diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 593e28a3a..96a108fca 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ endfunction()
 set(LOVE_SRC_COMMON
 	src/common/b64.cpp
 	src/common/b64.h
+	src/common/Color.h
 	src/common/config.h
 	src/common/Data.cpp
 	src/common/Data.h
@@ -474,7 +475,6 @@ set(LOVE_SRC_MODULE_GRAPHICS_ROOT
 	src/modules/graphics/Buffer.h
 	src/modules/graphics/Canvas.cpp
 	src/modules/graphics/Canvas.h
-	src/modules/graphics/Color.h
 	src/modules/graphics/depthstencil.cpp
 	src/modules/graphics/depthstencil.h
 	src/modules/graphics/Drawable.cpp
diff --git a/platform/xcode/liblove.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/platform/xcode/liblove.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 908b11b0f..70de09544 100644
--- a/platform/xcode/liblove.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/platform/xcode/liblove.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -415,7 +415,6 @@
 		FA0B7D2B1A95902C000E1D17 /* wrap_Rasterizer.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA0B7B851A95902C000E1D17 /* wrap_Rasterizer.cpp */; };
 		FA0B7D2C1A95902C000E1D17 /* wrap_Rasterizer.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA0B7B851A95902C000E1D17 /* wrap_Rasterizer.cpp */; };
 		FA0B7D2D1A95902C000E1D17 /* wrap_Rasterizer.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA0B7B861A95902C000E1D17 /* wrap_Rasterizer.h */; };
-		FA0B7D2E1A95902C000E1D17 /* Color.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA0B7B881A95902C000E1D17 /* Color.h */; };
 		FA0B7D2F1A95902C000E1D17 /* Drawable.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA0B7B891A95902C000E1D17 /* Drawable.h */; };
 		FA0B7D301A95902C000E1D17 /* Graphics.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA0B7B8A1A95902C000E1D17 /* Graphics.cpp */; };
 		FA0B7D311A95902C000E1D17 /* Graphics.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA0B7B8A1A95902C000E1D17 /* Graphics.cpp */; };
@@ -925,6 +924,7 @@
 		FA620A371AA2F8DB005DB4C2 /* wrap_Texture.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA620A311AA2F8DB005DB4C2 /* wrap_Texture.h */; };
 		FA620A3A1AA305F6005DB4C2 /* types.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA620A391AA305F6005DB4C2 /* types.cpp */; };
 		FA620A3B1AA305F6005DB4C2 /* types.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA620A391AA305F6005DB4C2 /* types.cpp */; };
+		FA6BDE5C1F31725300786805 /* Color.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA6BDE5B1F31725300786805 /* Color.h */; };
 		FA7550A81AEBE276003E311E /* libluajit.a in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA7550A71AEBE276003E311E /* libluajit.a */; };
 		FA76344A1E28722A0066EF9E /* StreamBuffer.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA7634481E28722A0066EF9E /* StreamBuffer.cpp */; };
 		FA76344B1E28722A0066EF9E /* StreamBuffer.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = FA7634481E28722A0066EF9E /* StreamBuffer.cpp */; };
@@ -1439,7 +1439,6 @@
 		FA0B7B841A95902C000E1D17 /* wrap_GlyphData.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = wrap_GlyphData.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		FA0B7B851A95902C000E1D17 /* wrap_Rasterizer.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; path = wrap_Rasterizer.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		FA0B7B861A95902C000E1D17 /* wrap_Rasterizer.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = wrap_Rasterizer.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
-		FA0B7B881A95902C000E1D17 /* Color.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = Color.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		FA0B7B891A95902C000E1D17 /* Drawable.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = Drawable.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		FA0B7B8A1A95902C000E1D17 /* Graphics.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; lineEnding = 0; path = Graphics.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; xcLanguageSpecificationIdentifier = xcode.lang.cpp; };
 		FA0B7B8B1A95902C000E1D17 /* Graphics.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = Graphics.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -1785,6 +1784,7 @@
 		FA620A301AA2F8DB005DB4C2 /* wrap_Texture.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; path = wrap_Texture.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		FA620A311AA2F8DB005DB4C2 /* wrap_Texture.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = wrap_Texture.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		FA620A391AA305F6005DB4C2 /* types.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; path = types.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		FA6BDE5B1F31725300786805 /* Color.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = Color.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		FA7550A71AEBE276003E311E /* libluajit.a */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = archive.ar; path = libluajit.a; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		FA7634481E28722A0066EF9E /* StreamBuffer.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; path = StreamBuffer.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		FA7634491E28722A0066EF9E /* StreamBuffer.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = StreamBuffer.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -2019,6 +2019,7 @@
 				FAA3A9AD1B7D465A00CED060 /* android.h */,
 				FA0B78F71A958E3B000E1D17 /* b64.cpp */,
 				FA0B78F81A958E3B000E1D17 /* b64.h */,
+				FA6BDE5B1F31725300786805 /* Color.h */,
 				FA0B78F91A958E3B000E1D17 /* config.h */,
 				FA9D8DD41DEF8411002CD881 /* Data.cpp */,
 				FA0B78FA1A958E3B000E1D17 /* Data.h */,
@@ -2650,7 +2651,6 @@
 				FADF53F71E3C7ACD00012CC0 /* Buffer.h */,
 				FA1BA0A51E16F20600AA2803 /* Canvas.cpp */,
 				FA1BA0A61E16F20600AA2803 /* Canvas.h */,
-				FA0B7B881A95902C000E1D17 /* Color.h */,
 				FAF1889E1E9DBC4B008C1479 /* depthstencil.cpp */,
 				FAF1889D1E9DBBC8008C1479 /* depthstencil.h */,
 				FA9D8DDC1DEF842A002CD881 /* Drawable.cpp */,
@@ -3655,6 +3655,7 @@
 				FA0B7E771A95902C000E1D17 /* wrap_WeldJoint.h in Headers */,
 				FA0B7A911A958EA3000E1D17 /* b2FrictionJoint.h in Headers */,
 				FA0B7E291A95902C000E1D17 /* PulleyJoint.h in Headers */,
+				FA6BDE5C1F31725300786805 /* Color.h in Headers */,
 				FA0B7D471A95902C000E1D17 /* ParticleSystem.h in Headers */,
 				FA0B7E231A95902C000E1D17 /* PolygonShape.h in Headers */,
 				FA0B791E1A958E3B000E1D17 /* config.h in Headers */,
@@ -3861,7 +3862,6 @@
 				FA9D8DD31DEB56C3002CD881 /* pixelformat.h in Headers */,
 				FAF140A61E20934C00F898D2 /* ScanContext.h in Headers */,
 				FA0B7E4A1A95902C000E1D17 /* wrap_DistanceJoint.h in Headers */,
-				FA0B7D2E1A95902C000E1D17 /* Color.h in Headers */,
 				FA0B7A6A1A958EA3000E1D17 /* b2TimeStep.h in Headers */,
 				FA0B7A281A958EA3000E1D17 /* Box2D.h in Headers */,
 				FA0B7DE41A95902C000E1D17 /* wrap_RandomGenerator.h in Headers */,
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/Color.h b/src/common/Color.h
similarity index 96%
rename from src/modules/graphics/Color.h
rename to src/common/Color.h
index 16d7db990..3b827809c 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/Color.h
+++ b/src/common/Color.h
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@
  * 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
  **/
 
