diff --git a/dependencies.gradle b/dependencies.gradle
index 0624a6ad..ea5670f4 100644
--- a/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/dependencies.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 // Add your dependencies here
+configurations.create('gtnhlibEmbed') {
+    canBeConsumed = false
+    canBeResolved = true
+}
 
 dependencies {
     api('com.github.GTNewHorizons:CodeChickenCore:1.4.15:dev')
@@ -17,4 +21,16 @@ dependencies {
 
     testRuntimeOnly('org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher')
     testRuntimeOnly("org.lwjgl.lwjgl:lwjgl:2.9.3");
+
+    compileOnly("com.github.GTNewHorizons:GTNHLib:0.11.15") { transitive = false }
+    gtnhlibEmbed("com.github.GTNewHorizons:GTNHLib:0.11.15") { transitive = false }
 }
+
+[tasks.jar, tasks.shadowJar].each {
+    it.configure {
+        from({ project.configurations.getByName('gtnhlibEmbed').collect { zipTree(it) } }) {
+            include 'com/gtnewhorizon/gtnhlib/color/ColorResource.class'
+            include 'com/gtnewhorizon/gtnhlib/color/ColorResource$*.class'
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/Button.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/Button.java
index 6fc3f20c..02614766 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/Button.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/Button.java
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ public abstract class Button extends Widget {
         return label;
     }
 
+    public int getRenderLabelColor() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     public final String label;
     public Image icon;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ColorUtils.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ColorUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6459dea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ColorUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package codechicken.nei;
+
+import com.gtnewhorizon.gtnhlib.color.ColorResource;
+
+public class ColorUtils {
+
+    private static final ColorResource.Factory color = new ColorResource.Factory("nei");
+
+    public static final ColorResource
+    // spotless:off
+        textGray            = color.rgb("textGray",             "0x404040"),
+        textLightGray       = color.rgb("textLightGray",        "0x606060"),
+        recipeTitle         = color.rgb("recipeTitle",          "0xFFFFFF"),
+        recipeTitleHover    = color.rgb("recipeTitleHover",     "0xFFFF55"),
+        subsetWidget        = color.rgb("subsetWidget",         "0xAA00AA"),
+        recipeBadge         = color.rgb("recipeBadge",          "0xFDD835"),
+        buttonLabelNormal   = color.rgb("buttonLabelNormal",    "0xE0E0E0"),
+        buttonLabelHover    = color.rgb("buttonLabelHover",     "0xFFFFA0"),
+        buttonLabelDisabled = color.rgb("buttonLabelDisabled",  "0x601010"),
+        buttonLabelInactive = color.rgb("buttonLabelInactive",  "0xA0A0A0");
+    // spotless:on
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/GuiEnchantmentModifier.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/GuiEnchantmentModifier.java
index 6a03c019..70b03079 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/GuiEnchantmentModifier.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/GuiEnchantmentModifier.java
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ public class GuiEnchantmentModifier extends GuiContainer {
 
     @Override
     protected void drawGuiContainerForegroundLayer(int par1, int par2) {
-        fontRendererObj.drawString(translate("enchant"), 12, 6, 0x404040);
-        fontRendererObj.drawString(translate("enchant.level"), 19, 20, 0x404040);
+        fontRendererObj.drawString(translate("enchant"), 12, 6, ColorUtils.textGray.getColor());
+        fontRendererObj.drawString(translate("enchant.level"), 19, 20, ColorUtils.textGray.getColor());
     }
 
     protected void drawGuiContainerBackgroundLayer(float f, int i, int j) {
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ public class GuiEnchantmentModifier extends GuiContainer {
         container.drawScrollBar(this);
 
         String levelstring = "" + container.level;
-        fontRendererObj.drawString(levelstring, 33 - fontRendererObj.getStringWidth(levelstring) / 2, 34, 0xFF606060);
+        fontRendererObj.drawString(
+                levelstring,
+                33 - fontRendererObj.getStringWidth(levelstring) / 2,
+                34,
+                ColorUtils.textLightGray.getColor());
 
