diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index a032f34fd..df3bce170 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -165,12 +165,13 @@ foreground: Color = .{ .r = 0xFF, .g = 0xFF, .b = 0xFF },
 @"selection-foreground": ?Color = null,
 @"selection-background": ?Color = null,
 
-/// Inverts the cell color from foreground to background,
-/// and from background to foreground.
-/// This option does not take in consideration the color
-/// values defined for "selection-foreground" and "selection-background"
-/// as it will use the foreground and background of the cell.
-@"invert-selection-fg-bg": bool = false,
+/// Swap the foreground and background colors of cells for selection.
+/// This option overrides the "selection-foreground" and "selection-background"
+/// options.
+///
+/// If you select across cells with differing foregrounds and backgrounds,
+/// the selection color will vary across the selection.
+@"selection-invert-fg-bg": bool = false,
 
 /// Color palette for the 256 color form that many terminal applications
 /// use. The syntax of this configuration is "N=HEXCODE" where "n"
diff --git a/src/renderer/Metal.zig b/src/renderer/Metal.zig
index 981fe8f81..d3eb22a1f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/Metal.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/Metal.zig
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ pub const DerivedConfig = struct {
 
             .background = config.background.toTerminalRGB(),
             .foreground = config.foreground.toTerminalRGB(),
-            .invert_selection_fg_bg = config.@"invert-selection-fg-bg",
+            .invert_selection_fg_bg = config.@"selection-invert-fg-bg",
 
             .selection_background = if (config.@"selection-background") |bg|
                 bg.toTerminalRGB()
@@ -1306,13 +1306,8 @@ pub fn updateCell(
 
     // The colors for the cell.
     const colors: BgFg = colors: {
-        // If we are selected, we our colors are just inverted fg/bg
-        const selection_res: ?BgFg = if (selected) .{
-            .bg = if (self.config.invert_selection_fg_bg) cell.fg else self.config.selection_background orelse self.foreground_color,
-            .fg = if (self.config.invert_selection_fg_bg) cell.bg else self.config.selection_foreground orelse self.background_color,
-        } else null;
-
-        const res: BgFg = selection_res orelse if (!cell.attrs.inverse) .{
+        // The normal cell result
+        const cell_res: BgFg = if (!cell.attrs.inverse) .{
             // In normal mode, background and fg match the cell. We
             // un-optionalize the fg by defaulting to our fg color.
             .bg = if (cell.attrs.has_bg) cell.bg else null,
@@ -1325,8 +1320,21 @@ pub fn updateCell(
             .fg = if (cell.attrs.has_bg) cell.bg else self.background_color,
         };
 
+        // If we are selected, we our colors are just inverted fg/bg
+        const selection_res: ?BgFg = if (selected) .{
+            .bg = if (self.config.invert_selection_fg_bg)
+                cell_res.fg
+            else
+                self.config.selection_background orelse self.foreground_color,
+            .fg = if (self.config.invert_selection_fg_bg)
+                cell_res.bg orelse self.background_color
+            else
+                self.config.selection_foreground orelse self.background_color,
+        } else null;
+
         // If the cell is "invisible" then we just make fg = bg so that
         // the cell is transparent but still copy-able.
+        const res: BgFg = selection_res orelse cell_res;
         if (cell.attrs.invisible) {
             break :colors BgFg{
                 .bg = res.bg,
diff --git a/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig b/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
index cdb898e8e..07e1d030c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ pub const DerivedConfig = struct {
 
             .background = config.background.toTerminalRGB(),
             .foreground = config.foreground.toTerminalRGB(),
-            .invert_selection_fg_bg = config.@"invert-selection-fg-bg",
+            .invert_selection_fg_bg = config.@"selection-invert-fg-bg",
 
             .selection_background = if (config.@"selection-background") |bg|
                 bg.toTerminalRGB()
@@ -1088,13 +1088,8 @@ pub fn updateCell(
 
     // The colors for the cell.
     const colors: BgFg = colors: {
-        // If we are selected, we our colors are just inverted fg/bg
-        const selection_res: ?BgFg = if (selected) .{
-            .bg = if (self.config.invert_selection_fg_bg) cell.fg else self.config.selection_background orelse self.foreground_color,
-            .fg = if (self.config.invert_selection_fg_bg) cell.bg else self.config.selection_foreground orelse self.background_color,
-        } else null;
-
-        const res: BgFg = selection_res orelse if (!cell.attrs.inverse) .{
+        // The normal cell result
+        const cell_res: BgFg = if (!cell.attrs.inverse) .{
             // In normal mode, background and fg match the cell. We
             // un-optionalize the fg by defaulting to our fg color.
             .bg = if (cell.attrs.has_bg) cell.bg else null,
@@ -1107,8 +1102,21 @@ pub fn updateCell(
             .fg = if (cell.attrs.has_bg) cell.bg else self.background_color,
         };
 
+        // If we are selected, we our colors are just inverted fg/bg
+        const selection_res: ?BgFg = if (selected) .{
+            .bg = if (self.config.invert_selection_fg_bg)
+                cell_res.fg
+            else
+                self.config.selection_background orelse self.foreground_color,
+            .fg = if (self.config.invert_selection_fg_bg)
+                cell_res.bg orelse self.background_color
+            else
+                self.config.selection_foreground orelse self.background_color,
+        } else null;
+
         // If the cell is "invisible" then we just make fg = bg so that
         // the cell is transparent but still copy-able.
+        const res: BgFg = selection_res orelse cell_res;
         if (cell.attrs.invisible) {
             break :colors BgFg{
                 .bg = res.bg,