diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/completion/LookupElementFactory.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/completion/LookupElementFactory.kt
index c26e73afd41..42ee00800cd 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/completion/LookupElementFactory.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/completion/LookupElementFactory.kt
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.LookupElementDecorator
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.LookupElementPresentation
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.types.JetType
 import org.jetbrains.jet.plugin.caches.resolve.ResolutionFacade
-import java.awt.Color
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.DefaultLookupItemRenderer
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.types.TypeUtils
+import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.impl.LookupCellRenderer
 
 public class LookupElementFactory(
         private val receiverTypes: Collection<JetType>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class LookupElementFactory(
                         presentation.setItemTextBold(true)
                     }
                     else {
-                        presentation.setItemTextForeground(Color.GRAY)
+                        presentation.setItemTextForeground(LookupCellRenderer.getGrayedForeground(false))
                         // gray all tail fragments too:
                         val fragments = presentation.getTailFragments()
                         presentation.clearTail()
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/completion/ExpectedCompletionUtils.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/completion/ExpectedCompletionUtils.java
index 7c60fe78136..831bb9d45ca 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/completion/ExpectedCompletionUtils.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/completion/ExpectedCompletionUtils.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.LookupElement;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.LookupElementPresentation;
+import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.impl.LookupCellRenderer;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.ui.JBColor;
 import com.intellij.util.ArrayUtil;
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ public class ExpectedCompletionUtils {
         }
         Color foreground = presentation.getItemTextForeground();
         if (!foreground.equals(JBColor.foreground())) {
-            assert foreground.equals(Color.GRAY);
+            assert foreground.equals(LookupCellRenderer.getGrayedForeground(false));
             if (builder.length() > 0) builder.append(" ");
             builder.append("grayed");
         }