diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 75289c0fe..3a19478c7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ CHANGES IN FLTK 1.3.5					RELEASED: ??? ?? 2017
 
 Bug fixes and other improvements
 
+	- Fix Fl_Browser background and text color parsing (STR #3376).
 	- Fix Windows CreateDC/DeleteDC mismatch (STR #3373).
 	- Updated bundled configure scripts config.guess and config.sub.
 	- Fix configure --enable-cairo --enable-cairoext,
diff --git a/src/Fl_Browser.cxx b/src/Fl_Browser.cxx
index d0a9b9989..835012720 100644
--- a/src/Fl_Browser.cxx
+++ b/src/Fl_Browser.cxx
@@ -545,12 +545,12 @@ void Fl_Browser::item_draw(void* item, int X, int Y, int W, int H) const {
       case 'r': talign = FL_ALIGN_RIGHT; break;
       case 'B': 
 	if (!(l->flags & SELECTED)) {
-	  fl_color((Fl_Color)strtol(str, &str, 10));
+	  fl_color((Fl_Color)strtoul(str, &str, 10));
 	  fl_rectf(X, Y, w1, H);
 	} else while (isdigit(*str & 255)) str++; // skip digits
         break;
       case 'C':
-	lcol = (Fl_Color)strtol(str, &str, 10);
+	lcol = (Fl_Color)strtoul(str, &str, 10);
 	break;
       case 'F':
 	font = (Fl_Font)strtol(str, &str, 10);