diff --git a/lib/visualpatterns/PatternBrowsableSearchResults.inc b/lib/visualpatterns/PatternBrowsableSearchResults.inc
index db1cffb..6c8e4fc 100644
--- a/lib/visualpatterns/PatternBrowsableSearchResults.inc
+++ b/lib/visualpatterns/PatternBrowsableSearchResults.inc
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class PatternBrowseableSearchResults {
 			$iDisplayed = 0;
 			//limit the result set displayed		
 			while($sql->next_record() && ($iDisplayed < $this->iResultsToDisplay)) {
-				$sToRender .= "<tr bgcolor=\"" . $this->getColour($iColour) . "\">";
+				$sToRender .= "<tr bgcolor=\"" . getColour($iColour) . "\">";
 				$iColour++;
 				
 				for ($i = 0; $i < count($this->aColumns); $i++) {
@@ -204,10 +204,5 @@ class PatternBrowseableSearchResults {
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
-	
-	function getColour($iColourCount) {
-		return ($iColourCount%2 == 0) ? "F5F6EE" : "FFFFFF";
-	}
 }
-
-?>
+?>
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diff --git a/lib/visualpatterns/PatternEditableListFromQuery.inc b/lib/visualpatterns/PatternEditableListFromQuery.inc
index 27a6bd8..4cc06d1 100644
--- a/lib/visualpatterns/PatternEditableListFromQuery.inc
+++ b/lib/visualpatterns/PatternEditableListFromQuery.inc
@@ -124,21 +124,21 @@ class PatternEditableListFromQuery {
 					switch ($this->aDisplayColumnTypes[$i]) {						
 						case 1:	
 							//plain text field
-							$sToRender .= "\t<td bgcolor=\"" . $this->getColour($i) . "\"><input type=\"text\" size = \"30\" name=\"" . $this->sUniqueName . "_" . $i . "_value\" value=\"" . stripslashes($sql->f($this->aDisplayColumns[$i])) . "\"</td>\n";
+							$sToRender .= "\t<td bgcolor=\"" . getColour($i) . "\"><input type=\"text\" size = \"30\" name=\"" . $this->sUniqueName . "_" . $i . "_value\" value=\"" . stripslashes($sql->f($this->aDisplayColumns[$i])) . "\"</td>\n";
 							break;						
 						case 2:
 							//boolean value
-							$sToRender .= "\t<td bgcolor=\"" . $this->getColour($i) . "\"><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"" . $this->sUniqueName . "_" . $i . "_value\" value=\"1\" " . ($sql->f($this->aDisplayColumns[$i]) ? " CHECKED " : " ") . "/></td>\n";
+							$sToRender .= "\t<td bgcolor=\"" . getColour($i) . "\"><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"" . $this->sUniqueName . "_" . $i . "_value\" value=\"1\" " . ($sql->f($this->aDisplayColumns[$i]) ? " CHECKED " : " ") . "/></td>\n";
 							break;
 						case 3:	
 							$oPatternListBox = & new PatternListBox($this->aDropDownListTableNames[$i], "name", "id", $this->sUniqueName . "_" . $i . "_value");
 							$oPatternListBox->setSelectedValue($sql->f($this->aStoreColumns[$i]));
-							$sToRender .= "\t<td bgcolor=\"" . $this->getColour($i) . "\">" . $oPatternListBox->render() . "</td>\t\n";
+							$sToRender .= "\t<td bgcolor=\"" . getColour($i) . "\">" . $oPatternListBox->render() . "</td>\t\n";
 							break;
 						case 4:
 							//meta data type
 							$oPattern = & new PatternMetaData($this->aMetaDataFields[$i], $this->sUniqueName . "_" . $i . "_value", $sql->f($this->aStoreColumns[$i]));
-							$sToRender .= "\t<td bgcolor=\"" . $this->getColour($i) . "\">" . $oPattern->render() . "</td>\t\n";
+							$sToRender .= "\t<td bgcolor=\"" . getColour($i) . "\">" . $oPattern->render() . "</td>\t\n";
 						default:
 							break;
 					}				
@@ -179,11 +179,5 @@ class PatternEditableListFromQuery {
