diff -r 6fe24fd945c0 -r 164f53fb5921 src/colors.cpp
--- a/src/colors.cpp	Mon Aug 24 23:02:30 2020 +0300
+++ b/src/colors.cpp	Mon Sep 21 19:48:18 2020 +0300
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "colors.h"
 
-const ldraw::ColorTable::ColorDefinition ldraw::ColorTable::unknownColor{{}, {}, "Unknown"};
+const ldraw::ColorTable::ColorDefinition ldraw::ColorTable::unknownColor{{}, {}, "Unknown", "???"};
 
 void ldraw::ColorTable::clear()
 {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 	auto it = this->definitions.find(color.index);
 	if (it != this->definitions.end())
 	{
-		return *it;
+		return it->second;
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
 		ColorDefinition& definition = definitions[code];
 		definition = {}; // in case there's an existing definition
 		definition.name = pattern.cap(1);
+		definition.displayName = definition.name;
+		definition.displayName.replace("_", " ");
 		definition.faceColor = pattern.cap(3);
 		definition.edgeColor = pattern.cap(4);
 		if (not pattern.cap(5).isEmpty())
@@ -91,3 +93,37 @@
 {
 	return 0.2126 * color.redF() + 0.7152 * color.greenF() + 0.0722 * color.blueF();
 }
+
+ldraw::Color ldraw::directColor(const QColor& color)
+{
+	return ldraw::Color{0x2000000 | (color.red() << 16) | (color.green() << 8) | color.blue()};
+}
+
+bool ldraw::isDirectColor(ldraw::Color color)
+{
+	return color.index >= 0x2000000;
+}
+
+QColor ldraw::directColorFace(ldraw::Color color)
+{
+	if (isDirectColor(color))
+	{
+		return {(color.index >> 16) & 0xff, (color.index >> 8) & 0xff, color.index & 0xff};
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return {};
+	}
+}
+
+QColor ldraw::colorFace(ldraw::Color color, const ldraw::ColorTable& colorTable)
+{
+	if (isDirectColor(color))
+	{
+		return directColorFace(color);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return colorTable[color].faceColor;
+	}
+}