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--- tog/tog.1
+++ tog/tog.1
@@ -310,8 +310,10 @@ The colors available in color schemes are
 .Dq yellow ,
 .Dq blue ,
 .Dq megenta ,
+.Dq cyan ,
 and
-.Dq cyan .
+.Dq default
+which maps to the terminal's default foreground color.
 .It Ev TOG_COLOR_DIFF_MINUS
 The color used to mark up removed lines in diffs.
 If not set, the default value
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--- tog/tog.c
+++ tog/tog.c
@@ -2817,6 +2817,8 @@ get_color_value(const char *envvar)
 		return COLOR_CYAN;
 	if (strcasecmp(val, "white") == 0)
 		return COLOR_WHITE;
+	if (strcasecmp(val, "default") == 0)
+		return -1;
 
 	return default_color_value(envvar);
 }