--- a/pyntnclick/widgets/base.py	Mon Jan 28 18:32:03 2013 +0200
+++ b/pyntnclick/widgets/base.py	Tue Jan 29 11:41:03 2013 +0200
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
                            BLEND_RGBA_MIN)
 
 from pyntnclick.engine import UserEvent
+from pyntnclick.utils import convert_color
 
 
 class Widget(object):
@@ -218,15 +219,6 @@
             super(Box, self).draw(surface)
 
 
-def convert_color(color):
-    """Give me a pygame Color, dammit"""
-    if isinstance(color, pygame.Color):
-        return color
-    if isinstance(color, basestring):
-        return pygame.Color(color)
-    return pygame.Color(*color)
-
-
 class ModalWrapper(Container):
     "A wrapper around a widget that removes itself when a mouse click occurs"