diff --git a/examples/android/hello/jni/main.c b/examples/android/hello/jni/main.c
index 2c5bd9b43..c9a84018c 100644
--- a/examples/android/hello/jni/main.c
+++ b/examples/android/hello/jni/main.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int test_init (TestData* data)
   CoglOnscreen *onscreen;
   CoglError *error = NULL;
   CoglVertexP2C4 triangle_vertices[] = {
-        {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80},
+        {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff},
         {-0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff},
         {0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff}
   };
diff --git a/examples/cogl-gles2-context.c b/examples/cogl-gles2-context.c
index 1cf375fad..de66c2118 100644
--- a/examples/cogl-gles2-context.c
+++ b/examples/cogl-gles2-context.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     CoglOnscreen *onscreen;
     CoglError *error = NULL;
     CoglVertexP2C4 triangle_vertices[] = {
-        {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80},
+        {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff},
         {-0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff},
         {0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff}
     };
diff --git a/examples/cogl-hello.c b/examples/cogl-hello.c
index 5bda9bf7e..3ba1e31c4 100644
--- a/examples/cogl-hello.c
+++ b/examples/cogl-hello.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     CoglOnscreen *onscreen;
     CoglError *error = NULL;
     CoglVertexP2C4 triangle_vertices[] = {
-        {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80},
+        {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff},
         {-0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff},
         {0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff}
     };
diff --git a/examples/cogl-msaa.c b/examples/cogl-msaa.c
index 73f9c4e2e..4a388bc7d 100644
--- a/examples/cogl-msaa.c
+++ b/examples/cogl-msaa.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     CoglFramebuffer *fb;
     CoglError *error = NULL;
     CoglVertexP2C4 triangle_vertices[] = {
-        {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80},
+        {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff},
         {-0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff},
         {0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff}
     };
diff --git a/examples/cogl-sdl-hello.c b/examples/cogl-sdl-hello.c
index 961137aef..acb9125aa 100644
--- a/examples/cogl-sdl-hello.c
+++ b/examples/cogl-sdl-hello.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   CoglOnscreen *onscreen;
   CoglError *error = NULL;
   CoglVertexP2C4 triangle_vertices[] = {
-    {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80},
+    {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff},
     {-0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff},
     {0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff}
   };
diff --git a/examples/cogl-sdl2-hello.c b/examples/cogl-sdl2-hello.c
index 405cb92dd..12e6ced29 100644
--- a/examples/cogl-sdl2-hello.c
+++ b/examples/cogl-sdl2-hello.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   CoglOnscreen *onscreen;
   CoglError *error = NULL;
   CoglVertexP2C4 triangle_vertices[] = {
-    {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80},
+    {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff},
     {-0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff},
     {0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff}
   };
diff --git a/examples/cogl-x11-foreign.c b/examples/cogl-x11-foreign.c
index ca9e3ed7d..a60397cd4 100644
--- a/examples/cogl-x11-foreign.c
+++ b/examples/cogl-x11-foreign.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   unsigned long mask;
   Window xwin;
   CoglVertexP2C4 triangle_vertices[] = {
-      {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80},
+      {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff},
       {-0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff},
       {0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff}
   };
diff --git a/examples/cogland.c b/examples/cogland.c
index ab4f3c181..7a027197a 100644
--- a/examples/cogland.c
+++ b/examples/cogland.c
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   CoglError *error = NULL;
   GError *gerror = NULL;
   CoglVertexP2C4 triangle_vertices[] = {
-      {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80},
+      {0, 0.7, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff},
       {-0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff},
       {0.7, -0.7, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff}
   };