diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a14b9dc..b6f0abe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ module github.com/kenshaw/fv
 go 1.20
 
 require (
+	github.com/kenshaw/colors v0.1.0
 	github.com/kenshaw/rasterm v0.1.10
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/tdewolff/canvas v0.0.0-20240115005846-3d69968abe72
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240112132812-db7319d0e0e3
-	gopkg.in/go-playground/colors.v1 v1.2.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-text/typesetting v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/freetype v0.0.0-20170609003504-e2365dfdc4a0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/kenshaw/snaker v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-sixel v0.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/soniakeys/quant v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/tdewolff/minify/v2 v2.20.14 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 557674f..a948124 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ github.com/golang/freetype v0.0.0-20170609003504-e2365dfdc4a0 h1:DACJavvAHhabrF0
 github.com/golang/freetype v0.0.0-20170609003504-e2365dfdc4a0/go.mod h1:E/TSTwGwJL78qG/PmXZO1EjYhfJinVAhrmmHX6Z8B9k=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
+github.com/kenshaw/colors v0.1.0 h1:L2Ll4qhm/0XDNcEcIbkM1hl1zzswJBHBjkcssvgl9Os=
+github.com/kenshaw/colors v0.1.0/go.mod h1:m8LcSiaLgIxtzCHQqxReKkJPP5TfXUZZdQvFdCuQGyY=
 github.com/kenshaw/rasterm v0.1.10 h1:cMCTpBHfqmftt/VqeT6B+9Td+mYi+ZtziN+XBdrTQfA=
 github.com/kenshaw/rasterm v0.1.10/go.mod h1:kL4DCN+wOlQ4BPBCxA+itiVwiObRAj0Hkze7SbCyYaw=
+github.com/kenshaw/snaker v0.2.0 h1:DPlxCtAv9mw1wSsvIN1khUAPJUIbFJUckMIDWSQ7TC8=
+github.com/kenshaw/snaker v0.2.0/go.mod h1:DNyRUqHMZ18/zioxr6R7m4kSxxf2+QmB0BXoORsXRaY=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.4.1/go.mod h1:RyIbtBH6LamlWaDj8nUwkbUhJ87Yi3uG0guNDohfE1A=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
 github.com/mattn/go-sixel v0.0.5 h1:55w2FR5ncuhKhXrM5ly1eiqMQfZsnAHIpYNGZX03Cv8=
@@ -71,8 +75,6 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 gonum.org/v1/plot v0.14.0 h1:+LBDVFYwFe4LHhdP8coW6296MBEY4nQ+Y4vuUpJopcE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/go-playground/colors.v1 v1.2.0 h1:SPweMUve+ywPrfwao+UvfD5Ah78aOLUkT5RlJiZn52c=
-gopkg.in/go-playground/colors.v1 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:AvbqcMpNXVl5gBrM20jBm3VjjKBbH/kI5UnqjU7lxFI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 star-tex.org/x/tex v0.4.0 h1:AXUwgpnHLCxZUWW3qrmjv6ezNhH3PjUVBuLLejz2cgU=
 star-tex.org/x/tex v0.4.0/go.mod h1:w91ycsU/DkkCr7GWr60GPWqp3gn2U+6VX71T0o8k8qE=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 95619f5..b1c0aad 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"image/color"
 	"io"
-	"math"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 	"unicode"
 
+	"github.com/kenshaw/colors"
 	"github.com/kenshaw/rasterm"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	fontpkg "github.com/tdewolff/canvas/font"
 	"github.com/tdewolff/canvas/renderers/rasterizer"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
-	"gopkg.in/go-playground/colors.v1"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -46,8 +45,7 @@ func main() {
 
 func run(ctx context.Context, appName, appVersion string, cliargs []string) error {
 	var all, list, match bool
-	var fg colors.Color = colors.FromStdColor(color.Black)
-	var bg colors.Color = colors.FromStdColor(color.RGBA{R: 255, G: 255, B: 255})
+	fg, bg := colors.FromColor(color.Black), colors.FromColor(color.White)
 	var size, margin, dpi int
 	style, variant := canvas.FontRegular, canvas.FontNormal
 	var text string
@@ -77,7 +75,6 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, appName, appVersion string, cliargs []string) erro
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			fgColor, bgColor := convColor(fg), convColor(bg)
 			f := do
 			switch {
 			case all:
@@ -88,8 +85,8 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, appName, appVersion string, cliargs []string) erro
 				f = doMatch
 			}
 			return f(os.Stdout, sysfonts, &Params{
-				FG:      fgColor,
-				BG:      bgColor,
+				FG:      fg,
+				BG:      bg,
 				Size:    size,
 				DPI:     dpi,
 				Margin:  margin,
@@ -103,8 +100,8 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, appName, appVersion string, cliargs []string) erro
 	c.Flags().BoolVar(&all, "all", false, "show all system fonts")
 	c.Flags().BoolVar(&list, "list", false, "list system fonts")
 	c.Flags().BoolVar(&match, "match", false, "match system fonts")
-	c.Flags().Var(NewColor(&fg), "fg", "foreground color")
-	c.Flags().Var(NewColor(&bg), "bg", "background color")
+	c.Flags().Var(fg.Pflag(), "fg", "foreground color")
+	c.Flags().Var(bg.Pflag(), "bg", "background color")
 	c.Flags().IntVar(&size, "size", 48, "font size")
 	c.Flags().IntVar(&margin, "margin", 5, "margin")
 	c.Flags().IntVar(&dpi, "dpi", 100, "dpi")
@@ -454,33 +451,6 @@ func peek(r []rune, i int) rune {
 	return 0
 }
 
-type Color struct {
-	c *colors.Color
-}
-
-func NewColor(c *colors.Color) pflag.Value {
-	return Color{
-		c: c,
-	}
-}
-
-func (c Color) String() string {
-	return (*c.c).String()
-}
-
-func (c Color) Set(s string) error {
-	clr, err := colors.Parse(s)
-	if err != nil {
-		return colors.ErrBadColor
-	}
-	*c.c = clr
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (c Color) Type() string {
-	return "color"
-}
-
 type Style struct {
 	v *canvas.FontStyle
 }
@@ -568,10 +538,5 @@ func (v Variant) Type() string {
 	return "font-variant"
 }
 
-func convColor(c colors.Color) color.Color {
-	clr := c.ToRGBA()
-	return color.RGBA{R: clr.R, G: clr.G, B: clr.B, A: uint8(math.Round(255 * clr.A))}
-}
-
 //go:embed text.tpl
 var textTpl []byte