diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/formatting.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/formatting.cpp
index 583116003..765402a01 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/formatting.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/formatting.cpp
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         {
             if (attr.find("color") != attr.end())
             {
-                int color;
+                unsigned int color;
                 std::stringstream ss;
                 ss << attr.at("color");
                 ss >> std::hex >> color;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
index 1ef7a3533..ea40721cb 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ void Animation::addExtraLight(Ogre::SceneManager *sceneMgr, NifOgre::ObjectScene
 {
     const MWWorld::Fallback *fallback = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getFallback();
 
-    const int clr = light->mData.mColor;
+    const unsigned int clr = light->mData.mColor;
     Ogre::ColourValue color(((clr >> 0) & 0xFF) / 255.0f,
                             ((clr >> 8) & 0xFF) / 255.0f,
                             ((clr >> 16) & 0xFF) / 255.0f);
diff --git a/components/esm/loadligh.hpp b/components/esm/loadligh.hpp
index ffc291609..2c83248f8 100644
--- a/components/esm/loadligh.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/loadligh.hpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct Light
         int mValue;
         int mTime; // Duration
         int mRadius;
-        int mColor; // 4-byte rgba value
+        unsigned int mColor; // 4-byte rgba value
         int mFlags;
     }; // Size = 24 bytes