diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index ace9738..027b2b6 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package app
 
 import (
 	"mapserver/blockaccessor"
-	"mapserver/colormapping"
 	"mapserver/db"
 	"mapserver/eventbus"
 	"mapserver/mapblockaccessor"
@@ -12,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"mapserver/settings"
 	"mapserver/tiledb"
 	"mapserver/tilerenderer"
+
+	"github.com/minetest-go/colormapping"
 )
 
 type App struct {
diff --git a/app/setup.go b/app/setup.go
index 520c4c7..a7bb8f2 100644
--- a/app/setup.go
+++ b/app/setup.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package app
 
 import (
 	"mapserver/blockaccessor"
-	"mapserver/colormapping"
 	"mapserver/db/postgres"
 	"mapserver/db/sqlite"
 	"mapserver/eventbus"
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"mapserver/worldconfig"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/minetest-go/colormapping"
+
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
diff --git a/colormapping/colormapping.go b/colormapping/colormapping.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 95b1c1f..0000000
--- a/colormapping/colormapping.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-package colormapping
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"bytes"
-	"errors"
-	"image/color"
-	"mapserver/public"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-)
-
-type ColorMapping struct {
-	colors               map[string]*color.RGBA
-	extendedpaletteblock map[string]bool
-	extendedpalette      *Palette
-}
-
-func (m *ColorMapping) GetColor(name string, param2 int) *color.RGBA {
-	//TODO: list of node->palette
-	if m.extendedpaletteblock[name] {
-		// param2 coloring
-		return m.extendedpalette.GetColor(param2)
-	}
-
-	return m.colors[name]
-}
-
-func (m *ColorMapping) GetColors() map[string]*color.RGBA {
-	return m.colors
-}
-
-func (m *ColorMapping) LoadBytes(buffer []byte) (int, error) {
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(buffer))
-	count := 0
-	line := 0
-
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		line++
-
-		txt := strings.Trim(scanner.Text(), " ")
-
-		if len(txt) == 0 {
-			//empty
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if strings.HasPrefix(txt, "#") {
-			//comment
-			continue
-		}
-
-		parts := strings.Fields(txt)
-
-		if len(parts) < 4 {
-			return 0, errors.New("invalid line: #" + strconv.Itoa(line))
-		}
-
-		if len(parts) >= 4 {
-			r, err := strconv.ParseInt(parts[1], 10, 32)
-			if err != nil {
-				return 0, err
-			}
-
-			g, err := strconv.ParseInt(parts[2], 10, 32)
-			if err != nil {
-				return 0, err
-			}
-
-			b, err := strconv.ParseInt(parts[3], 10, 32)
-			if err != nil {
-				return 0, err
-			}
-
-			a := int64(255)
-
-			if len(parts) >= 5 {
-				//with alpha
-				//a, err = strconv.ParseInt(parts[4], 10, 32)
-				//if err != nil {
-				//	return 0, err
-				//}
-			}
-
-			c := color.RGBA{uint8(r), uint8(g), uint8(b), uint8(a)}
-			m.colors[parts[0]] = &c
-			count++
-		}
-	}
-
-	return count, nil
-}
-
-func (m *ColorMapping) LoadVFSColors(filename string) (int, error) {
-	buffer, err := public.Files.ReadFile(filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-
-	log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"size": len(buffer),
-		"filename": filename,
-	}).Info("Loading colors")
-
-	return m.LoadBytes(buffer)
-}
-
-func NewColorMapping() *ColorMapping {
-	data, err := public.Files.ReadFile("pics/unifieddyes_palette_extended.png")
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	extendedpalette, err := NewPalette(data)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	data, err = public.Files.ReadFile("extended_palette.txt")
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(data))
-	extendedpaletteblock := make(map[string]bool)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		txt := strings.Trim(scanner.Text(), " ")
-
-		if len(txt) == 0 {
-			//empty
-			continue
-		}
-
-		extendedpaletteblock[txt] = true
-	}
-
-	return &ColorMapping{
-		colors:               make(map[string]*color.RGBA),
-		extendedpaletteblock: extendedpaletteblock,
-		extendedpalette:      extendedpalette,
-	}
-}
diff --git a/colormapping/colormapping_test.go b/colormapping/colormapping_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7191ada..0000000
--- a/colormapping/colormapping_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-package colormapping
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestNewMapping(t *testing.T) {
-	m := NewColorMapping()
-	_, err := m.LoadVFSColors("colors/vanessa.txt")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = m.LoadVFSColors("colors/scifi_nodes.txt")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	c := m.GetColor("scifi_nodes:blacktile2", 0)
-	if c == nil {
-		panic("no color")
-	}
-
-	c = m.GetColor("default:river_water_flowing", 0)
-	if c == nil {
-		panic("no color")
-	}
-
-	c = m.GetColor("unifiedbricks:brickblock_multicolor_dark", 100)
-	if c == nil {
-		panic("no color")
-	}
-
-	//if c.A != 128 {
-	//	panic("wrong alpha")
-	//}
-
-}
diff --git a/colormapping/logger.go b/colormapping/logger.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e1e8e1b..0000000
--- a/colormapping/logger.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package colormapping
-
-import (
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-)
-
-var log *logrus.Entry
-
-func init() {
-	log = logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"prefix": "colormapping"})
-}
diff --git a/colormapping/palette.go b/colormapping/palette.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 736c7d2..0000000
--- a/colormapping/palette.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package colormapping
