diff --git a/src/OT/Color/COLR/COLR.hh b/src/OT/Color/COLR/COLR.hh
index 72d05cf54..6af7be990 100644
--- a/src/OT/Color/COLR/COLR.hh
+++ b/src/OT/Color/COLR/COLR.hh
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include "../../../hb-paint.hh"
 #include "../../../hb-paint-extents.hh"
 
+#include "../CPAL/CPAL.hh"
+
 /*
  * COLR -- Color
  * https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/colr
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ public:
   hb_paint_funcs_t *funcs;
   void *data;
   hb_font_t *font;
-  unsigned int palette_index;
+  hb_array_t<const BGRAColor> palette;
   hb_color_t foreground;
   ItemVarStoreInstancer &instancer;
   hb_map_t current_glyphs;
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ public:
     funcs (funcs_),
     data (data_),
     font (font_),
-    palette_index (palette_),
+    palette (font->face->table.CPAL->get_palette_colors (palette_)),
     foreground (foreground_),
     instancer (instancer_)
   { }
@@ -99,10 +101,7 @@ public:
     if (color_index != 0xffff)
     {
       if (!funcs->custom_palette_color (data, color_index, &color))
-      {
-	unsigned int clen = 1;
-	hb_ot_color_palette_get_colors (font->face, palette_index, color_index, &clen, &color);
-      }
+        color = palette[color_index];
 
       *is_foreground = false;
     }
diff --git a/src/OT/Color/CPAL/CPAL.hh b/src/OT/Color/CPAL/CPAL.hh
index 2821334db..940126a86 100644
--- a/src/OT/Color/CPAL/CPAL.hh
+++ b/src/OT/Color/CPAL/CPAL.hh
@@ -187,6 +187,14 @@ struct CPAL
   hb_ot_name_id_t get_color_name_id (unsigned int color_index) const
   { return v1 ().get_color_name_id (this, color_index, numColors); }
 
+  hb_array_t<const BGRAColor> get_palette_colors (unsigned int palette_index) const
+  {
+    if (unlikely (palette_index >= numPalettes))
+      return hb_array_t<const BGRAColor> ();
+    unsigned int start_index = colorRecordIndicesZ[palette_index];
+    hb_array_t<const BGRAColor> all_colors ((this+colorRecordsZ).arrayZ, numColorRecords);
+    return all_colors.sub_array (start_index, numColors);
+  }
   unsigned int get_palette_colors (unsigned int  palette_index,
 				   unsigned int  start_offset,
 				   unsigned int *color_count, /* IN/OUT.  May be NULL. */