-#ifndef LOVE_GRAPHICS_COLOR_H
-#define LOVE_GRAPHICS_COLOR_H
+#ifndef LOVE_COLOR_H
+#define LOVE_COLOR_H
 
 namespace love
 {
-namespace graphics
-{
 
 template <typename T>
 struct ColorT
@@ -153,7 +151,6 @@ inline Colorf toColorf(Color c)
 	return Colorf(c.r / 255.0f, c.g / 255.0f, c.b / 255.0f, c.a / 255.0f);
 }
 
-} // graphics
 } // love
 
-#endif // LOVE_GRAPHICS_COLOR_H
+#endif // LOVE_COLOR_H
diff --git a/src/modules/font/BMFontRasterizer.cpp b/src/modules/font/BMFontRasterizer.cpp
index a6b0a2940..2a66ff300 100644
--- a/src/modules/font/BMFontRasterizer.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/font/BMFontRasterizer.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,12 @@ BMFontRasterizer::BMFontRasterizer(love::filesystem::FileData *fontdef, const st
 
 	// The parseConfig function will try to load any missing page images.
 	for (int i = 0; i < (int) imagelist.size(); i++)
+	{
+		if (imagelist[i]->getFormat() != PIXELFORMAT_RGBA8)
+			throw love::Exception("Only 32-bit RGBA images are supported in BMFonts.");
+
 		images[i] = imagelist[i];
+	}
 
 	std::string configtext((const char *) fontdef->getData(), fontdef->getSize());
 