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"image/color"
-	"image/png"
-)
-
-type Palette struct {
-	colors map[int]*color.RGBA
-}
-
-func NewPalette(imagefile []byte) (*Palette, error) {
-	palette := &Palette{
-		colors: make(map[int]*color.RGBA),
-	}
-
-	reader := bytes.NewReader(imagefile)
-	img, err := png.Decode(reader)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	bounds := img.Bounds()
-
-	index := 0
-	for y := bounds.Min.Y; y < bounds.Max.Y; y++ {
-		for x := bounds.Min.X; x < bounds.Max.X; x++ {
-			c := img.At(x, y)
-			r, g, b, a := c.RGBA()
-
-			//fmt.Println("x ", x, " y ", y, " Index: ", index, " Color ", c)
-			palette.colors[index] = &color.RGBA{uint8(r), uint8(g), uint8(b), uint8(a)}
-
-			index++
-		}
-	}
-
-	return palette, nil
-}
-
-func (m *Palette) GetColor(param2 int) *color.RGBA {
-	return m.colors[param2]
-}
diff --git a/colormapping/palette_test.go b/colormapping/palette_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8dc1f17..0000000
--- a/colormapping/palette_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-package colormapping
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestNewPalette(t *testing.T) {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/unifieddyes_palette_extended.png")
-
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	palette, err := NewPalette(data)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	color := palette.GetColor(0)
-
-	if color == nil {
-		t.Fatal("color not found!")
-	}
-
-	fmt.Println(color)
-
-}
diff --git a/colormapping/testdata/unifieddyes_palette_extended.png b/colormapping/testdata/unifieddyes_palette_extended.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ff0323..0000000
Binary files a/colormapping/testdata/unifieddyes_palette_extended.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6dde806..c0f96db 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module mapserver
 require (
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.7
+	github.com/minetest-go/colormapping v1.0.0
 	github.com/minetest-go/mapparser v0.1.8
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.14.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ed13e09..f04605b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.10/go.mod h1:NyWgC/yNuGj7Q9rpYnZvas74GogHl5/Z4
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.15/go.mod h1:2eHXhiwb8IkHr+BDWZGa96P6+rkvnG63S2DGjv9HUNg=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1 h1:4hp9jkHxhMHkqkrB3Ix0jegS5sx/RkqARlsWZ6pIwiU=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
+github.com/minetest-go/colormapping v1.0.0 h1:kT2v8NG7kPf63p8cl/GPM6YSrxaT5O3zOW8HIs4xHjo=
+github.com/minetest-go/colormapping v1.0.0/go.mod h1:arMBjO6+z8+yhLvrsX4tCnYq5fzGcPFUOj/4Xb78Ktc=
 github.com/minetest-go/mapparser v0.1.1 h1:Ir7ChKX0lwnyr6Zg/Jd3ipQT1vPCAQYN6GWmQXK020Y=
 github.com/minetest-go/mapparser v0.1.1/go.mod h1:Rjv12WQ3Tn9BsOr0ohFguGWFol3vIfgQcTUy5wCACgo=
 github.com/minetest-go/mapparser v0.1.8 h1:tmkno1Qi8nIdjQXJLlnq38uVGygZWA8i3ilre/bB9W8=
diff --git a/mapblockrenderer/renderer.go b/mapblockrenderer/renderer.go
index a859783..d302209 100644
--- a/mapblockrenderer/renderer.go
+++ b/mapblockrenderer/renderer.go
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"image"
 	"image/color"
-	"mapserver/colormapping"
 	"mapserver/coords"
 	"mapserver/mapblockaccessor"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/minetest-go/colormapping"
+
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
diff --git a/mapblockrenderer/renderer_benchmark_test.go b/mapblockrenderer/renderer_benchmark_test.go
index b967d88..b001eb5 100644
--- a/mapblockrenderer/renderer_benchmark_test.go
+++ b/mapblockrenderer/renderer_benchmark_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package mapblockrenderer
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"mapserver/colormapping"
 	"mapserver/coords"
 	"mapserver/db/sqlite"
 	"mapserver/mapblockaccessor"
@@ -11,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/minetest-go/colormapping"
+
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
diff --git a/mapblockrenderer/renderer_test.go b/mapblockrenderer/renderer_test.go
index b48d89a..8afbe91 100644
--- a/mapblockrenderer/renderer_test.go
+++ b/mapblockrenderer/renderer_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package mapblockrenderer
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"mapserver/colormapping"
 	"mapserver/coords"
 	"mapserver/db/sqlite"
 	"mapserver/layer"
@@ -13,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/minetest-go/colormapping"
+
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
diff --git a/tilerenderer/renderer_benchmark_test.go b/tilerenderer/renderer_benchmark_test.go
index b22ca97..7e03035 100644
--- a/tilerenderer/renderer_benchmark_test.go
+++ b/tilerenderer/renderer_benchmark_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package tilerenderer
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"mapserver/colormapping"
 	"mapserver/coords"
 	"mapserver/db/sqlite"
 	"mapserver/layer"
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/minetest-go/colormapping"
+
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
diff --git a/tilerenderer/renderer_test.go b/tilerenderer/renderer_test.go
index e7401e6..71459f4 100644
--- a/tilerenderer/renderer_test.go
+++ b/tilerenderer/renderer_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package tilerenderer
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"mapserver/colormapping"
 	"mapserver/coords"
 	"mapserver/db/sqlite"
 	"mapserver/layer"
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/minetest-go/colormapping"
+
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )