diff --git a/src/Mod/Points/App/PointsAlgos.cpp b/src/Mod/Points/App/PointsAlgos.cpp
index d8b66bb765..9b8af1dadf 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Points/App/PointsAlgos.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Points/App/PointsAlgos.cpp
@@ -2119,14 +2119,8 @@ void PcdWriter::write(const std::string& filename)
 
     if (hasColors) {
         for (std::size_t i=0; i<numPoints; i++) {
-            App::Color c = colors[i];
             // http://docs.pointclouds.org/1.3.0/structpcl_1_1_r_g_b.html
-            uint32_t packed = static_cast<uint32_t>(c.a*255.0f + 0.5f) << 24 |
-                              static_cast<uint32_t>(c.r*255.0f + 0.5f) << 16 |
-                              static_cast<uint32_t>(c.g*255.0f + 0.5f) << 8  |
-                              static_cast<uint32_t>(c.b*255.0f + 0.5f);
-
-            data(i,col) = packed;
+            data(i,col) = colors[i].getPackedARGB();
         }
         col += 1;
     }