diff --git a/vskernels/kernels/complex.py b/vskernels/kernels/complex.py
index d2a236c..cd0a009 100644
--- a/vskernels/kernels/complex.py
+++ b/vskernels/kernels/complex.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ def scale(  # type: ignore[override]
             padded = border_handling.prepare_clip(clip, self.kernel_radius)
 
             shift, clip = tuple(
-                s + ((p - c) // 2) for s, c, p in zip(shift, *((x.width, x.height) for x in (clip, padded)))
+                s + ((p - c) // 2) for s, c, p in zip(shift, *((x.height, x.width) for x in (clip, padded)))
             ), padded
 
         clip = Scaler.scale(self, clip, width, height, shift, **kwargs)
diff --git a/vskernels/types.py b/vskernels/types.py
index 7472990..4d043bb 100644
--- a/vskernels/types.py
+++ b/vskernels/types.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def prepare_clip(self, clip: vs.VideoNode, min_pad: int = 2) -> vs.VideoNode:
             case BorderHandling.MIRROR:
                 return padder.MIRROR(*args)
             case BorderHandling.ZERO:
-                return padder.COLOR(*args)
+                return padder.COLOR(color=False if clip.format.color_family is vs.RGB else (False, None), *args)
             case BorderHandling.REPEAT:
                 return padder.REPEAT(*args)