diff --git a/src/Gui/MainWindow.cpp b/src/Gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 25e0222707..7dfcbd03ad 100644
--- a/src/Gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -2118,8 +2118,7 @@ QPixmap MainWindow::splashImage() const
             y = h - 20;
         }
 
-        QColor color;
-        color.setNamedColor(QString::fromLatin1(tc->second.c_str()));
+        QColor color(QString::fromLatin1(tc->second.c_str()));
         if (color.isValid()) {
             painter.setPen(color);
             painter.setFont(fontExe);
@@ -2129,8 +2128,7 @@ QPixmap MainWindow::splashImage() const
             }
             painter.setFont(fontVer);
             painter.drawText(x + (l + 235), y - 7, version);
-            QColor warningColor;
-            warningColor.setNamedColor(QString::fromLatin1(wc->second.c_str()));
+            QColor warningColor(QString::fromLatin1(wc->second.c_str()));
             if (suffix == QLatin1String("dev") && warningColor.isValid()) {
                 fontVer.setPointSizeF(14.0);
                 painter.setFont(fontVer);
diff --git a/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp b/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp
index 28ebd96d39..da6f9e48cf 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public:
         // choose text color
         auto tc = cfg.find("SplashTextColor");
         if (tc != cfg.end()) {
-            QColor col; col.setNamedColor(QString::fromLatin1(tc->second.c_str()));
+            QColor col(QString::fromStdString(tc->second));
             if (col.isValid()) {
                 textColor = col;
             }
diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
index 9ec7fb3a07..4936080ce2 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ Py::Object View3DInventorPy::saveImage(const Py::Tuple& args)
     if (colname.compare(QLatin1String("Current"), Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
         bg = QColor(); // assign an invalid color here
     else
-        bg.setNamedColor(colname);
+        bg = QColor(colname);
 
     QImage img;
     getView3DIventorPtr()->getViewer()->savePicture(w, h, s, bg, img);
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ Py::Object View3DInventorPy::saveVectorGraphic(const Py::Tuple& args)
     if (colname.compare(QLatin1String("Current"), Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
         bg = getView3DIventorPtr()->getViewer()->backgroundColor();
     else
-        bg.setNamedColor(colname);
+        bg = QColor(colname);
 
     getView3DIventorPtr()->getViewer()->saveGraphic(ps,bg,vo.get());
     out->closeFile();
diff --git a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SheetTableView.cpp b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SheetTableView.cpp
index fb57a8f85c..3a9f33585c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SheetTableView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SheetTableView.cpp
@@ -1159,8 +1159,7 @@ QString SheetTableView::toHtml() const
     boldFont.setBold(true);
     boldFormat.setFont(boldFont);
 
-    QColor bgColor;
-    bgColor.setNamedColor(QLatin1String("#f0f0f0"));
+    QColor bgColor(QLatin1String("#f0f0f0"));
     QTextCharFormat bgFormat;
     bgFormat.setBackground(QBrush(bgColor));