diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4c3a815..1bc4214 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2015-03-22 Riccardo Mottola <rm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Headers/Protocols/Preferences.h
+	* Modules/Preferences/EditorFSC/PCEditorFSCPrefs.m
+	* PCPrefController.m
+	Move colorFromString from PCEditorFSCPrefs to PCPrefsController and make it thus generally available.
+
 2015-03-12 Riccardo Mottola <rm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Modules/Projects/Framework/PCFrameworkProject.m
diff --git a/Headers/Protocols/Preferences.h b/Headers/Protocols/Preferences.h
index fa9d11c..938495f 100644
--- a/Headers/Protocols/Preferences.h
+++ b/Headers/Protocols/Preferences.h
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /*
    GNUstep ProjectCenter - http://www.gnustep.org/experience/ProjectCenter.html
 
-   Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation
+   Copyright (C) 2005-2015 Free Software Foundation
 
    Authors: Serg Stoyan
+            Riccardo Mottola
 
    This file is part of GNUstep.
 
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@
 
 @protocol PCPreferences <NSObject>
 
+- (NSColor *)colorFromString:(NSString *)colorString;
+
 - (NSString *)stringForKey:(NSString *)key;
 - (NSString *)stringForKey:(NSString *)key
 	      defaultValue:(NSString *)defaultValue;
diff --git a/Modules/Preferences/EditorFSC/PCEditorFSCPrefs.m b/Modules/Preferences/EditorFSC/PCEditorFSCPrefs.m
index f8b9174..4094447 100644
--- a/Modules/Preferences/EditorFSC/PCEditorFSCPrefs.m
+++ b/Modules/Preferences/EditorFSC/PCEditorFSCPrefs.m
@@ -147,32 +147,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-- (NSColor *)colorFromString:(NSString *)colorString
-{
-  NSArray  *colorComponents;
-  NSString *colorSpaceName;
-  NSColor  *color;
 
-  colorComponents = [colorString componentsSeparatedByString:@" "];
-  colorSpaceName = [colorComponents objectAtIndex:0];
-
-  if ([colorSpaceName isEqualToString:@"White"]) // Treat as WhiteColorSpace
-    {
-      color = [NSColor 
-	colorWithCalibratedWhite:[[colorComponents objectAtIndex:1] floatValue]
-       			   alpha:1.0];
-    }
-  else // Treat as RGBColorSpace
-    {
-      color = [NSColor 
-	colorWithCalibratedRed:[[colorComponents objectAtIndex:1] floatValue]
-			 green:[[colorComponents objectAtIndex:2] floatValue]
-			  blue:[[colorComponents objectAtIndex:3] floatValue]
-			 alpha:1.0];
-    }
-
-  return color;
-}
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // --- Protocol
@@ -213,15 +188,15 @@
 
   // Colors
   val = [prefs stringForKey:EditorForegroundColor defaultValue:@"White 0.0"];
-  currentForegroundColor = [self colorFromString:val];
+  currentForegroundColor = [prefs colorFromString:val];
   [foregroundColorWell setColor:currentForegroundColor];
 
   val = [prefs stringForKey:EditorBackgroundColor defaultValue:@"White 1.0"];
-  currentBackgroundColor = [self colorFromString:val];
+  currentBackgroundColor = [prefs colorFromString:val];
   [backgroundColorWell setColor:currentBackgroundColor];
 
   val = [prefs stringForKey:EditorSelectionColor defaultValue:@"White 0.66"];
-  currentSelectionColor = [self colorFromString:val];
+  currentSelectionColor = [prefs colorFromString:val];
   [selectionColorWell setColor:currentSelectionColor];
 }
 
diff --git a/PCPrefController.m b/PCPrefController.m
index ad04462..8920166 100644
--- a/PCPrefController.m
+++ b/PCPrefController.m
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
    GNUstep ProjectCenter - http://www.gnustep.org/experience/ProjectCenter.html
 
-   Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Free Software Foundation
+   Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Free Software Foundation
 
    This file is part of GNUstep.
 
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 @implementation PCPrefController
 
+
 // ===========================================================================
 // ==== Class methods
 // ===========================================================================
@@ -72,7 +73,40 @@ static PCPrefController *_prefCtrllr = nil;
 {
 }
 
-// Accessory
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// --- color utility method
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+- (NSColor *)colorFromString:(NSString *)colorString
+{
+  NSArray  *colorComponents;
+  NSString *colorSpaceName;
+  NSColor  *color;
+
+  colorComponents = [colorString componentsSeparatedByString:@" "];
+  colorSpaceName = [colorComponents objectAtIndex:0];
+
+  if ([colorSpaceName isEqualToString:@"White"]) // Treat as WhiteColorSpace
+    {
+      color = [NSColor 
+	colorWithCalibratedWhite:[[colorComponents objectAtIndex:1] floatValue]
+       			   alpha:1.0];
+    }
+  else // Treat as RGBColorSpace
+    {
+      color = [NSColor 
+	colorWithCalibratedRed:[[colorComponents objectAtIndex:1] floatValue]
+			 green:[[colorComponents objectAtIndex:2] floatValue]
+			  blue:[[colorComponents objectAtIndex:3] floatValue]
+			 alpha:1.0];
+    }
+
+  return color;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// --- Accessors
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 - (NSString *)stringForKey:(NSString *)key
 {
   return [self stringForKey:key defaultValue:nil];