diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 5391ef528..527ca9829 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2006-05-11  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/PeopleModel.py (_MARKER_COL): Correct column numbers.
+	(PeopleModel.column_marker_color): properly access marker value.
 
 2006-05-10  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py (GrampsParser): Use UpdateCallback.
diff --git a/gramps2/src/PeopleModel.py b/gramps2/src/PeopleModel.py
index 65a628767..9c75717c2 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/PeopleModel.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/PeopleModel.py
@@ -487,12 +487,12 @@ class PeopleModel(gtk.GenericTreeModel):
     def column_marker_color(self, data, node):
         try:
             if data[_MARKER_COL]:
-                if int(data[_MARKER_COL]) == MarkerType.COMPLETE:
+                if data[_MARKER_COL][0] == MarkerType.COMPLETE:
                     return u"#46a046"   # green
-                if int(data[_MARKER_COL]) == MarkerType.TODO:
+                if data[_MARKER_COL][0] == MarkerType.TODO:
                     return u"#df421e"   # red
-                if int(data[_MARKER_COL]) == MarkerType.CUSTOM:
-                    return u"#eed680"  # blue
+                if data[_MARKER_COL][0] == MarkerType.CUSTOM:
+                    return u"#eed680"  # ligh brown
         except IndexError:
             pass
         return None