diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 
+0.2.0.0
+=======
+
+API changes:
+* The `settingColorMode` field of `UnixSettings` was removed in favor of
+  Vty 6.1's new `configPreferredColorMode` field of the `VtyUserConfig`
+  type. This package now uses that setting if present; otherwise it does
+  the same color mode detection that it did before this release.
+
 0.1.0.0
 =======
 
diff --git a/src/Graphics/Vty/Platform/Unix.hs b/src/Graphics/Vty/Platform/Unix.hs
--- a/src/Graphics/Vty/Platform/Unix.hs
+++ b/src/Graphics/Vty/Platform/Unix.hs
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@
                                 (configTermWidthMaps userConfig)
 
     input <- buildInput userConfig settings
-    out <- buildOutput settings
+    out <- buildOutput userConfig settings
     mkVtyFromPair input out
diff --git a/src/Graphics/Vty/Platform/Unix/Output.hs b/src/Graphics/Vty/Platform/Unix/Output.hs
--- a/src/Graphics/Vty/Platform/Unix/Output.hs
+++ b/src/Graphics/Vty/Platform/Unix/Output.hs
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
   )
 where
 
+import Graphics.Vty.Config
 import Graphics.Vty.Output
 
 import Graphics.Vty.Platform.Unix.Settings
+import Graphics.Vty.Platform.Unix.Output.Color (detectColorMode)
 import Graphics.Vty.Platform.Unix.Output.XTermColor as XTermColor
 import Graphics.Vty.Platform.Unix.Output.TerminfoBased as TerminfoBased
 
@@ -33,11 +35,14 @@
 -- * If @TERM@ starts with @xterm@, @screen@, @rxvt@, or @tmux@, this
 --   will the @xterm@-based implementation.
 -- * Otherwise this will use the 'TerminfoBased' implementation.
-buildOutput :: UnixSettings -> IO Output
-buildOutput settings = do
+buildOutput :: VtyUserConfig -> UnixSettings -> IO Output
+buildOutput config settings = do
     let termName = settingTermName settings
         fd = settingOutputFd settings
-        colorMode = settingColorMode settings
+
+    colorMode <- case configPreferredColorMode config of
+        Nothing -> detectColorMode termName
+        Just m -> return m
 
     t <- if isXtermLike termName
          then XTermColor.reserveTerminal termName fd colorMode
diff --git a/src/Graphics/Vty/Platform/Unix/Settings.hs b/src/Graphics/Vty/Platform/Unix/Settings.hs
--- a/src/Graphics/Vty/Platform/Unix/Settings.hs
+++ b/src/Graphics/Vty/Platform/Unix/Settings.hs
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
 import System.Posix.IO (stdInput, stdOutput)
 import System.Posix.Types (Fd(..))
 
-import Graphics.Vty.Attributes.Color
-import Graphics.Vty.Platform.Unix.Output.Color (detectColorMode)
-
 -- | Type of exceptions that can be raised when configuring Vty on a
 -- Unix system.
 data VtyUnixConfigurationError =
@@ -56,9 +53,6 @@
                  -- ^ The output file descriptor to use.
                  , settingTermName :: String
                  -- ^ The terminal name used to look up terminfo capabilities.
-                 , settingColorMode :: ColorMode
-                 -- ^ The color mode used to know how many colors the terminal
-                 -- supports.
                  }
                  deriving (Show, Eq)
 
@@ -69,14 +63,12 @@
     case mb of
       Nothing -> throwIO MissingTermEnvVar
       Just t -> do
-        mcolorMode <- detectColorMode t
         flushStdin
         return $ UnixSettings { settingVmin      = 1
                               , settingVtime     = 100
                               , settingInputFd   = stdInput
                               , settingOutputFd  = stdOutput
                               , settingTermName  = t
-                              , settingColorMode = mcolorMode
                               }
 
 termVariable :: String
diff --git a/vty-unix.cabal b/vty-unix.cabal
--- a/vty-unix.cabal
+++ b/vty-unix.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:      3.0
 name:               vty-unix
-version:            0.1.0.0
+version:            0.2.0.0
 synopsis:           Unix backend for Vty
 description:        This package provides Unix terminal support for Vty.
 license:            BSD-3-Clause
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                       mtl,
                       unix,
                       terminfo,
-                      vty >= 6.0,
+                      vty >= 6.1,
                       deepseq,
                       vector,
                       parsec,