diff --git a/draw/clay.odin b/draw/clay.odin
index 6134dd3..e6abf8d 100644
--- a/draw/clay.odin
+++ b/draw/clay.odin
@@ -52,15 +52,6 @@ clear_clay_per_frame :: proc() {
 	clear(&GLOB.clay_merge_open_stack)
 }
 
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// ----- Conversion helpers ------------
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// Convert clay.Color ([4]c.float in 0–255 range) to Color.
-color_from_clay :: #force_inline proc(clay_color: clay.Color) -> Color {
-	return Color{u8(clay_color[0]), u8(clay_color[1]), u8(clay_color[2]), u8(clay_color[3])}
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // ----- Image data (Clay RenderCommandType.Image payload) ------------
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -446,7 +437,7 @@ apply_clay_border_merge_to_primitive :: proc(
 
 	// Set the outline bit in the packed flags field (low byte = Shape_Kind, bits 8+ = Shape_Flags).
 	prim.flags |= u32(transmute(u8)Shape_Flags{.Outline}) << 8
-	prim.effects.outline_color = color_from_clay(border_data.color)
+	prim.effects.outline_color = Color(border_data.color)
 	prim.effects.outline_packed = pack_f16_pair(f16(uniform_width * dpi_scale), 0)
 
 	if candidate.kind == .Fill_Texture {
@@ -504,7 +495,7 @@ dispatch_clay_command :: proc(
 			c_text,
 			get_font(render_data.fontId, render_data.fontSize),
 		)
-		prepare_text(layer, Text{sdl_text, {bounds.x, bounds.y}, color_from_clay(render_data.textColor)})
+		prepare_text(layer, Text{sdl_text, {bounds.x, bounds.y}, Color(render_data.textColor)})
 	case clay.RenderCommandType.Image:
 		// Any texture
 		render_data := render_command.renderData.image
@@ -518,7 +509,7 @@ dispatch_clay_command :: proc(
 			bottom_left  = corner_radii_clay.bottomLeft,
 		}
 
-		background_color := color_from_clay(render_data.backgroundColor)
+		background_color := Color(render_data.backgroundColor)
 		uv_rect, sampler, fit_rect := fit_params(img_data.fit, bounds, img_data.texture_id)
 
 		if background_color.a > 0 {
@@ -597,7 +588,7 @@ dispatch_clay_command :: proc(
 	case clay.RenderCommandType.Rectangle:
 		render_data := render_command.renderData.rectangle
 		corner_radii_clay := render_data.cornerRadius
-		background_color := color_from_clay(render_data.backgroundColor)
+		background_color := Color(render_data.backgroundColor)
 		radii := Rectangle_Radii {
 			top_left     = corner_radii_clay.topLeft,
 			top_right    = corner_radii_clay.topRight,
@@ -624,7 +615,7 @@ dispatch_clay_command :: proc(
 		clay_emit_partial_border(
 			layer,
 			bounds,
-			color_from_clay(render_data.color),
+			Color(render_data.color),
 			render_data.width,
 			render_data.cornerRadius,
 		)