diff --git a/data/widgets/new_sprite.xml b/data/widgets/new_sprite.xml
index 3aed749ce..1861f5795 100644
--- a/data/widgets/new_sprite.xml
+++ b/data/widgets/new_sprite.xml
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
       </grid>
 
       <separator text="Color Mode:" left="true" horizontal="true" />
-      <box vertical="true" homogeneous="true" childspacing="0">
-        <radio id="indexed_mode" text="&amp;Indexed color" group="1" tooltip="Using a palette of 256 colors&#10;(8 bits per pixel)" />
-        <radio id="rgb_mode" text="&amp;RGB color" group="1" tooltip="RGBA color mode&#10;(32 bits per pixel)" />
-        <radio id="grayscale_mode" text="&amp;Grayscale" group="1" tooltip="Value and Alpha&#10;(16 bits per pixel)" />
-      </box>
+      <hbox>
+        <radio id="rgb_mode" text="&amp;RGBA" group="1" tooltip="Each pixel has Red, Green, Blue, and Alpha components&#10;(32 bits per pixel)" />
+        <radio id="grayscale_mode" text="&amp;Grayscale" group="1" tooltip="Each pixel has a Gray value and Alpha&#10;(16 bits per pixel)" />
+        <radio id="indexed_mode" text="&amp;Indexed" group="1" tooltip="Each pixel is a reference to the palette&#10;(8 bits per pixel)" />
+      </hbox>
 
       <separator text="Background:" left="true" horizontal="true" />
       <view maxsize="true" expansive="true">
diff --git a/src/app/commands/cmd_new_file.cpp b/src/app/commands/cmd_new_file.cpp
index a495eb145..01065bbb6 100644
--- a/src/app/commands/cmd_new_file.cpp
+++ b/src/app/commands/cmd_new_file.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void NewFileCommand::onExecute(Context* context)
   app::gen::NewSprite window;
 
   // Default values: Indexed, 320x240, Background color
-  format = static_cast<PixelFormat>(get_config_int("NewSprite", "Type", IMAGE_INDEXED));
+  format = static_cast<PixelFormat>(get_config_int("NewSprite", "Type", IMAGE_RGB));
   // Invalid format in config file.
   if (format != IMAGE_RGB && format != IMAGE_INDEXED && format != IMAGE_GRAYSCALE) {
     format = IMAGE_INDEXED;