diff --git a/src/window/vip/utils.rs b/src/window/vip/utils.rs
index 582ad8a..42e3e05 100644
--- a/src/window/vip/utils.rs
+++ b/src/window/vip/utils.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use egui::{Color32, Image, ImageSource, Response, Sense, TextureOptions, Ui, Widget};
 
 pub const GENERIC_PALETTE: [u8; 4] = [0, 32, 64, 128];
+const COLOR_TRANSPARENT: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(0x25, 0x25, 0x25);
 
 pub fn shade(brt: u8, color: Color32) -> Color32 {
     let corrected = if brt > 132 {
@@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ pub fn parse_brts(brts: &[u16; 3], color: Color32) -> [Color32; 4] {
 
 pub fn palette_colors(palette: u8, brts: &[u8; 8], color: Color32) -> [Color32; 4] {
     let colors = parse_shades(brts).map(|s| shade(s, color));
-    parse_palette(palette).map(|p| colors[p as usize])
+    let mut palette_colors = parse_palette(palette).map(|p| colors[p as usize]);
+    palette_colors[0] = COLOR_TRANSPARENT;
+    palette_colors
 }
 
 pub struct Object {