diff --git a/Graphics/Rendering/Hieroglyph.hs b/Graphics/Rendering/Hieroglyph.hs
--- a/Graphics/Rendering/Hieroglyph.hs
+++ b/Graphics/Rendering/Hieroglyph.hs
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
     (module Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Cairo
     ,module Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Primitives
     ,module Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Interactive
-    ,module Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Colors
     ,module Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Visual) where
 
 import Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Cairo
 import Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Primitives
 import Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Interactive
-import Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Colors
 import Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Visual
 
diff --git a/Graphics/Rendering/Hieroglyph/Colors.hs b/Graphics/Rendering/Hieroglyph/Colors.hs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/Graphics/Rendering/Hieroglyph/Colors.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
--- | A module defining some basic color tuples.  The old 16 color standard plus
---   a variable gray and some functions to attenuate, and fade colors.
-module Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Colors where
-
-import Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Primitives
-
-white       = (1,1,1,1)
-black       = (0,0,0,1)
-red         = (1,0,0,1)
-green       = (0,1,0,1)
-blue        = (0,0,1,1)
-yellow      = (1,1,0,1)
-violet      = (1,0,1,1)
-cyan        = (0,1,1,1)
-darkRed     = attenuate 0.5 red
-darkGreen   = attenuate 0.5 green
-darkBlue    = attenuate 0.5 blue
-darkYellow  = attenuate 0.5 yellow
-darkViolet  = attenuate 0.5 violet
-darkCyan    = attenuate 0.5 cyan
-
--- | Grey.  Domain of the input values is the bounded interval [0..100]
-pctGrey :: Double -> (Double,Double,Double,Double) 
-pctGrey k 
-    | k >= 0 && k <= 100 = (k*0.01,k*0.01,k*0.01,k*0.01)
-    | k < 0 = black
-    | k > 0 = white
-
--- | Lighten the color by a floating point amount between [0..1]
-unattenuate :: Double -> (Double,Double,Double,Double) -> (Double,Double,Double,Double)
-unattenuate by ( r, g, b, a) = ((clamp 0 1 $ (1+by)*r), (clamp 0 1 $ (1+by)*g), (clamp 0 1 $ (1+by)*b), a)
-
--- | Darken the color by a floating point amount between [0..1]
-attenuate :: Double -> (Double,Double,Double,Double) -> (Double,Double,Double,Double)
-attenuate by (r, g, b, a) =  ((clamp 0 1 $ by*r), (clamp 0 1 $ by*g), (clamp 0 1 $ by*b), a)
-
--- | Make the color more transparent by multiplying the alpha component by a floating point amount between [0..1]
-fade :: Double -> (Double,Double,Double,Double) -> (Double,Double,Double,Double)
-fade by (r, g, b, a) =  (r, g, b, (clamp 0 1 $ by*a))
-
--- | Make the color less transparent by multiplying the alpha component by a floating point amount between [0..1]
-unfade :: Double -> (Double,Double,Double,Double) -> (Double,Double,Double,Double)
-unfade by (r, g, b, a) =  (r, g, b, (clamp 0 1 $ (1+by)*a))
-
--- | Mix two colors together with a ratio.
-mix :: Double -> (Double,Double,Double,Double) -> (Double,Double,Double,Double) -> (Double,Double,Double,Double)
-mix ratio ( r1, g1, b1, a1) ( r2, g2, b2, a2) = ( r', g', b', a') 
-    where r' = clamp 0 1 $ (r1+r2) * ratio
-          g' = clamp 0 1 $ (g1+g2) * ratio
-          b' = clamp 0 1 $ (b1+b2) * ratio
-          a' = clamp 0 1 $ (a1+a2) * ratio
-
-clamp lo hi val = min hi (max lo val)
-
-
diff --git a/Hieroglyph.cabal b/Hieroglyph.cabal
--- a/Hieroglyph.cabal
+++ b/Hieroglyph.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           Hieroglyph
-Version:        1.1
+Version:        1.2
 Cabal-Version:  >= 1.2
 License:        BSD3
 License-File:   LICENSE
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
    Exposed-Modules:
       Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph
       Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Cairo
-      Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Colors
       Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.ImageCache
       Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Interactive
       Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.Primitives