diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/map/MapPalette.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/map/MapPalette.java
index c17c3ebe7..95fe3f4d0 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/map/MapPalette.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/map/MapPalette.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public final class MapPalette {
     @Deprecated
     @NotNull
     public static Color getColor(byte index) {
-        if ((index > -49 && index < 0) || index > 127) {
+        if ((index > -21 && index < 0) || index > 127) {
             throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
         } else {
             // Minecraft has 143 colors, some of which have negative byte representations