diff --git a/mobile/android/base/widget/ThemedView.java.frag b/mobile/android/base/widget/ThemedView.java.frag
index 077f9871a38d..e7994ede078e 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/widget/ThemedView.java.frag
+++ b/mobile/android/base/widget/ThemedView.java.frag
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package org.mozilla.gecko.widget;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoApplication;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.lwt.LightweightTheme;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.R;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.util.ColorUtils;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.TypedArray;
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ public class Themed@VIEW_NAME_SUFFIX@ extends @BASE_TYPE@
     }
 
     public ColorDrawable getColorDrawable(int id) {
-        return new ColorDrawable(getResources().getColor(id));
+        return new ColorDrawable(ColorUtils.getColor(getContext(), id));
     }
 
     protected LightweightTheme getTheme() {