diff --git a/javase/src/com/google/zxing/client/j2se/MatrixToImageWriter.java b/javase/src/com/google/zxing/client/j2se/MatrixToImageWriter.java
index e0dd71729..2445ef7a0 100644
--- a/javase/src/com/google/zxing/client/j2se/MatrixToImageWriter.java
+++ b/javase/src/com/google/zxing/client/j2se/MatrixToImageWriter.java
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
  */
 public final class MatrixToImageWriter {
 
-  private static final int BLACK = 0x00000000;
-  private static final int WHITE = 0x00FFFFFF;
+  private static final int BLACK = 0xFF000000;
+  private static final int WHITE = 0xFFFFFFFF;
 
   private MatrixToImageWriter() {}