diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a2811945..5e2ec02e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
+
+* Last row and/or column of opaque sixels (not having a size that is a
+  multiple of the cell size) being the wrong color ([#1520][1520]).
+
+[1520]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1520
+
+
 ### Security
 ### Contributors
 
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index 11d323d5..d679b5e8 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ render_sixel(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
                     if ((last_row_needs_erase && last_row) ||
                         (last_col_needs_erase && last_col))
                     {
-                        render_cell(term, pix, damage, row, term_row_no, col, cursor_col);
+                        render_cell(term, pix, damage, row, term_row_no, col, cursor_col == col);
                     } else {
                         cell->attrs.clean = 1;
                         cell->attrs.confined = 1;