diff --git a/sc2/src/sc2code/planets/solarsys.c b/sc2/src/sc2code/planets/solarsys.c
index f5df55386..4019fdde4 100644
--- a/sc2/src/sc2code/planets/solarsys.c
+++ b/sc2/src/sc2code/planets/solarsys.c
@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ DrawSystem (SIZE radius, BOOLEAN IsInnerSystem)
 			pCurDesc = &pSolarSysState->PlanetDesc[index];
 			SetColorMap (GetColorMapAddress (
 					SetAbsColorMapIndex (OrbitalCMap,
-					PLANCOLOR (PlanData[pCurDesc->data_index].Type))
+					PLANCOLOR (PlanData[pCurDesc->data_index & ~PLANET_SHIELDED].Type ))
 					));
 			DrawStamp (&pCurDesc->image);