diff --git a/src/Vervis/Colour.hs b/src/Vervis/Colour.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b58404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Vervis/Colour.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+{- This file is part of Vervis.
+ -
+ - Written in 2016 by fr33domlover <fr33domlover@riseup.net>.
+ -
+ - ♡ Copying is an act of love. Please copy, reuse and share.
+ -
+ - The author(s) have dedicated all copyright and related and neighboring
+ - rights to this software to the public domain worldwide. This software is
+ - distributed without any warranty.
+ -
+ - You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along
+ - with this software. If not, see
+ - <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.
+ -}
+
+module Vervis.Colour
+    ( black
+    , white
+    , plain
+    , darkRed
+    , darkGreen
+    , darkYellow
+    , darkBlue
+    , darkMagenta
+    , darkCyan
+    , darkGray
+    , lightRed
+    , lightGreen
+    , lightYellow
+    , lightBlue
+    , lightMagenta
+    , lightCyan
+    , lightGray
+    )
+where
+
+import Prelude
+
+import Data.Colour.SRGB (Colour, sRGB24)
+import Data.Word (Word8)
+
+import qualified Vervis.Palette as P
+
+uncurry3 :: (a -> b -> c -> d) -> (a, b, c) -> d
+uncurry3 f (x, y, z) = f x y z
+
+c :: (Floating a, Ord a) => (Word8, Word8, Word8) -> Colour a
+c = uncurry3 sRGB24
+
+black, white, plain :: (Floating a, Ord a) => Colour a
+black        = c P.black
+white        = c P.white
+plain        = c P.plain
+
+darkRed, darkGreen, darkYellow, darkBlue, darkMagenta, darkCyan, darkGray
+    :: (Floating a, Ord a) => Colour a
+darkRed      = c P.darkRed
+darkGreen    = c P.darkGreen
+darkYellow   = c P.darkYellow
+darkBlue     = c P.darkBlue
+darkMagenta  = c P.darkMagenta
+darkCyan     = c P.darkCyan
+darkGray     = c P.darkGray
+
+lightRed, lightGreen, lightYellow, lightBlue :: (Floating a, Ord a) => Colour a
+lightMagenta, lightCyan, lightGray :: (Floating a, Ord a) => Colour a
+lightRed     = c P.lightRed
+lightGreen   = c P.lightGreen
+lightYellow  = c P.lightYellow
+lightBlue    = c P.lightBlue
+lightMagenta = c P.lightMagenta
+lightCyan    = c P.lightCyan
+lightGray    = c P.lightGray
diff --git a/vervis.cabal b/vervis.cabal
index c7f984b..9fa7c3a 100644
--- a/vervis.cabal
+++ b/vervis.cabal
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ library
                        Vervis.Avatar
                        Vervis.BinaryBody
                        Vervis.Changes
+                       Vervis.Colour
                        Vervis.Content
                        Vervis.Darcs
                        Vervis.Discussion
@@ -186,6 +187,8 @@ library
                      , case-insensitive
                      , classy-prelude
                      , classy-prelude-conduit
+                       -- for defining colors for use with diagrams
+                     , colour
                      , conduit
                      , containers
                        -- for SHA1 hashing when parsing Darcs patch metadata