// The (very) ugly thing band colour.
    static unsigned char ugly_colour = BLACK;

        for (int i = 1; i < band_size; i++)
            band_monsters[i] = _band_member( band, mg.power );

        for (int i = 1; i < band_size; ++i)
        {
            band_monsters[i] = _band_member(band, mg.power);
            // Get the (very) ugly thing band colour, so that all (very)
            // ugly things in a band will start with it.
            if ((band_monsters[i] == MONS_UGLY_THING
                || band_monsters[i] == MONS_VERY_UGLY_THING)
                    && ugly_colour == BLACK)
            {
                ugly_colour = ugly_thing_random_colour();
            }
        }

    // Set the (very) ugly thing band colour.
    if (ugly_colour != BLACK)
        mg.colour = ugly_colour;

    // Reset the (very) ugly thing band colour.
    ugly_colour = BLACK;

        menv[id].mark_summoned( mg.abjuration_duration, true,
                                mg.summon_type );

        menv[id].mark_summoned(mg.abjuration_duration, true,
                               mg.summon_type);

        ghost.init_ugly_thing(menv[id].type == MONS_VERY_UGLY_THING);

        ghost.init_ugly_thing(menv[id].type == MONS_VERY_UGLY_THING, false,
                              menv[id].colour);

    void init_ugly_thing(bool very_ugly, bool only_mutate = false);

    void init_ugly_thing(bool very_ugly, bool only_mutate = false,
                         unsigned char force_colour = BLACK);

unsigned char ugly_thing_random_colour();

static unsigned char _ugly_thing_random_colour(unsigned char not_colour)

unsigned char ugly_thing_random_colour()

    return (RANDOM_ELEMENT(colours));
}
static unsigned char _ugly_thing_assign_colour(unsigned char force_colour,
                                               unsigned char force_not_colour)
{

    do
        colour = RANDOM_ELEMENT(colours);
    while (colour == not_colour);

    if (force_colour != BLACK)
        colour = force_colour;
    else
    {
        do
            colour = ugly_thing_random_colour();
        while (force_not_colour != BLACK && colour == force_not_colour);
    }

void ghost_demon::init_ugly_thing(bool very_ugly, bool only_mutate)

void ghost_demon::init_ugly_thing(bool very_ugly, bool only_mutate,
                                  unsigned char force_colour)

    colour = _ugly_thing_random_colour(only_mutate ? make_low_colour(colour)

    colour = _ugly_thing_assign_colour(make_low_colour(force_colour),
                                       only_mutate ? make_low_colour(colour)