--- tcsh-6.14.00/tw.color.c
+++ tcsh-6.14.00/tw.color.c
@@ -235,13 +235,10 @@
 		    if ((Char)variables[i].variable[0] == (v[0] & CHAR) &&
 			(Char)variables[i].variable[1] == (v[1] & CHAR))
 			break;
-		if (i < nvariables) {
-		    v += 3;
+		v += 3;
+		if (i < nvariables)
 		    getstring(&c, &v, &variables[i].color, ':');
-		    continue;
-		}
-		else
-		    stderror(ERR_BADCOLORVAR, v[0], v[1]);
+		continue;
 	    }
 	    break;
 	}