diff --git a/src/CharacterColor.h b/src/CharacterColor.h
index 10bfa1bc2..47731ba49 100644
--- a/src/CharacterColor.h
+++ b/src/CharacterColor.h
@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ public:
 #define DEFAULT_FORE_COLOR 0
 #define DEFAULT_BACK_COLOR 1
 
-//a standard set of colors using black text on a white background.
-//defined in TerminalDisplay.cpp
-
-extern const ColorEntry base_color_table[TABLE_COLORS] KDE_NO_EXPORT;
-
 /* CharacterColor is a union of the various color spaces.
 
    Assignment is as follows:
diff --git a/src/ColorScheme.h b/src/ColorScheme.h
index 367236c6e..bfb73c701 100644
--- a/src/ColorScheme.h
+++ b/src/ColorScheme.h
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ public:
     /** Returns true if the background color is randomized. */
     bool randomizedBackgroundColor() const;
 
+    static const ColorEntry defaultTable[]; // table of default color entries
+
     static QString colorNameForIndex(int index);
     static QString translatedColorNameForIndex(int index);
 
@@ -221,8 +223,6 @@ private:
 
     static const char* const colorNames[TABLE_COLORS];
     static const char* const translatedColorNames[TABLE_COLORS];
-
-    static const ColorEntry defaultTable[]; // table of default color entries
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp b/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp
index 475711cdd..0af2d3042 100644
--- a/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp
+++ b/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 // Konsole
 #include "konsole_wcwidth.h"
 #include "ExtendedCharTable.h"
+#include "ColorScheme.h"
 
 using namespace Konsole;
 PlainTextDecoder::PlainTextDecoder()
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ void PlainTextDecoder::decodeLine(const Character* const characters, int count,
 
 HTMLDecoder::HTMLDecoder() :
     _output(0)
-    , _colorTable(base_color_table)
+    , _colorTable(ColorScheme::defaultTable)
     , _innerSpanOpen(false)
     , _lastRendition(DEFAULT_RENDITION)
 {
diff --git a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
index 043be80b6..f7f88a2c3 100644
--- a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
@@ -76,25 +76,6 @@ using namespace Konsole;
     "abcdefgjijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" \
     "0123456789./+@"
 
-// The following are almost IBM standard color codes, with some slight
-// gamma correction for the dim colors to compensate for bright X screens.
-// It contains the 8 ansiterm/xterm colors in 2 intensities.
-const ColorEntry Konsole::base_color_table[TABLE_COLORS] = {
-    // Fixme: could add faint colors here, also.
-    // normal
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00), 0), ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0xB2, 0xB2), 1), // Dfore, Dback
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00), 0), ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0x18, 0x18), 0), // Black, Red
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x18, 0xB2, 0x18), 0), ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0x68, 0x18), 0), // Green, Yellow
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x18, 0x18, 0xB2), 0), ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0x18, 0xB2), 0), // Blue, Magenta
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x18, 0xB2, 0xB2), 0), ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0xB2, 0xB2), 0), // Cyan, White
-    // intensiv
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00), 0), ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF), 1),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x68, 0x68, 0x68), 0), ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0x54, 0x54), 0),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x54, 0xFF, 0x54), 0), ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0x54), 0),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x54, 0x54, 0xFF), 0), ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0x54, 0xFF), 0),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x54, 0xFF, 0xFF), 0), ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF), 0)
-};
-
 // we use this to force QPainter to display text in LTR mode
 // more information can be found in: http://unicode.org/reports/tr9/
 const QChar LTR_OVERRIDE_CHAR(0x202D);
@@ -359,7 +340,7 @@ TerminalDisplay::TerminalDisplay(QWidget* parent)
 
     setUsesMouse(true);
 
-    setColorTable(base_color_table);
+    setColorTable(ColorScheme::defaultTable);
 
     // Enable drag and drop support
     setAcceptDrops(true);