         GL11.glTranslatef(-guiLeft, -guiTop, 0);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/GuiNEIButton.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/GuiNEIButton.java
index 2774d087..8039ac13 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/GuiNEIButton.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/GuiNEIButton.java
@@ -45,15 +45,14 @@ public class GuiNEIButton extends GuiButton {
     }
 
     protected int getTextColour(boolean mouseOver) {
-        int color = 0xe0e0e0;
 
         if (!enabled) {
-            color = 0xffa0a0a0;
+            return ColorUtils.buttonLabelInactive.getColor();
         } else if (mouseOver) {
-            color = 0xffffa0;
+            return ColorUtils.buttonLabelHover.getColor();
         }
 
-        return color;
+        return ColorUtils.buttonLabelNormal.getColor();
     }
 
     protected void drawContent(Minecraft minecraft, int y, int x, boolean mouseOver) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/GuiPotionCreator.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/GuiPotionCreator.java
index 23eae133..c960c595 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/GuiPotionCreator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/GuiPotionCreator.java
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ public class GuiPotionCreator extends GuiContainerWidget {
         CCRenderState.changeTexture("nei:textures/gui/potion.png");
         drawTexturedModalRect(0, 0, 0, 0, xSize, ySize);
 
-        FontUtils.drawCenteredString(translate("potion.favourite"), xSize / 2, 4, 0x404040);
-        fontRendererObj.drawString(translate("potion.duration"), 12, 40, 0x404040);
-        fontRendererObj.drawString(translate("potion.level"), 19, 73, 0x404040);
-        FontUtils.drawCenteredString(translateAmplifier(amplifier), 33, 86, 0xFF606060);
+        FontUtils.drawCenteredString(translate("potion.favourite"), xSize / 2, 4, ColorUtils.textGray.getColor());
+        fontRendererObj.drawString(translate("potion.duration"), 12, 40, ColorUtils.textGray.getColor());
+        fontRendererObj.drawString(translate("potion.level"), 19, 73, ColorUtils.textGray.getColor());
+        FontUtils.drawCenteredString(translateAmplifier(amplifier), 33, 86, ColorUtils.textGray.getColor());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/LayoutStyleMinecraft.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/LayoutStyleMinecraft.java
index 521dc64e..7d8bda93 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/LayoutStyleMinecraft.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/LayoutStyleMinecraft.java
@@ -244,7 +244,11 @@ public class LayoutStyleMinecraft extends LayoutStyle {
 
         Image icon = b.getRenderIcon();
         if (icon == null) {
-            int colour = tex == 2 ? 0xffffa0 : tex == 0 ? 0x601010 : 0xe0e0e0;
+            int labelColor = b.getRenderLabelColor();
+            int colour = labelColor != 0 ? labelColor
+                    : tex == 2 ? ColorUtils.buttonLabelHover.getColor()
+                            : tex == 0 ? ColorUtils.buttonLabelDisabled.getColor()
+                                    : ColorUtils.buttonLabelNormal.getColor();
 
             drawStringC(b.getRenderLabel(), b.x + b.w / 2, b.y + (b.h - 8) / 2, colour);
         } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/NEIClientUtils.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/NEIClientUtils.java
index e4a405e4..b6641c3a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/NEIClientUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/NEIClientUtils.java
@@ -531,11 +531,6 @@ public class NEIClientUtils extends NEIServerUtils {
         }
     }
 
-    public static String getTextColorOrDefault(String key, String defaultColor) {
-        final String translated = NEIClientUtils.translate(key); // Optional localization string for resource packs
-        return translated.startsWith("nei.") ? defaultColor : translated;
-    }
-
     public static void drawRect(double left, double top, double width, double height, Color color) {
         final boolean is2DTexture = GL11.glGetBoolean(GL11.GL_TEXTURE_2D);
         final boolean isBlend = GL11.glGetBoolean(GL11.GL_BLEND);
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SubsetWidget.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SubsetWidget.java
index 72c2ed9b..505655ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SubsetWidget.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/SubsetWidget.java
@@ -689,17 +689,17 @@ public class SubsetWidget extends Button implements ItemFilterProvider {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String getRenderLabel() {
+    public int getRenderLabelColor() {
+        return NEIClientConfig.subsetWidgetOnTop() ? 0 : ColorUtils.subsetWidget.getColor();
+    }
 
