diff --git a/plugins/editor/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/editor/CMakeLists.txt
index 8edb39b1..d2153d32 100644
--- a/plugins/editor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/editor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ add_library(sfizz_editor STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
     src/editor/GUIComponents.cpp
     src/editor/GUIPiano.h
     src/editor/GUIPiano.cpp
+    src/editor/ColorHelpers.h
+    src/editor/ColorHelpers.cpp
     src/editor/NativeHelpers.h
     src/editor/NativeHelpers.cpp
     src/editor/layout/main.hpp
diff --git a/plugins/editor/src/editor/ColorHelpers.cpp b/plugins/editor/src/editor/ColorHelpers.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d92ce27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/editor/src/editor/ColorHelpers.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+
+// This code is part of the sfizz library and is licensed under a BSD 2-clause
+// license. You should have receive a LICENSE.md file along with the code.
+// If not, contact the sfizz maintainers at https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz
+
+#include "ColorHelpers.h"
+#include <ColorSpaces.h>
+
+SColorRGB::SColorRGB(const CColor &cc)
+{
+    r = cc.normRed<float>();
+    g = cc.normGreen<float>();
+    b = cc.normBlue<float>();
+    a = cc.normAlpha<float>();
+}
+
+SColorRGB::SColorRGB(const SColorHCY &hcy)
+{
+    ColorSpaces::vec3 vhcy{{hcy.h, hcy.c, hcy.y}};
+    ColorSpaces::vec3 vrgb = ColorSpaces::hcy_to_rgb(vhcy);
+    r = vrgb[0];
+    g = vrgb[1];
+    b = vrgb[2];
+    a = hcy.a;
+}
+
+CColor SColorRGB::toColor() const
+{
+    CColor cc;
+    cc.setNormRed(r);
+    cc.setNormGreen(g);
+    cc.setNormBlue(b);
+    cc.setNormAlpha(a);
+    return cc;
+}
+
+SColorHCY::SColorHCY(const SColorRGB &rgb)
+{
+    ColorSpaces::vec3 vrgb{{rgb.r, rgb.g, rgb.b}};
+    ColorSpaces::vec3 vhcy = ColorSpaces::rgb_to_hcy(vrgb);
+    h = vhcy[0];
+    c = vhcy[1];
+    y = vhcy[2];
+    a = rgb.a;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/editor/src/editor/ColorHelpers.h b/plugins/editor/src/editor/ColorHelpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd484799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/editor/src/editor/ColorHelpers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+
+// This code is part of the sfizz library and is licensed under a BSD 2-clause
+// license. You should have receive a LICENSE.md file along with the code.
+// If not, contact the sfizz maintainers at https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz
+
+#pragma once
+#include "vstgui/lib/ccolor.h"
+
+using namespace VSTGUI;
+
+struct SColorRGB;
+struct SColorHCY;
+
+struct SColorRGB {
+    SColorRGB() = default;
+    explicit SColorRGB(const CColor &cc);
+    explicit SColorRGB(const SColorHCY &hcy);
+    SColorRGB(float r, float g, float b, float a = 1.0) : r(r), g(g), b(b), a(a) {}
+    CColor toColor() const;
+
+    float r {}, g {}, b {}, a { 1.0 };
+};
+
+struct SColorHCY {
+    SColorHCY() = default;
+    explicit SColorHCY(const CColor &cc) : SColorHCY(SColorRGB(cc)) {}
+    explicit SColorHCY(const SColorRGB &rgb);
+    SColorHCY(float h, float c, float y, float a = 1.0) : h(h), c(c), y(y), a(a) {}
+    CColor toColor() const { return SColorRGB(*this).toColor(); }
+
+    float h {}, c {}, y {}, a { 1.0 };
+};