 		return $sToRender;
                 
 	}
-	
-	function getColour($iColourCount) {
-		return ($iColourCount%2 == 0) ? "F5F6EE" : "FFFFFF";
-	}
-	
 }
-
 ?>
diff --git a/lib/visualpatterns/PatternListFromQuery.inc b/lib/visualpatterns/PatternListFromQuery.inc
index b9431d3..1eed971 100644
--- a/lib/visualpatterns/PatternListFromQuery.inc
+++ b/lib/visualpatterns/PatternListFromQuery.inc
@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@ class PatternListFromQuery {
 					switch ($this->aColumnTypes[$i]) {						
 						//plain text field
 						case 1:						
-							$sToRender .= "<td bgcolor=\"$sTDBGColour\">" . $this->aColumnNames[$i] . "</td><td bgcolor=\"" . $this->getColour($iColour) ."\">" . stripslashes($sql->f($this->aColumns[$i])) . "</td>\n";
+							$sToRender .= "<td bgcolor=\"$sTDBGColour\">" . $this->aColumnNames[$i] . "</td><td bgcolor=\"" . getColour($iColour) ."\">" . stripslashes($sql->f($this->aColumns[$i])) . "</td>\n";
 							break;
 						//text area
 						case 2:
-							$sToRender .= "<td bgcolor=\"$sTDBGColour\">" . $this->aColumnNames[$i] . "</td><td bgcolor=\"" . $this->getColour($iColour) ."\"><textarea cols=$this->iTextAreaColumns rows=$this->iTextAreaRows READONLY>" . $sql->f($this->aColumns[$i]) . "</textarea></td>\n";
+							$sToRender .= "<td bgcolor=\"$sTDBGColour\">" . $this->aColumnNames[$i] . "</td><td bgcolor=\"" . getColour($iColour) ."\"><textarea cols=$this->iTextAreaColumns rows=$this->iTextAreaRows READONLY>" . $sql->f($this->aColumns[$i]) . "</textarea></td>\n";
 							break;
 						case 3:
-							$sToRender .= "<td bgcolor=\"$sTDBGColour\">" . $this->aColumnNames[$i] . "</b></td><td bgcolor=\"" . $this->getColour($iColour) ."\"><a href=\"" . $this->aHyperLinkURL[$i] . "?" . $this->replaceValues($this->aQueryStringText[$i], $sql) . "\">" . stripslashes($sql->f($this->aColumns[$i])) . "</a></td>\n";
+							$sToRender .= "<td bgcolor=\"$sTDBGColour\">" . $this->aColumnNames[$i] . "</b></td><td bgcolor=\"" . getColour($iColour) ."\"><a href=\"" . $this->aHyperLinkURL[$i] . "?" . $this->replaceValues($this->aQueryStringText[$i], $sql) . "\">" . stripslashes($sql->f($this->aColumns[$i])) . "</a></td>\n";
 							break;
 						default:
 							break;
@@ -121,11 +121,5 @@ class PatternListFromQuery {
 	function replaceValues($sQueryStringText, $sql) {
 		return $sQueryStringText;
 	}
-	
-	function getColour($iColourCount) {
-		return ($iColourCount%2 == 0) ? "F5F6EE" : "FFFFFF";
-	}
-	
 }
-
 ?>
diff --git a/lib/visualpatterns/PatternTableSqlQuery.inc b/lib/visualpatterns/PatternTableSqlQuery.inc
index af3ba71..142a4b3 100644
--- a/lib/visualpatterns/PatternTableSqlQuery.inc
+++ b/lib/visualpatterns/PatternTableSqlQuery.inc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class PatternTableSqlQuery {
 		} else {
 			$iColour = 0;
 			while ($sql->next_record()) {			
-				$sToRender .= "<tr bgcolor=\"" . $this->getColour($iColour) . "\">\n";
+				$sToRender .= "<tr bgcolor=\"" . getColour($iColour) . "\">\n";
 				$iColour++;
 				for ($i = 0; $i < count($this->aColumns); $i++) {
 					switch ($this->aColumnTypes[$i]) {
@@ -186,11 +186,5 @@ class PatternTableSqlQuery {
 	function generateImageURL($sURL) {
 		return "<img src=\"" . $sURL . "\" border=\"0\"/>";
 	}
-	
-	function getColour($iColourCount) {
-		return ($iColourCount%2 == 0) ? "F5F6EE" : "FFFFFF";
-	}
-	
 }
-
 ?>
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