+    @Override
+    public String getRenderLabel() {
         if (NEIClientConfig.subsetWidgetOnTop()) {
             return NEIClientUtils.translate("inventory.item_subsets");
         } else {
-            return NEIClientUtils.getTextColorOrDefault(
-                    "gui.button.label.subset",
-                    EnumChatFormatting.DARK_PURPLE
-                            + String.valueOf(SearchField.searchParser.getRedefinedPrefix(PREFIX)));
+            return String.valueOf(SearchField.searchParser.getRedefinedPrefix(PREFIX));
         }
-
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/config/preset/CheckboxButton.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/config/preset/CheckboxButton.java
index a675efbd..9e352067 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/config/preset/CheckboxButton.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/config/preset/CheckboxButton.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import static codechicken.lib.gui.GuiDraw.drawStringC;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;
 
 import codechicken.nei.Button;
+import codechicken.nei.ColorUtils;
 import codechicken.nei.LayoutManager;
 
 public abstract class CheckboxButton extends Button {
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ public abstract class CheckboxButton extends Button {
             tex = 1;
         }
 
-        int colour = tex == 2 ? 0xffffa0 : tex == 0 ? 0x601010 : 0xe0e0e0;
+        int colour = tex == 2 ? ColorUtils.buttonLabelHover.getColor()
+                : tex == 0 ? ColorUtils.buttonLabelDisabled.getColor() : ColorUtils.buttonLabelNormal.getColor();
         LayoutManager.drawButtonBackground(x, y, w, h, true, isChecked() ? 0 : tex);
         drawStringC(getRenderLabel(), x + w / 2, y + (h - 8) / 2, colour);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/Badge.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/Badge.java
index 1be9860c..e9829bbc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/Badge.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/Badge.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumChatFormatting;
 
 import codechicken.lib.vec.Rectangle4i;
+import codechicken.nei.ColorUtils;
 import codechicken.nei.NEIClientUtils;
 import codechicken.nei.NEIClientUtils.Alignment;
 
@@ -14,16 +15,14 @@ public class Badge {
 
     protected final String text;
     protected final List<String> tooltip;
-    protected int badgeTextColor = 0xFDD835;
+    protected int badgeTextColor;
     protected boolean shadow = false;
     protected Alignment alignment = Alignment.TopLeft;
 
     public Badge(String text, String... tooltip) {
         this.text = text;
         this.tooltip = Arrays.stream(tooltip).map(t -> EnumChatFormatting.GRAY + t).collect(Collectors.toList());
-        this.badgeTextColor = getHexValue(
-                NEIClientUtils.getTextColorOrDefault("recipe.badge.color", "0xFDD835"),
-                0xFDD835);
+        this.badgeTextColor = ColorUtils.recipeBadge.getColor();
     }
 
     public String getText() {
@@ -61,14 +60,6 @@ public class Badge {
         return this.alignment;
     }
 
-    private static int getHexValue(String color, int defaultValue) {
-        try {
-            return (int) Long.parseLong(color.replace("0x", ""), 16);
-        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-            return defaultValue;
-        }
-    }
-
     public void draw(Rectangle4i rect) {
         NEIClientUtils.drawNEIOverlayText(getText(), rect, 0.5f, getColor(), hasShadow(), getAlignment());
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/GuiRecipe.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/GuiRecipe.java
index 7362d674..61c4c8f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/GuiRecipe.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/GuiRecipe.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import net.minecraft.client.renderer.OpenGlHelper;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderHelper;
 import net.minecraft.inventory.Slot;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
-import net.minecraft.util.EnumChatFormatting;
 
