diff --git a/include/indentlog/tag.hpp b/include/indentlog/tag.hpp
index 7b22e67b..6c7eafbb 100644
--- a/include/indentlog/tag.hpp
+++ b/include/indentlog/tag.hpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace xo {
         if(PrefixSpace)
             s << " ";
 
-        s << with_color(color_spec_type(tag_config::encoding, tag_config::tag_color), concat((char const *)":", tag.name()))
+        s << with_color(tag_config::tag_color, concat((char const *)":", tag.name()))
           << " " << unq(tag.value());
 
         return s;
diff --git a/include/indentlog/tag_config.hpp b/include/indentlog/tag_config.hpp
index 8b9643e6..f86b2c8f 100644
--- a/include/indentlog/tag_config.hpp
+++ b/include/indentlog/tag_config.hpp
@@ -9,24 +9,18 @@ namespace xo {
     /* Tag here b/c we want header-only library */
     template <typename Tag>
     struct tag_config_impl {
-        /* color encoding */
-        static color_encoding encoding;
         /* color to use for tags
          *    os << tag("foo", foovalue)
          * to produces output like
          *    :foo foovalue
          * with :foo using .tag_color
          */
-        static std::uint32_t tag_color;
+        static color_spec_type tag_color;
     }; /*tag_config_impl*/
 
     template <typename Tag>
-    color_encoding
-    tag_config_impl<Tag>::encoding = color_encoding::xterm;
-
-    template <typename Tag>
-    std::uint32_t
-    tag_config_impl<Tag>::tag_color = 245;
+    color_spec_type
+    tag_config_impl<Tag>::tag_color = color_spec_type::xterm(245);
 
     using tag_config = tag_config_impl<class tag_config_tag>;
 } /*namespace xo*/