diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/LayerSwitcher.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/LayerSwitcher.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/LayerSwitcher.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/LayerSwitcher.js
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher.prototype =
   Object.extend( new OpenLayers.Control(), {
 
     /** @type String */
-    activeColor: OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher.ACTIVE_COLOR,
+    activeColor: "",
     
     /** @type String */
-    nonActiveColor: OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher.NONACTIVE_COLOR,
+    nonActiveColor: "",
     
 
     /**
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher.prototype =
     */
     initialize: function() {
         OpenLayers.Control.prototype.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
+        this.activeColor = OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher.ACTIVE_COLOR;
+        this.nonActiveColor = OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher.NONACTIVE_COLOR;
     },
 
     /**
forgot that these declarations are still only statically initialized. even though the chance of somebody *modifying* one of these strings (rather than just replacing it) is rather low... we might as well do things the right way

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