 import org.lwjgl.input.Keyboard;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;
 import codechicken.lib.gui.GuiDraw;
 import codechicken.lib.vec.Rectangle4i;
 import codechicken.nei.Button;
+import codechicken.nei.ColorUtils;
 import codechicken.nei.GuiNEIButton;
 import codechicken.nei.NEICPH;
 import codechicken.nei.NEIClientConfig;
@@ -878,13 +878,13 @@ public abstract class GuiRecipe<H extends IRecipeHandler> extends GuiContainer i
                 0x30000000);
 
         final String handlerTitle = this.handler.original.getRecipeName().trim();
-        final String titleColorCode = getHandlerTitleColorCode(isHandlerTitleHovered(mouseX, mouseY));
+        final int titleColor = getHandlerTitleColor(isHandlerTitleHovered(mouseX, mouseY));
         drawCenteredString(
                 this.fontRendererObj,
-                titleColorCode + handlerTitle + EnumChatFormatting.RESET,
+                handlerTitle,
                 this.guiLeft + this.xSize / 2,
                 this.typeArea.y + textMiddle,
-                0xffffff);
+                titleColor);
 
         if (this.handler.searchingAvailable()) {
             GuiRecipe.toggleSearch.draw(mouseX, mouseY);
@@ -938,16 +938,8 @@ public abstract class GuiRecipe<H extends IRecipeHandler> extends GuiContainer i
         return new Rectangle(titleX, titleY, titleWidth, this.fontRendererObj.FONT_HEIGHT).contains(mousex, mousey);
     }
 
-    private String getHandlerTitleColorCode(boolean hovered) {
-
-        if (hovered) {
-            return NEIClientUtils
-                    .getTextColorOrDefault("recipe.title.color.hover", EnumChatFormatting.YELLOW.toString());
-        } else {
-            return NEIClientUtils
-                    .getTextColorOrDefault("recipe.title.color.normal", EnumChatFormatting.WHITE.toString());
-        }
-
+    private int getHandlerTitleColor(boolean hovered) {
+        return hovered ? ColorUtils.recipeTitleHover.getColor() : ColorUtils.recipeTitle.getColor();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/GuiRecipeTab.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/GuiRecipeTab.java
index fdd7fc35..4eadd71d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/GuiRecipeTab.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/GuiRecipeTab.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL12;
 
 import codechicken.lib.gui.GuiDraw;
+import codechicken.nei.ColorUtils;
 import codechicken.nei.NEIClientConfig;
 import codechicken.nei.NEIClientUtils;
 import codechicken.nei.Widget;
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ public abstract class GuiRecipeTab extends Widget {
 
             int textCenterX = x + (int) (getWidth() / 2f);
             int textCenterY = y + (int) (getHeight() / 2f) - 3;
-            int color = selected ? 0xffffa0 : 0xe0e0e0;
+            int color = selected ? ColorUtils.buttonLabelHover.getColor() : ColorUtils.buttonLabelNormal.getColor();
             fontRenderer.drawStringWithShadow(
                     text,
                     textCenterX - (int) (fontRenderer.getStringWidth(text) / 2f),
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/ProfilerRecipeHandler.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/ProfilerRecipeHandler.java
index d6e58c34..182e39b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/ProfilerRecipeHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/recipe/ProfilerRecipeHandler.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import net.minecraft.util.EnumChatFormatting;
 
 import codechicken.core.TaskProfiler.ProfilerResult;
 import codechicken.lib.gui.GuiDraw;
+import codechicken.nei.ColorUtils;
 import codechicken.nei.NEIClientConfig;
 import codechicken.nei.NEIClientUtils;
 import codechicken.nei.PositionedStack;
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ public class ProfilerRecipeHandler implements ICraftingHandler, IUsageHandler {
                 3,
                 hovered ? 0xFFFFDD00 : 0xFF808080,
                 false);
-        GuiDraw.drawString(info.time, WIDTH - valueWidth, 3, 0xFF404040, false);
+        GuiDraw.drawString(info.time, WIDTH - valueWidth, 3, ColorUtils.textGray.getColor(), false);
     }
 
     private boolean isHandlerTitleHovered(int recipe, Point mouse) {