diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
index 0e86fdc0..f9949f7a 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
@@ -979,7 +979,9 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 				sel = MyApp.Selection;
 				sel.WholeStory();
 				//sel.Range.Font.Color = (LBWdColor)WordColor(PrintOverride.OverrideTextColor(System.Drawing.Color.Black));
-				sel.Range.Font.Color = (LBWdColor)WordColor(OverrideColor == System.Drawing.Color.Transparent ? System.Drawing.Color.Black : OverrideColor);
+				//Console.WriteLine("'{0}' Colors Sel '{1}' Override '{2}' Transparent '{3}' Black '{4}' Red '{5}'", sect.DisplayNumber, sel.Range.Font.Color, OverrideColor, System.Drawing.Color.Transparent, System.Drawing.Color.Black, System.Drawing.Color.Red);
+				if(sel.Range.Font.Color != (LBWdColor)9999999 || OverrideColor == System.Drawing.Color.Red)// B2017-144 If the font color is 9999999 then the color is mixed, and if the override color isn't red, don't change the color.
+					sel.Range.Font.Color = (LBWdColor)WordColor(OverrideColor == System.Drawing.Color.Transparent ? System.Drawing.Color.Black : OverrideColor);
 				sect.MSWordPageCount = myDoc.Length;
 				fileName = CreatePDF(fileName, openPdf,MSWordToPDF.DebugStatus);
 				if (DocReplace != null)