diff --git a/code/sub_colorwash.asm b/code/sub_colorwash.asm
index 1a5c499..3eeec8d 100644
--- a/code/sub_colorwash.asm
+++ b/code/sub_colorwash.asm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 colwash   ldx #$27        ; load x-register with #$27 to work through 0-39 iterations
           lda color+$27   ; init accumulator with the last color from first color table
-cycle1    ldy color-1,x   ; use y-register to remember color at current position in iteration
+cycle1    ldy color-1,x   ; use y-register to remember color at next position in iteration
           sta color-1,x   ; write the stored color from accumulator to that location
           sta $d990,x     ; put it into Color Ram
           tya             ; transfer our remembered color back to accumulator
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cycle1    ldy color-1,x   ; use y-register to remember color at current position
                           ; do the reverse for the second line of text in the intro
 colwash2  ldx #$00        ; load x-register with #$00 to track iterations
           lda color2+$27  ; load the last color from the second table
-cycle2    ldy color2,x    ; remember currently pointed at color of second table in y-register
+cycle2    ldy color2,x    ; remember previously used color of second table in y-register
           sta color2,x    ; store that color into accumulator
           sta $d9e0,x     ; ... and write it to Color Ram
           tya             ; transfer our remembered color back to accumulator