Work around did fix the color issue but I'm guessing it also changed the resolution that the game displayed at. It is not using like the bottom 1/4th of the monitor now. All else was fine for an hour or 2 then Windows 7 minimized DOSBox and complained about going to a basic windows color scheme as …
Problem is I don't have any instances of Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer running when this happens. I only have Windows 7 up and click on the shortcut to DOSBox.