diff --git a/src/gui_photon.c b/src/gui_photon.c
index 67ddc62..956c8e2 100644
--- a/src/gui_photon.c
+++ b/src/gui_photon.c
@@ -1971,18 +1971,6 @@
     PtSetResource(gui.vimTextArea, Pt_ARG_FILL_COLOR, gui.back_pixel, 0);
 }
 
-    static int
-hex_digit(int c)
-{
-    if (VIM_ISDIGIT(c))
-	return c - '0';
-    c = TOLOWER_ASC(c);
-    if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
-	return c - 'a' + 10;
-    return -1000;
-}
-
-
 /*
  * This should be split out into a separate file,
  * every port does basically the same thing.
@@ -1994,136 +1982,7 @@
     guicolor_T
 gui_mch_get_color(char_u *name)
 {
-    int i;
-    int r, g, b;
-
-
-    typedef struct GuiColourTable
-    {
-	char	    *name;
-	guicolor_T     colour;
-    } GuiColourTable;
-
-    static GuiColourTable table[] =
-    {
-	{"Black",	    RGB(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)},
-	{"DarkGray",	    RGB(0xA9, 0xA9, 0xA9)},
-	{"DarkGrey",	    RGB(0xA9, 0xA9, 0xA9)},
-	{"Gray",	    RGB(0xC0, 0xC0, 0xC0)},
-	{"Grey",	    RGB(0xC0, 0xC0, 0xC0)},
-	{"LightGray",	    RGB(0xD3, 0xD3, 0xD3)},
-	{"LightGrey",	    RGB(0xD3, 0xD3, 0xD3)},
-	{"Gray10",	    RGB(0x1A, 0x1A, 0x1A)},
-	{"Grey10",	    RGB(0x1A, 0x1A, 0x1A)},
-	{"Gray20",	    RGB(0x33, 0x33, 0x33)},
-	{"Grey20",	    RGB(0x33, 0x33, 0x33)},
-	{"Gray30",	    RGB(0x4D, 0x4D, 0x4D)},
-	{"Grey30",	    RGB(0x4D, 0x4D, 0x4D)},
-	{"Gray40",	    RGB(0x66, 0x66, 0x66)},
-	{"Grey40",	    RGB(0x66, 0x66, 0x66)},
-	{"Gray50",	    RGB(0x7F, 0x7F, 0x7F)},
-	{"Grey50",	    RGB(0x7F, 0x7F, 0x7F)},
-	{"Gray60",	    RGB(0x99, 0x99, 0x99)},
-	{"Grey60",	    RGB(0x99, 0x99, 0x99)},
-	{"Gray70",	    RGB(0xB3, 0xB3, 0xB3)},
-	{"Grey70",	    RGB(0xB3, 0xB3, 0xB3)},
-	{"Gray80",	    RGB(0xCC, 0xCC, 0xCC)},
-	{"Grey80",	    RGB(0xCC, 0xCC, 0xCC)},
-	{"Gray90",	    RGB(0xE5, 0xE5, 0xE5)},
-	{"Grey90",	    RGB(0xE5, 0xE5, 0xE5)},
-	{"White",	    RGB(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF)},
-	{"DarkRed",	    RGB(0x80, 0x00, 0x00)},
-	{"Red",		    RGB(0xFF, 0x00, 0x00)},
-	{"LightRed",	    RGB(0xFF, 0xA0, 0xA0)},
-	{"DarkBlue",	    RGB(0x00, 0x00, 0x80)},
-	{"Blue",	    RGB(0x00, 0x00, 0xFF)},
-	{"LightBlue",	    RGB(0xAD, 0xD8, 0xE6)},
-	{"DarkGreen",	    RGB(0x00, 0x80, 0x00)},
-	{"Green",	    RGB(0x00, 0xFF, 0x00)},
-	{"LightGreen",	    RGB(0x90, 0xEE, 0x90)},
-	{"DarkCyan",	    RGB(0x00, 0x80, 0x80)},
-	{"Cyan",	    RGB(0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF)},
-	{"LightCyan",	    RGB(0xE0, 0xFF, 0xFF)},
-	{"DarkMagenta",	    RGB(0x80, 0x00, 0x80)},
-	{"Magenta",	    RGB(0xFF, 0x00, 0xFF)},
-	{"LightMagenta",    RGB(0xFF, 0xA0, 0xFF)},
-	{"Brown",	    RGB(0x80, 0x40, 0x40)},
-	{"Yellow",	    RGB(0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00)},
-	{"LightYellow",	    RGB(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xE0)},
-	{"SeaGreen",	    RGB(0x2E, 0x8B, 0x57)},
-	{"Orange",	    RGB(0xFF, 0xA5, 0x00)},
-	{"Purple",	    RGB(0xA0, 0x20, 0xF0)},
-	{"SlateBlue",	    RGB(0x6A, 0x5A, 0xCD)},
-	{"Violet",	    RGB(0xEE, 0x82, 0xEE)},
-    };
-
-    /* is name #rrggbb format? */
-    if (name[0] == '#' && STRLEN(name) == 7)
-    {
-	r = hex_digit(name[1]) * 16 + hex_digit(name[2]);
-	g = hex_digit(name[3]) * 16 + hex_digit(name[4]);
-	b = hex_digit(name[5]) * 16 + hex_digit(name[6]);
-	if (r < 0 || g < 0 || b < 0)
-	    return INVALCOLOR;
-	return RGB(r, g, b);
-    }
-
-    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_LENGTH(table); i++)
-    {
-	if (STRICMP(name, table[i].name) == 0)
-	    return table[i].colour;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Last attempt. Look in the file "$VIMRUNTIME/rgb.txt".
-     */
-    {
-#define LINE_LEN 100
-	FILE	*fd;
-	char	line[LINE_LEN];
-	char_u	*fname;
-
-	fname = expand_env_save((char_u *)"$VIMRUNTIME/rgb.txt");
-	if (fname == NULL)
-	    return INVALCOLOR;
-
-	fd = fopen((char *)fname, "rt");
-	vim_free(fname);
-	if (fd == NULL)
-	    return INVALCOLOR;
-
-	while (!feof(fd))
-	{
-	    int	    len;
-	    int	    pos;
-	    char    *color;
-
-	    fgets(line, LINE_LEN, fd);
-	    len = STRLEN(line);
-
-	    if (len <= 1 || line[len-1] != '\n')
-		continue;
-
-	    line[len-1] = '\0';
-
-	    i = sscanf(line, "%d %d %d %n", &r, &g, &b, &pos);
-	    if (i != 3)
-		continue;
-
-	    color = line + pos;
-
-	    if (STRICMP(color, name) == 0)
-	    {
-		fclose(fd);
-		return (guicolor_T)RGB(r, g, b);
-	    }
-	}
-
-	fclose(fd);
-    }
-
-
-    return INVALCOLOR;
+    return gui_get_color_cmn(name);
 }
 
     void