diff --git a/Common/Data/Text/Parsers.cpp b/Common/Data/Text/Parsers.cpp
index f4ee6a97c7..51b6e61372 100644
--- a/Common/Data/Text/Parsers.cpp
+++ b/Common/Data/Text/Parsers.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ bool ParseMacAddress(std::string str, uint8_t macAddr[6]) {
 	return true;
 }
 
-bool TryParse(const std::string &str, uint32_t *const output) {
+static bool ParseUnsigned32(const std::string &str, uint32_t *const output) {
 	char *endptr = NULL;
 
 	// Holy crap this is ugly.
@@ -93,6 +93,25 @@ bool TryParse(const std::string &str, uint32_t *const output) {
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool TryParse(const std::string &str, uint32_t *const output) {
+	if (str[0] != '#') {
+		return ParseUnsigned32(str, output);
+	} else {
+		// Parse it as "#RGBA" and convert to a ABGR interger
+		std::string s = ReplaceAll(str, "#", "0x");
+		if (ParseUnsigned32(s, output)) {
+			int a = (*output >> 24) & 0xff;
+			int b = (*output >> 16) & 0xff;
+			int g = (*output >> 8) & 0xff;
+			int r = *output & 0xff;
+			*output = (r << 24) | (g << 16) | (b << 8) | a;
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 bool TryParse(const std::string &str, uint64_t *const output) {
 	char *endptr = NULL;
 
diff --git a/UI/Theme.cpp b/UI/Theme.cpp
index 2c6df2fa1d..978eeb3d0b 100644
--- a/UI/Theme.cpp
+++ b/UI/Theme.cpp
@@ -37,21 +37,21 @@ struct ThemeInfo {
 	std::string name;
 
 	uint32_t uItemStyleFg = 0xFFFFFFFF;
-	uint32_t uItemStyleBg = 0x00000055;
+	uint32_t uItemStyleBg = 0x55000000;
 	uint32_t uItemFocusedStyleFg = 0xFFFFFFFF;
-	uint32_t uItemFocusedStyleBg = 0x4CC2EDFF;
+	uint32_t uItemFocusedStyleBg = 0xFFEDC24C;
 	uint32_t uItemDownStyleFg = 0xFFFFFFFF;
-	uint32_t uItemDownStyleBg = 0x3999BDFF;
-	uint32_t uItemDisabledStyleFg = 0xEEEEEE80;
-	uint32_t uItemDisabledStyleBg = 0x00000055;
+	uint32_t uItemDownStyleBg = 0xFFBD9939;
+	uint32_t uItemDisabledStyleFg = 0x80EEEEEE;
+	uint32_t uItemDisabledStyleBg = 0x55000000;
 
 	uint32_t uHeaderStyleFg = 0xFFFFFFFF;
 	uint32_t uInfoStyleFg = 0xFFFFFFFF;
 	uint32_t uInfoStyleBg = 0x00000000;
-	uint32_t uPopupTitleStyleFg = 0x59BEE3FF;
+	uint32_t uPopupTitleStyleFg = 0xFFE3BE59;
 	uint32_t uPopupStyleFg = 0xFFFFFFFF;
-	uint32_t uPopupStyleBg = 0x303030FF;
-	uint32_t uBackgroundColor = 0x244D75FF;
+	uint32_t uPopupStyleBg = 0xFF303030;
+	uint32_t uBackgroundColor = 0xFF754D24;
 
 	std::string sUIAtlas = "ui_atlas";
 
@@ -69,38 +69,10 @@ static std::vector<ThemeInfo> themeInfos;
 static Atlas ui_atlas;
 static Atlas font_atlas;
 
