index cf1baea..1f66553 100644
--- a/dmenubar/config.default.h
+++ b/dmenubar/config.default.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 #define FONT			"fixed"
-#define BGCOLOR			"#666699"
-#define FGCOLOR			"#eeeeee"
-#define BORDERCOLOR		"#9999CC"
+#define SELBGCOLOR		"#666699"
+#define SELFGCOLOR		"#eeeeee"
+#define NORMBGCOLOR		"#333366"
+#define NORMFGCOLOR		"#cccccc"
diff --git a/dmenubar/dmenu.h b/dmenubar/dmenu.h
index 2a8796f..337e094 100644
--- a/dmenubar/dmenu.h
+++ b/dmenubar/dmenu.h
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 
 #define SPACE		30 /* px */
 
+/* color */
+enum { ColFG, ColBG, ColLast };
+
 typedef struct DC DC;
 typedef struct Fnt Fnt;
 
@@ -22,9 +25,8 @@ struct Fnt {
 
 struct DC { /* draw context */
 	int x, y, w, h;
-	unsigned long bg;
-	unsigned long fg;
-	unsigned long border;
+	unsigned long norm[ColLast];
+	unsigned long sel[ColLast];
 	Drawable drawable;
 	Fnt font;
 	GC gc;
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ extern Display *dpy;
 extern DC dc;
 
 /* draw.c */
-extern void drawtext(const char *text, Bool invert, Bool border);
+extern void drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]);
 extern unsigned long getcolor(const char *colstr);
 extern void setfont(const char *fontstr);
 extern unsigned int textw(const char *text);
diff --git a/dmenubar/draw.c b/dmenubar/draw.c
index 38ae8c3..d0f21cd 100644
--- a/dmenubar/draw.c
+++ b/dmenubar/draw.c
@@ -24,37 +24,21 @@ textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len)
 /* extern */
 
 void
-drawtext(const char *text, Bool invert, Bool border)
+drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast])
 {
 	int x, y, w, h;
 	static char buf[256];
 	unsigned int len, olen;
 	XGCValues gcv;
-	XPoint points[5];
 	XRectangle r = { dc.x, dc.y, dc.w, dc.h };
 
-	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, invert ? dc.fg : dc.bg);
+	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, col[ColBG]);
 	XFillRectangles(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, &r, 1);
 
-	w = 0;
-	if(border) {
-		points[0].x = dc.x;
-		points[0].y = dc.y;
-		points[1].x = dc.w - 1;
-		points[1].y = 0;
-		points[2].x = 0;
-		points[2].y = dc.h - 1;
-		points[3].x = -(dc.w - 1);
-		points[3].y = 0;
-		points[4].x = 0;
-		points[4].y = -(dc.h - 1);
-		XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, dc.border);
-		XDrawLines(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, points, 5, CoordModePrevious);
-	}
-
 	if(!text)
 		return;
 
+	w = 0;
 	olen = len = strlen(text);
 	if(len >= sizeof(buf))
 		len = sizeof(buf) - 1;
@@ -80,17 +64,16 @@ drawtext(const char *text, Bool invert, Bool border)
 	if(w > dc.w)
 		return; /* too long */
 
-	gcv.foreground = invert ? dc.bg : dc.fg;
-	gcv.background = invert ? dc.fg : dc.bg;
+	gcv.foreground = col[ColFG];
 	if(dc.font.set) {
-		XChangeGC(dpy, dc.gc, GCForeground | GCBackground, &gcv);
-		XmbDrawImageString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.font.set, dc.gc,
+		XChangeGC(dpy, dc.gc, GCForeground, &gcv);
+		XmbDrawString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.font.set, dc.gc,
 				x, y, buf, len);
 	}
 	else {
 		gcv.font = dc.font.xfont->fid;
-		XChangeGC(dpy, dc.gc, GCForeground | GCBackground | GCFont, &gcv);
-		XDrawImageString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, x, y, buf, len);
+		XChangeGC(dpy, dc.gc, GCForeground | GCFont, &gcv);
+		XDrawString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, x, y, buf, len);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/dmenubar/main.c b/dmenubar/main.c
index 840a7bc..51fa20f 100644
--- a/dmenubar/main.c
+++ b/dmenubar/main.c
@@ -77,17 +77,17 @@ drawmenu()
 	dc.y = 0;
 	dc.w = mw;
 	dc.h = mh;
-	drawtext(NULL, False, False);
+	drawtext(NULL, dc.norm);
 
 	/* print command */
 	if(cmdw && item)
 		dc.w = cmdw;
-	drawtext(text[0] ? text : NULL, False, False);
+	drawtext(text[0] ? text : NULL, dc.norm);
 	dc.x += cmdw;
 
 	if(curr) {
 		dc.w = SPACE;
-		drawtext((curr && curr->left) ? "<" : NULL, False, False);
+		drawtext((curr && curr->left) ? "<" : NULL, dc.norm);
 		dc.x += dc.w;
 
 		/* determine maximum items */
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ drawmenu()
 			dc.w = textw(i->text);
 			if(dc.w > mw / 3)
 				dc.w = mw / 3;
-			drawtext(i->text, sel == i, sel == i);
+			drawtext(i->text, (sel == i) ? dc.sel : dc.norm);
 			dc.x += dc.w;
 		}
 
 		dc.x = mw - SPACE;
 		dc.w = SPACE;
-		drawtext(next ? ">" : NULL, False, False);
+		drawtext(next ? ">" : NULL, dc.norm);
 	}
 	XCopyArea(dpy, dc.drawable, win, dc.gc, 0, 0, mw, mh, 0, 0);
 	XFlush(dpy);
@@ -315,9 +315,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		usleep(1000);
 
 	/* style */
-	dc.bg = getcolor(BGCOLOR);
-	dc.fg = getcolor(FGCOLOR);
-	dc.border = getcolor(BORDERCOLOR);
+	dc.sel[ColBG] = getcolor(SELBGCOLOR);
+	dc.sel[ColFG] = getcolor(SELFGCOLOR);
+	dc.norm[ColBG] = getcolor(NORMBGCOLOR);
+	dc.norm[ColFG] = getcolor(NORMFGCOLOR);
 	setfont(FONT);
 
 	wa.override_redirect = 1;
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	mx = my = 0;
 	mw = DisplayWidth(dpy, screen);
-	mh = dc.font.height + 4;
+	mh = dc.font.height + 2;
 
 	win = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, mx, my, mw, mh, 0,
 			DefaultDepth(dpy, screen), CopyFromParent,