diff --git a/kitty/colors.c b/kitty/colors.c
index 7cc3640b7..4f5750d6f 100644
--- a/kitty/colors.c
+++ b/kitty/colors.c
@@ -265,7 +265,10 @@ as_color(ColorProfile *self, PyObject *val) {
             Py_RETURN_NONE;
     }
     Color *ans = PyObject_New(Color, &Color_Type);
-    if (ans) ans->color.rgb = col;
+    if (ans) {
+        ans->color.val = 0;
+        ans->color.rgb = col;
+    }
     return (PyObject*)ans;
 }
 
diff --git a/kitty/typing.pyi b/kitty/typing.pyi
index 0f9293a9c..9f7c3bf20 100644
--- a/kitty/typing.pyi
+++ b/kitty/typing.pyi
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ EdgeLiteral = Literal['left', 'top', 'right', 'bottom']
 UnderlineLiteral = Literal['straight', 'double', 'curly', 'dotted', 'dashed']
 MatchType = Literal['mime', 'ext', 'protocol', 'file', 'path', 'url', 'fragment_matches']
 PowerlineStyle = Literal['angled', 'slanted', 'round']
-GRT_a = Literal['t', 'T', 'q', 'p', 'd', 'f', 'a', 'c', 'q']
+GRT_a = Literal['t', 'T', 'q', 'p', 'd', 'f', 'a', 'c']
 GRT_f = Literal[24, 32, 100]
 GRT_t = Literal['d', 'f', 't', 's']
 GRT_o = Literal['z']
diff --git a/kitty_tests/datatypes.py b/kitty_tests/datatypes.py
index c3be731a0..bf4b24588 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/datatypes.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/datatypes.py
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ class TestDataTypes(BaseTest):
         c.update_ansi_color_table(build_ansi_color_table())
         for i in range(8):
             col = getattr(defaults, f'color{i}')
-            self.assertEqual(c.as_color(i << 8 | 1), col)
+            self.ae(c.as_color(i << 8 | 1), col)
         self.ae(c.as_color(255 << 8 | 1), Color(0xee, 0xee, 0xee))
 
     def test_historybuf(self):