diff --git a/src/lib/internal.h b/src/lib/internal.h
index 3232c8f14..d73b6e270 100644
--- a/src/lib/internal.h
+++ b/src/lib/internal.h
@@ -1206,6 +1206,9 @@ int sixel_blit(ncplane* nc, int placey, int placex, int linesize,
                const void* data, int begy, int begx,
                int leny, int lenx, unsigned cellpixx);
 
+int term_fg_rgb8(bool RGBflag, const char* setaf, int colors, FILE* out,
+                 unsigned r, unsigned g, unsigned b);
+
 typedef struct ncvisual_implementation {
   int (*visual_init)(int loglevel);
   void (*visual_printbanner)(const struct notcurses* nc);
diff --git a/src/lib/notcurses.c b/src/lib/notcurses.c
index 58c15a106..0dbd787f1 100644
--- a/src/lib/notcurses.c
+++ b/src/lib/notcurses.c
@@ -825,18 +825,28 @@ init_banner(const notcurses* nc){
     printf("\n notcurses %s by nick black et al", notcurses_version());
     term_fg_palindex(nc, stdout, nc->tcache.colors <= 256 ? 12 % nc->tcache.colors : 0x2080e0);
     if(nc->tcache.cellpixy && nc->tcache.cellpixx){
-      printf("\n  %d rows (%dpx) %d cols (%dpx) (%sB) %zuB cells %d colors%s\n",
+      printf("\n  %d rows (%dpx) %d cols (%dpx) (%sB) %zuB cells %d colors",
              nc->stdplane->leny, nc->tcache.cellpixy,
              nc->stdplane->lenx, nc->tcache.cellpixx,
              bprefix(nc->stats.fbbytes, 1, prefixbuf, 0), sizeof(nccell),
-             nc->tcache.colors, nc->tcache.RGBflag ? "+RGB" : "");
+             nc->tcache.colors);
     }else{
-      printf("\n  %d rows %d cols (%sB) %zuB cells %d colors%s\n",
+      printf("\n  %d rows %d cols (%sB) %zuB cells %d colors",
              nc->stdplane->leny, nc->stdplane->lenx,
              bprefix(nc->stats.fbbytes, 1, prefixbuf, 0), sizeof(nccell),
-             nc->tcache.colors, nc->tcache.RGBflag ? "+RGB" : "");
-    }
-    printf("  compiled with gcc-%s, %s-endian\n"
+             nc->tcache.colors);
+    }
+    if(nc->tcache.RGBflag){
+      putc('+', stdout);
+      term_fg_rgb8(true, nc->tcache.setaf, nc->tcache.colors, stdout, 0xc0, 0x80, 0x80);
+      putc('R', stdout);
+      term_fg_rgb8(true, nc->tcache.setaf, nc->tcache.colors, stdout, 0x80, 0xc0, 0x80);
+      putc('G', stdout);
+      term_fg_rgb8(true, nc->tcache.setaf, nc->tcache.colors, stdout, 0x80, 0x80, 0xc0);
+      putc('B', stdout);
+      term_fg_palindex(nc, stdout, nc->tcache.colors <= 256 ? 12 % nc->tcache.colors : 0x2080e0);
+    }
+    printf("\n  compiled with gcc-%s, %s-endian\n"
            "  terminfo from %s\n",
            __VERSION__,
 #ifdef __BYTE_ORDER__
diff --git a/src/lib/render.c b/src/lib/render.c
index ae02bd438..a96ce0c8c 100644
--- a/src/lib/render.c
+++ b/src/lib/render.c
@@ -774,9 +774,8 @@ term_bg_rgb8(bool RGBflag, const char* setab, int colors, FILE* out,
   return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int
-term_fg_rgb8(bool RGBflag, const char* setaf, int colors, FILE* out,
-             unsigned r, unsigned g, unsigned b){
+int term_fg_rgb8(bool RGBflag, const char* setaf, int colors, FILE* out,
+                 unsigned r, unsigned g, unsigned b){
   // We typically want to use tputs() and tiperm() to acquire and write the
   // escapes, as these take into account terminal-specific delays, padding,
   // etc. For the case of DirectColor, there is no suitable terminfo entry, but