diff --git a/agb/examples/dma_effect_background_colour.rs b/agb/examples/dma_effect_background_colour.rs
index 6efc4ed9..57c969e9 100644
--- a/agb/examples/dma_effect_background_colour.rs
+++ b/agb/examples/dma_effect_background_colour.rs
@@ -31,18 +31,19 @@ fn main(mut gba: agb::Gba) -> ! {
 
     let colours: Box<[_]> = (0..160).map(|i| ((i * 0xffff) / 160) as u16).collect();
 
-    let mut frame = 0;
+    let background_colour = 0x732b; // generated using `https://agbrs.dev/colour`
+    let background_colour_index = vram
+        .find_colour_index_16(0, background_colour)
+        .expect("Should contain colour 0x732b");
 
     loop {
-        // hardcoding palette index 2 here which you wouldn't want to do in a real example (instead, look for
-        // the colour you want to replace)
-        let _background_color_transfer =
-            unsafe { dma.hblank_transfer(&vram.background_palette_colour_dma(0, 2), &colours) };
+        let _background_color_transfer = unsafe {
+            dma.hblank_transfer(
+                &vram.background_palette_colour_dma(0, background_colour_index),
+                &colours,
+            )
+        };
 
         vblank.wait_for_vblank();
-        frame += 1;
-        if frame > 160 {
-            frame = 0;
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/agb/src/display/tiled/vram_manager.rs b/agb/src/display/tiled/vram_manager.rs
index 55503332..2a482a69 100644
--- a/agb/src/display/tiled/vram_manager.rs
+++ b/agb/src/display/tiled/vram_manager.rs
@@ -461,4 +461,11 @@ impl VRamManager {
             self.set_background_palette(palette_index as u8, entry);
         }
     }
+
+    /// Gets the index of the colour for a given background palette, or None if it doesn't exist
+    pub fn find_colour_index_16(&mut self, palette_index: usize, colour: u16) -> Option<usize> {
+        assert!(palette_index < 16);
+
+        (0..16).find(|i| PALETTE_BACKGROUND.get(palette_index * 16 + i) == colour)
+    }
 }