diff --git a/src/console_gui.cpp b/src/console_gui.cpp
index dd3f065ef5..87e2869e77 100644
--- a/src/console_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/console_gui.cpp
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ bool IsValidConsoleColour(TextColour c)
 	/* A text colour from the palette is used; must be the company
 	 * colour gradient, so it must be one of those. */
 	c &= ~TC_IS_PALETTE_COLOUR;
-	for (uint i = TC_BEGIN; i < TC_END; i++) {
+	for (uint i = COLOUR_BEGIN; i < COLOUR_END; i++) {
 		if (_colour_gradient[i][4] == c) return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/gfx_type.h b/src/gfx_type.h
index 79b30fb2b7..146d033ba9 100644
--- a/src/gfx_type.h
+++ b/src/gfx_type.h
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ struct SubSprite {
 };
 
 enum Colours {
-	COLOUR_DARK_BLUE,
+	COLOUR_BEGIN,
+	COLOUR_DARK_BLUE = COLOUR_BEGIN,
 	COLOUR_PALE_GREEN,
 	COLOUR_PINK,
 	COLOUR_YELLOW,
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ enum Colours {
 	COLOUR_END,
 	INVALID_COLOUR = 0xFF,
 };
-template <> struct EnumPropsT<Colours> : MakeEnumPropsT<Colours, byte, COLOUR_DARK_BLUE, COLOUR_END, INVALID_COLOUR, 4> {};
+template <> struct EnumPropsT<Colours> : MakeEnumPropsT<Colours, byte, COLOUR_BEGIN, COLOUR_END, INVALID_COLOUR, 4> {};
 
 /** Colour of the strings, see _string_colourmap in table/palettes.h or docs/ottd-colourtext-palette.png */
 enum TextColour {