diff --git a/src/pyntcloud/io/las.py b/src/pyntcloud/io/las.py
index 5d2528d..3447531 100644
--- a/src/pyntcloud/io/las.py
+++ b/src/pyntcloud/io/las.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def convert_color_to_dtype(data, output_dtype):
             column_max_values = data["points"].loc[:, column_names].max()
             # Do not scale color values restricted to [0, 255]
             if column_max_values.to_numpy().max() >= 256:
-                data["points"].loc[:, column_names] /= 256
+                data["points"].loc[:, column_names] //= 256
         data["points"] = data["points"].astype(
             {"red": output_dtype, "green": output_dtype, "blue": output_dtype}
         )