@@ -296,29 +301,26 @@ GlyphData *BMFontRasterizer::getGlyphData(uint32 glyph) const
 		return new GlyphData(glyph, GlyphMetrics(), PIXELFORMAT_RGBA8);
 
 	const BMFontCharacter &c = it->second;
-	GlyphData *g = new GlyphData(glyph, c.metrics, PIXELFORMAT_RGBA8);
-
 	const auto &imagepair = images.find(c.page);
 
 	if (imagepair == images.end())
-	{
-		g->release();
 		return new GlyphData(glyph, GlyphMetrics(), PIXELFORMAT_RGBA8);
-	}
 
 	image::ImageData *imagedata = imagepair->second.get();
+	GlyphData *g = new GlyphData(glyph, c.metrics, PIXELFORMAT_RGBA8);
 
 	size_t pixelsize = imagedata->getPixelSize();
-	image::pixel *pixels = (image::pixel *) g->getData();
-	const image::pixel *ipixels = (const image::pixel *) imagedata->getData();
+
+	uint8 *pixels = (uint8 *) g->getData();
+	const uint8 *ipixels = (const uint8 *) imagedata->getData();
 
 	love::thread::Lock lock(imagedata->getMutex());
 
 	// Copy the subsection of the texture from the ImageData to the GlyphData.
 	for (int y = 0; y < c.metrics.height; y++)
 	{
-		size_t idindex = (c.y + y) * imagedata->getWidth() + c.x;
-		memcpy(&pixels[y * c.metrics.width], &ipixels[idindex], pixelsize * c.metrics.width);
+		size_t idindex = ((c.y + y) * imagedata->getWidth() + c.x) * pixelsize;
+		memcpy(&pixels[y * c.metrics.width * pixelsize], &ipixels[idindex], pixelsize * c.metrics.width);
 	}
 
 	return g;
diff --git a/src/modules/font/ImageRasterizer.cpp b/src/modules/font/ImageRasterizer.cpp
index 4211ace4c..00507a00f 100644
--- a/src/modules/font/ImageRasterizer.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/font/ImageRasterizer.cpp
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ namespace love
 namespace font
 {
 
-inline bool equal(const love::image::pixel &a, const love::image::pixel &b)
-{
-	return (a.r == b.r && a.g == b.g && a.b == b.b && a.a == b.a);
-}
+static_assert(sizeof(Color) == 4, "sizeof(Color) must equal 4 bytes!");
 
 ImageRasterizer::ImageRasterizer(love::image::ImageData *data, uint32 *glyphs, int numglyphs, int extraspacing, float pixeldensity)
 	: imageData(data)
@@ -79,17 +76,17 @@ GlyphData *ImageRasterizer::getGlyphData(uint32 glyph) const
 	// We don't want another thread modifying our ImageData mid-copy.
 	love::thread::Lock lock(imageData->getMutex());
 
-	love::image::pixel *gdpixels = (love::image::pixel *) g->getData();
-	love::image::pixel *imagepixels = (love::image::pixel *) imageData->getData();
+	Color *gdpixels = (Color *) g->getData();
+	const Color *imagepixels = (const Color *) imageData->getData();
 
 	// copy glyph pixels from imagedata to glyphdata
 	for (int i = 0; i < g->getWidth() * g->getHeight(); i++)
 	{
-		love::image::pixel p = imagepixels[it->second.x + (i % gm.width) + (imageData->getWidth() * (i / gm.width))];
+		Color p = imagepixels[it->second.x + (i % gm.width) + (imageData->getWidth() * (i / gm.width))];
 
 		// Use transparency instead of the spacer color
-		if (equal(p, spacer))
-			gdpixels[i].r = gdpixels[i].g = gdpixels[i].b = gdpixels[i].a = 0;
+		if (p == spacer)
+			gdpixels[i] = Color(0, 0, 0, 0);
 		else
 			gdpixels[i] = p;
 	}
@@ -99,7 +96,7 @@ GlyphData *ImageRasterizer::getGlyphData(uint32 glyph) const
 
 void ImageRasterizer::load()
 {
-	love::image::pixel *pixels = (love::image::pixel *) imageData->getData();
+	const Color *pixels = (const Color *) imageData->getData();
 
 	int imgw = imageData->getWidth();
 	int imgh = imageData->getHeight();
@@ -121,13 +118,13 @@ void ImageRasterizer::load()
 		start = end;
 
 		// Finds out where the first character starts
-		while (start < imgw && equal(pixels[start], spacer))
+		while (start < imgw && pixels[start] == spacer)
 			++start;
 
 		end = start;
 
 		// Find where glyph ends.
-		while (end < imgw && !equal(pixels[end], spacer))
+		while (end < imgw && pixels[end] != spacer)
 			++end;
 
 		if (start >= end)
diff --git a/src/modules/font/ImageRasterizer.h b/src/modules/font/ImageRasterizer.h
index 35dc0981c..8b4d5aba2 100644
--- a/src/modules/font/ImageRasterizer.h
+++ b/src/modules/font/ImageRasterizer.h
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 #define LOVE_FONT_IMAGE_RASTERIZER_H
 
