diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/rtfexport/data/fdo66743.rtf b/sw/qa/extras/rtfexport/data/fdo66743.rtf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..81ffc7749cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/rtfexport/data/fdo66743.rtf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{\rtf1
+\trowd \clshdng1500\cellx4000
+\pard\plain A1\cell\row
+\pard\par
+}
diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/rtfexport/rtfexport.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/rtfexport/rtfexport.cxx
index 64eb1beb3122..1951ddbc3809 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/rtfexport/rtfexport.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/rtfexport/rtfexport.cxx
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public:
     void testFdo66682();
     void testParaShadow();
     void testCharacterBorder();
+    void testFdo66743();
 
     CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(Test);
 #if !defined(MACOSX) && !defined(WNT)
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ void Test::run()
         {"fdo66682.rtf", &Test::testFdo66682},
         {"para-shadow.rtf", &Test::testParaShadow},
         {"charborder.odt", &Test::testCharacterBorder},
+        {"fdo66743.rtf", &Test::testFdo66743},
     };
     // Don't test the first import of these, for some reason those tests fail
     const char* aBlacklist[] = {
@@ -673,6 +675,14 @@ void Test::testCharacterBorder()
     }
 }
 
+void Test::testFdo66743()
+{
+    uno::Reference<text::XTextTable> xTable(getParagraphOrTable(1), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    uno::Reference<table::XCell> xCell = xTable->getCellByName("A1");
+    // This was too dark, 0x7f7f7f.
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(sal_Int32(0xd8d8d8), getProperty<sal_Int32>(xCell, "BackColor"));
+}
+
 CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(Test);
 
 CPPUNIT_PLUGIN_IMPLEMENT();
diff --git a/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx b/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx
index d73c5bd600fe..d3614b92cb05 100644
--- a/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx
@@ -3564,8 +3564,8 @@ int RTFDocumentImpl::dispatchValue(RTFKeyword nKeyword, int nParam)
                 {
                     case 500: nValue = 2; break;
                     case 1000: nValue = 3; break;
-                    case 1200: nValue = 27; break;
-                    case 1500: nValue = 28; break;
+                    case 1200: nValue = 37; break;
+                    case 1500: nValue = 38; break;
                     case 2000: nValue = 4; break;
                     case 2500: nValue = 5; break;
                     case 3000: nValue = 6; break;