diff --git a/src/nanovg_gl3.h b/src/nanovg_gl3.h
index 56b692b..971fb6b 100644
--- a/src/nanovg_gl3.h
+++ b/src/nanovg_gl3.h
@@ -522,14 +522,6 @@ static int glnvg__renderGetTextureSize(void* uptr, int image, int* w, int* h)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static void glnvg__toFloatColor(float* fc, unsigned int c)
-{
-	fc[0] = ((c) & 0xff) / 255.0f;
-	fc[1] = ((c>>8) & 0xff) / 255.0f;
-	fc[2] = ((c>>16) & 0xff) / 255.0f;
-	fc[3] = ((c>>24) & 0xff) / 255.0f;
-}
-
 static void glnvg__xformIdentity(float* t)
 {
 	t[0] = 1.0f; t[1] = 0.0f;
@@ -568,15 +560,15 @@ static void glnvg__xformToMat3x3(float* m3, float* t)
 
 static int glnvg__setupPaint(struct GLNVGcontext* gl, struct NVGpaint* paint, struct NVGscissor* scissor, float width, float fringe)
 {
-	float innerCol[4];
-	float outerCol[4];
+	struct NVGcolor innerCol;
+	struct NVGcolor outerCol;
 	struct GLNVGtexture* tex = NULL;
 	float invxform[6], paintMat[9], scissorMat[9];
 	float scissorx = 0, scissory = 0;
 	float scissorsx = 0, scissorsy = 0;
 
-	glnvg__toFloatColor(innerCol, paint->innerColor);
-	glnvg__toFloatColor(outerCol, paint->outerColor);
+    innerCol = paint->innerColor;
+	outerCol = paint->outerColor;
 
 	glnvg__xformInverse(invxform, paint->xform);
 	glnvg__xformToMat3x3(paintMat, invxform);
@@ -624,8 +616,8 @@ static int glnvg__setupPaint(struct GLNVGcontext* gl, struct NVGpaint* paint, st
 		glUniform2f(gl->shader.loc[GLNVG_LOC_EXTENT], paint->extent[0], paint->extent[1]);
 		glUniform1f(gl->shader.loc[GLNVG_LOC_RADIUS], paint->radius);
 		glUniform1f(gl->shader.loc[GLNVG_LOC_FEATHER], paint->feather);
-		glUniform4fv(gl->shader.loc[GLNVG_LOC_INNERCOL], 1, innerCol);
-		glUniform4fv(gl->shader.loc[GLNVG_LOC_OUTERCOL], 1, outerCol);
+		glUniform4fv(gl->shader.loc[GLNVG_LOC_INNERCOL], 1, innerCol.rgba);
+		glUniform4fv(gl->shader.loc[GLNVG_LOC_OUTERCOL], 1, outerCol.rgba);
 		glUniform1f(gl->shader.loc[GLNVG_LOC_STROKEMULT], (width*0.5f + fringe*0.5f)/fringe);
 		glnvg__checkError("grad paint loc");
 	}
@@ -858,7 +850,7 @@ static void glnvg__renderTriangles(void* uptr, struct NVGpaint* paint, struct NV
 {
 	struct GLNVGcontext* gl = (struct GLNVGcontext*)uptr;
 	struct GLNVGtexture* tex = glnvg__findTexture(gl, paint->image);
-	float color[4];
+	struct NVGcolor color;
 	NVG_NOTUSED(scissor);
 
 	if (gl->shader.prog == 0)
@@ -884,8 +876,8 @@ static void glnvg__renderTriangles(void* uptr, struct NVGpaint* paint, struct NV
 	glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
 	glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
 
-	glnvg__toFloatColor(color, paint->innerColor);
-	glVertexAttrib4fv(2, color);
+	color = paint->innerColor;
+	glVertexAttrib4fv(2, color.rgba);
 
 	glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, nverts);