diff --git a/goal_src/jak3/pc/subtitle3.gc b/goal_src/jak3/pc/subtitle3.gc
index 43cad5e22d..9ccf37d190 100644
--- a/goal_src/jak3/pc/subtitle3.gc
+++ b/goal_src/jak3/pc/subtitle3.gc
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@
        ((or (= #t (-> *pc-settings* subtitle-speaker?))
             (and (= 'auto (-> *pc-settings* subtitle-speaker?)) (subtitle3-flags? line offscreen)))
         ;; there is a speaker and we do want it.
-        ;; we use color 33 which gets set at runtime to any color we want
-        (string-format "~33L~S:~0L ~S"
+        ;; we use color 42 which gets set at runtime to any color we want
+        (string-format "~42L~S:~0L ~S"
           (if convert-to-korean? (convert-korean-text (get-speaker *subtitle3-text* (-> line speaker))) (get-speaker *subtitle3-text* (-> line speaker)))
           (if convert-to-korean? (convert-korean-text (-> line text)) (-> line text))))
        (else
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
 
   (dotimes (i (-> *subtitle3-text* speaker-length))
     (set-speaker-color (the pc-subtitle3-speaker i))
-    (+! (-> font origin y) (print-game-text (string-format "~33L~S" (get-speaker *subtitle3-text* (the pc-subtitle3-speaker i)))
+    (+! (-> font origin y) (print-game-text (string-format "~42L~S" (get-speaker *subtitle3-text* (the pc-subtitle3-speaker i)))
                                             font #f 44 (bucket-id debug-no-zbuf2)))
     (when (< 416.0 (-> font origin y))
         (set! (-> font origin y) 0.0)