 // LOVE
-#include "filesystem/File.h"
 #include "font/Rasterizer.h"
 #include "image/ImageData.h"
+#include "common/Color.h"
 
 #include <map>
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ private:
 	std::map<uint32, ImageGlyphData> imageGlyphs;
 
 	// Color used to identify glyph separation in the source ImageData
-	love::image::pixel spacer;
+	Color spacer;
 
 }; // ImageRasterizer
 
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/Graphics.h b/src/modules/graphics/Graphics.h
index 24f5d88ca..85c6e79a2 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/Graphics.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/Graphics.h
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 #include "common/Vector.h"
 #include "common/Optional.h"
 #include "common/int.h"
+#include "common/Color.h"
 #include "StreamBuffer.h"
 #include "vertex.h"
-#include "Color.h"
 #include "Texture.h"
 #include "Canvas.h"
 #include "Font.h"
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/ParticleSystem.h b/src/modules/graphics/ParticleSystem.h
index 547fe54eb..6e9f3ec94 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/ParticleSystem.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/ParticleSystem.h
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 #include "common/int.h"
 #include "common/math.h"
 #include "common/Vector.h"
+#include "common/Color.h"
 #include "Drawable.h"
-#include "Color.h"
 #include "Quad.h"
 #include "Texture.h"
 #include "Buffer.h"
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/SpriteBatch.h b/src/modules/graphics/SpriteBatch.h
index bf1d3f82a..3a25c264f 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/SpriteBatch.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/SpriteBatch.h
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 // LOVE
 #include "common/math.h"
 #include "common/Matrix.h"
+#include "common/Color.h"
 #include "Drawable.h"
-#include "Color.h"
 #include "Mesh.h"
 #include "vertex.h"
 
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Canvas.h b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Canvas.h
index 71010184d..cbb5d2b5a 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Canvas.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Canvas.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #define LOVE_GRAPHICS_OPENGL_CANVAS_H
 
 #include "common/config.h"
-#include "graphics/Color.h"
+#include "common/Color.h"
 #include "common/int.h"
 #include "graphics/Canvas.h"
 #include "graphics/Volatile.h"
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.h b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.h
index 02ca81bb9..92efe3344 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 // LOVE
 #include "graphics/Graphics.h"
-#include "graphics/Color.h"
+#include "common/Color.h"
 
 #include "image/Image.h"
 #include "image/ImageData.h"
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/OpenGL.h b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/OpenGL.h
index a5c62101b..034bbc885 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/OpenGL.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/OpenGL.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "common/config.h"
 #include "common/int.h"
 #include "common/math.h"
-#include "graphics/Color.h"
+#include "common/Color.h"
 #include "graphics/Texture.h"
 #include "graphics/vertex.h"
 #include "graphics/depthstencil.h"
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/vertex.h b/src/modules/graphics/vertex.h
index ff8e43a1e..b41300d46 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/vertex.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/vertex.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 // LOVE
 #include "common/int.h"
-#include "Color.h"
+#include "common/Color.h"
 
 // C
 #include <stddef.h>
diff --git a/src/modules/image/ImageData.h b/src/modules/image/ImageData.h
index 21f654534..a12355b8e 100644
--- a/src/modules/image/ImageData.h
+++ b/src/modules/image/ImageData.h
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ namespace love
 namespace image
 {
 
-// Pixel format structure.
-struct pixel
-{
-	// Red, green, blue, alpha.
-	unsigned char r, g, b, a;
-};
-
 union Pixel
 {
 	uint8  rgba8[4];
diff --git a/src/modules/image/magpie/STBHandler.cpp b/src/modules/image/magpie/STBHandler.cpp
index 279a83ad1..a9f782b3f 100644
--- a/src/modules/image/magpie/STBHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/image/magpie/STBHandler.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 // LOVE
 #include "STBHandler.h"
 #include "image/ImageData.h"
+#include "common/Color.h"
 
 static void loveSTBIAssert(bool test, const char *teststr)
 {
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ namespace image
 namespace magpie
 {
 
+static_assert(sizeof(Color) == 4, "sizeof(Color) must equal 4 bytes!");
+
 bool STBHandler::canDecode(love::filesystem::FileData *data)
 {
 	int w = 0;
@@ -144,7 +147,7 @@ FormatHandler::EncodedImage STBHandler::encode(const DecodedImage &img, EncodedF
 	memcpy(encimg.data + headerlen, img.data, img.width * img.height * bpp);
 
 	// convert the pixels from RGBA to BGRA.
-	pixel *encodedpixels = (pixel *) (encimg.data + headerlen);
+	Color *encodedpixels = (Color *) (encimg.data + headerlen);
 	for (int y = 0; y < img.height; y++)
 	{
 		for (int x = 0; x < img.width; x++)