diff --git a/ba/ba0100.cpp b/ba/ba0100.cpp
index b8f737c5c..62d38aff3 100755
--- a/ba/ba0100.cpp
+++ b/ba/ba0100.cpp
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ COLOR TColor_mask::cid2syscolor(short cid, const XVT_COLOR_COMPONENT* cc) const
                   XVT_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT, XVT_COLOR_SELECT,
                   XVT_COLOR_BLEND, XVT_COLOR_BORDER,
                   XVT_COLOR_BACKGROUND, XVT_COLOR_BLEND, XVT_COLOR_BORDER };
-  const int component = entry[cid-101];
+  const unsigned int component = entry[cid-101];
   for (int i = 0; cc[i].type != XVT_COLOR_NULL; i++)
   {
     if (cc[i].type == component)