diff --git a/src/cubing/puzzle-geometry/PuzzleGeometry.ts b/src/cubing/puzzle-geometry/PuzzleGeometry.ts
index d59861f16..e581de163 100644
--- a/src/cubing/puzzle-geometry/PuzzleGeometry.ts
+++ b/src/cubing/puzzle-geometry/PuzzleGeometry.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Move, QuantumMove } from "../alg";
 import type { KPuzzleDefinition, KTransformationData } from "../kpuzzle";
+import { defaultPlatonicColorSchemes } from "./colors";
 import { FaceNameSwizzler } from "./FaceNameSwizzler";
 import {
   FaceRenamingMapper,
@@ -269,100 +270,6 @@ function defaultnets(): any {
   };
 }
 
-enum PGColors {
-  White = "#ffffff",
-  Orange = "#ff8000",
-  Green = "#44ee00",
-  Red = "#ff0000",
-  Blue = "#2266ff",
-  Yellow = "#f4f400",
-
-  Purple = "#8800dd",
-  Gray = "#aaaaaa",
-  Cream = "#e8d0a0",
-  Pink = "#ff66cc",
-
-  DarkBlue = "#0000ff",
-  Aqua = "#3399ff",
-  DarkGreen = "#008800",
-  Lime = "#99ff00",
-  DarkGray = "#5c5c5c",
-  Teal = "#007a89",
-  Brown = "#7d3b11",
-  Lavender = "#b9a1ff",
-  SeaGreen = "#5ec4b6",
-  VeryDarkGray = "#292929",
-  Burgundy = "#980000",
-  Cerise = "#d41f69",
-}
-
-// TODO: change this back to a const JSON definition.
-function defaultcolors(): any {
-  return {
-    // the colors should use the same naming convention as the nets, above.
-    4: {
-      F: PGColors.Green,
-      D: PGColors.Yellow,
-      L: PGColors.Red,
-      R: PGColors.Blue,
-    },
-    6: {
-      U: PGColors.White,
-      F: PGColors.Green,
-      R: PGColors.Red,
-      D: PGColors.Yellow,
-      B: PGColors.Blue,
-      L: PGColors.Orange,
-    },
-    8: {
-      U: PGColors.White,
-      F: PGColors.Green,
-      R: PGColors.Red,
-      D: PGColors.Yellow,
-      BB: PGColors.Blue,
-      L: PGColors.Purple,
-      BL: PGColors.Orange,
-      BR: PGColors.Gray,
-    },
-    12: {
-      U: PGColors.White,
-      F: PGColors.DarkGreen,
-      R: PGColors.Red,
-      C: PGColors.Cream,
-      A: PGColors.Aqua,
-      L: PGColors.Purple,
-      E: PGColors.Pink,
-      BF: PGColors.Lime,
-      BR: PGColors.DarkBlue,
-      BL: PGColors.Yellow,
-      I: PGColors.Orange,
-      D: PGColors.Gray,
-    },
-    20: {
-      R: PGColors.Yellow,
-      C: PGColors.Cerise,
-      F: PGColors.DarkGreen,
-      E: PGColors.DarkGray,
-      L: PGColors.Purple,
-      U: PGColors.White,
-      A: PGColors.Teal,
-      G: PGColors.Red,
-      I: PGColors.Brown,
-      S: PGColors.Lavender,
-      H: PGColors.Aqua,
-      J: PGColors.SeaGreen,
-      B: PGColors.Green,
-      K: PGColors.Cream,
-      D: PGColors.Gray,
-      M: PGColors.Pink,
-      O: PGColors.VeryDarkGray,
-      P: PGColors.Orange,
-      N: PGColors.Burgundy,
-      Q: PGColors.Blue,
-    },
-  };
-}
-
 // Orientation conventions are specified here.  For each of the five platonic
 // solids, by face count, we have three lists of "cubie names" consisting of
 // a concatenation of face names.  For vertex (corner) and edge cubies, the
@@ -870,7 +777,7 @@ export class PuzzleGeometry {
     this.baseFaceCount = baseplanes.length as BaseFaceCount;
     const net = defaultnets()[baseplanes.length];
     this.net = net;
-    this.colors = defaultcolors()[baseplanes.length];
+    this.colors = defaultPlatonicColorSchemes()[baseplanes.length];
     if (this.options.verbosity > 0) {
       console.log(`# Base planes: ${baseplanes.length}`);
     }
diff --git a/src/cubing/puzzle-geometry/colors.ts b/src/cubing/puzzle-geometry/colors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a22f24008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cubing/puzzle-geometry/colors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+export enum PGColors {
+  White = "#ffffff",
+  Orange = "#ff8000",
+  Green = "#44ee00",
+  Red = "#ff0000",
+  Blue = "#2266ff",
+  Yellow = "#f4f400",
+
+  Purple = "#8800dd",
+  Gray = "#aaaaaa",
+  Cream = "#e8d0a0",
+  Pink = "#ff66cc",
+
+  DarkBlue = "#0000ff",
+  Aqua = "#3399ff",
+  DarkGreen = "#008800",
+  Lime = "#99ff00",
+  DarkGray = "#5c5c5c",
+  Teal = "#007a89",
+  Brown = "#7d3b11",
+  Lavender = "#b9a1ff",
+  SeaGreen = "#5ec4b6",
+  VeryDarkGray = "#292929",
+  Burgundy = "#980000",
+  Cerise = "#d41f69",
+}
+
+// TODO: change this back to a const JSON definition.
+export function defaultPlatonicColorSchemes(): any {
+  return {
+    // the colors should use the same naming convention as the nets, above.
+    4: {
+      F: PGColors.Green,
+      D: PGColors.Yellow,
+      L: PGColors.Red,
+      R: PGColors.Blue,
+    },
+    6: {
+      U: PGColors.White,
+      F: PGColors.Green,
+      R: PGColors.Red,
+      D: PGColors.Yellow,
+      B: PGColors.Blue,
+      L: PGColors.Orange,
+    },
+    8: {
+      U: PGColors.White,
+      F: PGColors.Green,
+      R: PGColors.Red,
+      D: PGColors.Yellow,
+      BB: PGColors.Blue,
+      L: PGColors.Purple,
+      BL: PGColors.Orange,
+      BR: PGColors.Gray,
+    },
+    12: {
+      U: PGColors.White,
+      F: PGColors.DarkGreen,
+      R: PGColors.Red,
+      C: PGColors.Cream,
+      A: PGColors.Aqua,
+      L: PGColors.Purple,
+      E: PGColors.Pink,
+      BF: PGColors.Lime,
+      BR: PGColors.DarkBlue,
+      BL: PGColors.Yellow,
+      I: PGColors.Orange,
+      D: PGColors.Gray,
+    },
+    20: {
+      R: PGColors.Yellow,
+      C: PGColors.Cerise,
+      F: PGColors.DarkGreen,
+      E: PGColors.DarkGray,
+      L: PGColors.Purple,
+      U: PGColors.White,
+      A: PGColors.Teal,
+      G: PGColors.Red,
+      I: PGColors.Brown,
+      S: PGColors.Lavender,
+      H: PGColors.Aqua,
+      J: PGColors.SeaGreen,
+      B: PGColors.Green,
+      K: PGColors.Cream,
+      D: PGColors.Gray,
+      M: PGColors.Pink,
+      O: PGColors.VeryDarkGray,
+      P: PGColors.Orange,
+      N: PGColors.Burgundy,
+      Q: PGColors.Blue,
+    },
+  };
+}