diff --git a/lib/x11/corereqs.js b/lib/x11/corereqs.js
index 5df9543..4eda415 100644
--- a/lib/x11/corereqs.js
+++ b/lib/x11/corereqs.js
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ module.exports = {
            color.red   = res[0];
            color.blue  = res[1];
            color.green = res[2];
-           color.pixel = res[3];
+           color.pixel = res[3]>>8; // it looks like 3 first bytes contain RGB value in response 
            return color;
        }   
    ],