diff --git a/celldrawer.cpp b/celldrawer.cpp
index b6f80f57..e338824d 100644
--- a/celldrawer.cpp
+++ b/celldrawer.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,15 @@ void celldrawer::addaura() {
 /* Eclectic City's version of Red Rock is of slightly different color, */
 /* to make it different from hot cells */
 void eclectic_red(color_t& col) {
-  part(col, 0) = part(col, 2) * 3 / 4;
+  if (!higher_contrast) {
+    part(col, 0) = part(col, 2) * 3 / 4;
+    } else {
+    auto v = part(col, 0) + part(col, 1) + part(col, 2);
+    auto t = part(col, 0);
+    part(col, 0) = part(col, 1);
+    part(col, 1) = part(col, 2);
+    part(col, 2) = t + v/3;
+    }
   }
 
 constexpr ld spinspeed = .75 / M_PI;
@@ -718,7 +726,10 @@ int celldrawer::getSnakelevColor(int i, int last) {
     if(c->land == laEclectic)
       eclectic_red(col);
     }
-  return darkena(col, fd, 0xFF);
+  if (!higher_contrast)
+    return darkena(col, fd, 0xFF);
+  else
+    return darkena(col, 0, 0xFF);
   }
 
 void celldrawer::draw_wallshadow() {
diff --git a/util.cpp b/util.cpp
index 2b1c666c..74de04df 100644
--- a/util.cpp
+++ b/util.cpp
@@ -615,17 +615,17 @@ color_t exp_parser::parsecolor(int prio) {
   string token = next_token();
   if(params.count(token)) return (color_t) real(params[token]->get_cld());
 
-  auto p = find_color_by_name(s);
+  auto p = find_color_by_name(token);
   if(p) return (p->second << 8) | 0xFF;
 
   color_t res;
-  if(s.size() == 6) {
-    int qty = sscanf(s.c_str(), "%x", &res);
+  if(token.size() == 6) {
+    int qty = sscanf(token.c_str(), "%x", &res);
     if(qty == 0) throw hr_parse_exception("color parse error");
     return res * 256 + 0xFF;
     }
-  else if(s.size() == 8) {
-    int qty = sscanf(s.c_str(), "%x", &res);
+  else if(token.size() == 8) {
+    int qty = sscanf(token.c_str(), "%x", &res);
     if(qty == 0) throw hr_parse_exception("color parse error");
     return res;
    }