diff --git a/engines/scumm/script_v5.cpp b/engines/scumm/script_v5.cpp
index bdac168d8c9..58a97cb4333 100644
--- a/engines/scumm/script_v5.cpp
+++ b/engines/scumm/script_v5.cpp
@@ -3430,6 +3430,19 @@ void ScummEngine_v5::decodeParseStringTextString(int textSlot) {
 		// "I heard that!" offscreen.
 		_string[textSlot].color = 0xF9;
 		printString(textSlot, _scriptPointer);
+	} else if (_game.id == GID_MONKEY && _game.platform != Common::kPlatformSegaCD &&
+			(vm.slot[_currentScript].number == 140 || vm.slot[_currentScript].number == 294) &&
+			_actorToPrintStrFor == 255 && _string[textSlot].color == 0x06 &&
+			strcmp(_game.variant, "SE Talkie") != 0 && _enableEnhancements) {
+		// WORKAROUND: In MI1 CD, the colors when the navigator head speaks are
+		// not the intended ones (dark purple instead of brown), because the
+		// original `Color(6)` parameter was kept without adjusting it for the
+		// v5 palette changes (a common oversight in that version). The verb
+		// options may also look wrong in that scene, but we don't fix that, as
+		// this font in displayed in green, white or purple between the
+		// different releases and scenes, so we don't know the original intent.
+		_string[textSlot].color = 0xEA;
+		printString(textSlot, _scriptPointer);
 	} else if (_game.id == GID_MONKEY && _roomResource == 25 && vm.slot[_currentScript].number == 205) {
 		printPatchedMI1CannibalString(textSlot, _scriptPointer);
 	} else {