-static void FlipColorEndianess(ThemeInfo &info) {
-	auto convert = [](uint32_t abgr) {
-		int a = (abgr >> 24) & 0xff;
-		int b = (abgr >> 16) & 0xff;
-		int g = (abgr >> 8) & 0xff;
-		int r = abgr & 0xff;
-		return (r << 24) | (g << 16) | (b << 8) | a;
-	};
-
-	info.uItemStyleFg = convert(info.uItemStyleFg);
-	info.uItemStyleBg = convert(info.uItemStyleBg);
-	info.uItemFocusedStyleFg = convert(info.uItemFocusedStyleFg);
-	info.uItemFocusedStyleBg = convert(info.uItemFocusedStyleBg);
-	info.uItemDownStyleFg = convert(info.uItemDownStyleFg);
-	info.uItemDownStyleBg = convert(info.uItemDownStyleBg);
-	info.uItemDisabledStyleFg = convert(info.uItemDisabledStyleFg);
-	info.uItemDisabledStyleBg = convert(info.uItemDisabledStyleBg);
-
-	info.uHeaderStyleFg = convert(info.uHeaderStyleFg);
-	info.uInfoStyleFg = convert(info.uInfoStyleFg);
-	info.uInfoStyleBg = convert(info.uInfoStyleBg);
-	info.uPopupTitleStyleFg = convert(info.uPopupTitleStyleFg);
-	info.uPopupStyleFg = convert(info.uPopupStyleFg);
-	info.uPopupStyleBg = convert(info.uPopupStyleBg);
-	info.uBackgroundColor = convert(info.uBackgroundColor);
-}
-
 static void LoadThemeInfo(const std::vector<Path> &directories) {
 	themeInfos.clear();
 	ThemeInfo def{};
 	def.name = "Default";
-	FlipColorEndianess(def);
 	themeInfos.push_back(def);
 
 	// This will update the theme if already present, as such default in assets/theme will get priority if exist
@@ -176,7 +148,6 @@ static void LoadThemeInfo(const std::vector<Path> &directories) {
 					}
 				}
 
-				FlipColorEndianess(info);
 				appendTheme(info);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/assets/themes/defaultthemes.ini b/assets/themes/defaultthemes.ini
index ce40b11956..afd9443a44 100644
--- a/assets/themes/defaultthemes.ini
+++ b/assets/themes/defaultthemes.ini
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 [Default]
 Name = Default
-ItemStyleFg = 0xFFFFFFFF
-ItemStyleBg = 0x00000055
-ItemFocusedStyleFg = 0xFFFFFFFF
-ItemFocusedStyleBg = 0x4CC2EDFF
-ItemDownStyleFg = 0xFFFFFFFF
-ItemDownStyleBg = 0x3999BDFF
-ItemDisabledStyleFg = 0xEEEEEE80
-ItemDisabledStyleBg = 0x00000055
-HeaderStyleFg = 0xFFFFFFFF
-InfoStyleFg = 0xFFFFFFFF
-InfoStyleBg = 0x00000000
-PopupTitleStyleFg = 0x59BEE3FF
-PopupStyleFg = 0xFFFFFFFF
-PopupStyleBg = 0x303030FF
-BackgroundColor = 0x244D75FF
+ItemStyleFg = \#FFFFFFFF
+ItemStyleBg = \#00000055
+ItemFocusedStyleFg = \#FFFFFFFF
+ItemFocusedStyleBg = \#4CC2EDFF
+ItemDownStyleFg = \#FFFFFFFF
+ItemDownStyleBg = \#3999BDFF
+ItemDisabledStyleFg = \#EEEEEE80
+ItemDisabledStyleBg = \#00000055
+HeaderStyleFg = \#FFFFFFFF
+InfoStyleFg = \#FFFFFFFF
+InfoStyleBg = \#00000000
+PopupTitleStyleFg = \#59BEE3FF
+PopupStyleFg = \#FFFFFFFF
+PopupStyleBg = \#303030FF
+BackgroundColor = \#244D75FF
 UIAtlas = ../ui_atlas
 
-# Colors are in HEX RGBA
+# Colors are either in the format \#RGB or 0xABGR (e.g. green is \#00FF00FF or 0xFF00FF00)
 # Atlas should be in the format path/to/filename where both filename.zim and filename.meta are
 # Unprovided entry will use the default value
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