diff --git a/lib/sup/colormap.rb b/lib/sup/colormap.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/sup/colormap.rb
+++ b/lib/sup/colormap.rb
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class Colormap
       add symbol, fg, bg, attrs
     end
 
-    BufferManager.flash error if error
+    warn error if error
   end
 
   def self.instance; @@instance; end
send color errors to the log instead of flashing

During startup, when these errors are most likely to occur, not enough buffer
initialization has been done for BufferManager.flash to work.