diff --git a/crates/render/src/dither.rs b/crates/render/src/dither.rs
index 466eb93e4..9d214616b 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/dither.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/dither.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ use vectorcraft_geom::{Affine, Rect};
 use vello_cpu::peniko::{Extend, ImageQuality, ImageSampler};
 use vello_cpu::{Pixmap, RenderContext};
 
-use crate::freeform::hash_color;
 use crate::ink::Ink;
 use crate::lru::{self, FrameCache};
 
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ fn key(g: &GradientPaint, b: Rect, cols: u16, rows: u16, win: &[Range<u16>; 2],
     (gr.kind as u8, gr.dither, gr.method as u8).hash(&mut h);
     for s in &gr.stops {
         (s.offset.to_bits(), s.opacity.to_bits(), s.midpoint.to_bits()).hash(&mut h);
-        hash_color(&s.color, &mut h);
+        s.color.key().hash(&mut h);
     }
     let geom = g.resolve(b);
     (geom.start.x.to_bits(), geom.start.y.to_bits(), geom.end.x.to_bits(), geom.end.y.to_bits(), geom.aspect.to_bits()).hash(&mut h);
diff --git a/crates/render/src/freeform.rs b/crates/render/src/freeform.rs
index e7da4a878..05a145156 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/freeform.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/freeform.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use vectorcraft_color::freeform::{grid_size, painted_box, spread_scale};
-use vectorcraft_color::{Color, Freeform, GradientPaint};
+use vectorcraft_color::{Freeform, GradientPaint};
 use vectorcraft_geom::{Affine, Rect};
 use vello_cpu::peniko::{Extend, ImageQuality, ImageSampler};
 use vello_cpu::{Pixmap, RenderContext};
@@ -24,22 +24,13 @@ thread_local! {
     static GRIDS: RefCell<FrameCache<u64, Arc<Pixmap>>> = RefCell::new(FrameCache::new(lru::FREEFORM_BUDGET, usize::MAX));
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn hash_color(c: &Color, h: &mut impl Hasher) {
-    match *c {
-        Color::Rgb { r, g, b } => (0u8, r.to_bits(), g.to_bits(), b.to_bits()).hash(h),
-        Color::Cmyk { c, m, y, k } => (1u8, c.to_bits(), m.to_bits(), y.to_bits(), k.to_bits()).hash(h),
-        Color::Gray { k } => (2u8, k.to_bits()).hash(h),
-        Color::Lab { l, a, b } => (3u8, l.to_bits(), a.to_bits(), b.to_bits()).hash(h),
-    }
-}
-
 /// Cache key of the grid of `f` on box `b` at `cols` × `rows` painted with `ink` (and the active
 /// colour settings, which turn colours into display RGB or inks).
 fn key(f: &Freeform, b: Rect, cols: u16, rows: u16, ink: Ink) -> u64 {
     let mut h = std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher::new();
     for p in &f.points {
         (p.at.x.to_bits(), p.at.y.to_bits(), p.opacity.to_bits(), p.spread.to_bits()).hash(&mut h);
-        hash_color(&p.color, &mut h);
+        p.color.key().hash(&mut h);
     }
     f.lines.hash(&mut h);
     (b.x0.to_bits(), b.y0.to_bits(), b.x1.to_bits(), b.y1.to_bits(), cols, rows).hash(&mut h);
diff --git a/crates/render/src/ink.rs b/crates/render/src/ink.rs
index c47a3e73b..1dd894b4a 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/ink.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/ink.rs
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ impl Renderer {
 /// The inks of `c` in the working CMYK space: CMYK as it is, grey as black ink, RGB and Lab
 /// separated with the colour settings' intent (cached: separating searches the profile).
 fn inks(c: &Color) -> [f32; 4] {
-    let key = match *c {
+    match *c {
         Color::Cmyk { c, m, y, k } => return [c, m, y, k],
         Color::Gray { k } => return [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, k],
-        Color::Rgb { r, g, b } => [0, r.to_bits(), g.to_bits(), b.to_bits()],
-        Color::Lab { l, a, b } => [1, l.to_bits(), a.to_bits(), b.to_bits()],
-    };
+        Color::Rgb { .. } | Color::Lab { .. } => {}
+    }
+    let key = c.key();
     let cms = cms::active();
     SEPARATED.with(|s| {
         let (owner, seen) = &mut *s.borrow_mut();
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ fn inks(c: &Color) -> [f32; 4] {
 }
 
 /// Separated colours, for the colour settings they were separated with.
-type Separated = (Option<Arc<Cms>>, HashMap<[u32; 4], [f32; 4]>);
+type Separated = (Option<Arc<Cms>>, HashMap<[u32; 5], [f32; 4]>);
 
 thread_local! {
     static SEPARATED: RefCell<Separated> = RefCell::default();