diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/uxtheme/draw.c b/reactos/dll/win32/uxtheme/draw.c
index 7268d77c723..cfb9d3a4a47 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/uxtheme/draw.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/uxtheme/draw.c
@@ -906,14 +906,14 @@ static HRESULT UXTHEME_DrawBackgroundFill(HTHEME hTheme, HDC hdc, int iPartId,
         vert[0].Red   = GetRValue(gradient1) << 8;
         vert[0].Green = GetGValue(gradient1) << 8;
         vert[0].Blue  = GetBValue(gradient1) << 8;
-        vert[0].Alpha = 0x0000;
+        vert[0].Alpha = 0xff00;
 
         vert[1].x     = pRect->right;
         vert[1].y     = pRect->bottom;
         vert[1].Red   = GetRValue(gradient2) << 8;
         vert[1].Green = GetGValue(gradient2) << 8;
         vert[1].Blue  = GetBValue(gradient2) << 8;
-        vert[1].Alpha = 0x0000;
+        vert[1].Alpha = 0xff00;
 
         gRect.UpperLeft  = 0;
         gRect.LowerRight = 1;
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/uxtheme/metric.c b/reactos/dll/win32/uxtheme/metric.c
index 7252d1eae40..3127ef4362d 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/uxtheme/metric.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/uxtheme/metric.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ COLORREF WINAPI GetThemeSysColor(HTHEME hTheme, int iColorID)
                 SetLastError(hr);
        }
     }
-    return GetSysColor(iColorID - TMT_FIRSTCOLOR);
+    return GetSysColor(iColorID);
 }
 
 /***********************************************************************
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI GetThemeSysFont(HTHEME hTheme, int iFontID, LOGFONTW *plf)
        }
     }
     if(iFontID == TMT_ICONTITLEFONT) {
-        if(!SystemParametersInfoW(SPI_GETICONTITLELOGFONT, sizeof(LOGFONTW), &plf, 0))
+        if(!SystemParametersInfoW(SPI_GETICONTITLELOGFONT, sizeof(LOGFONTW), plf, 0))
             return HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(GetLastError());
     }
     else {