diff --git a/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/CMakeLists.txt b/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/CMakeLists.txt
index 221b11e23..0879cb270 100644
--- a/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,5 @@ set(OLIVE_SOURCES
   widget/colorlabelmenu/colorcodingcombobox.h
   widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenu.cpp
   widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenu.h
-  widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenuitem.cpp
-  widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenuitem.h
   PARENT_SCOPE
 )
diff --git a/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenu.cpp b/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenu.cpp
index 8dfbb0e42..cbd36186b 100644
--- a/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenu.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenu.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "colorlabelmenu.h"
 
 #include <QEvent>
+#include <QPainter>
 #include <QWidgetAction>
 
 #include "ui/colorcoding.h"
@@ -30,17 +31,22 @@ namespace olive {
 ColorLabelMenu::ColorLabelMenu(QWidget *parent) :
   Menu(parent)
 {
+  // Used for size calculations
+  int box_size = fontMetrics().height();
+
+  color_items_.resize(ColorCoding::standard_colors().size());
   for (int i=0; i<ColorCoding::standard_colors().size(); i++) {
-    ColorLabelMenuItem* item = new ColorLabelMenuItem();
-    item->SetColor(ColorCoding::standard_colors().at(i));
-    color_items_.append(item);
+    QPixmap p(box_size, box_size);
 
-    QWidgetAction* a = new QWidgetAction(this);
-    Menu::ConformItem(a, QStringLiteral("colorlabel%1").arg(i), this, &ColorLabelMenu::ActionTriggered);
+    QPainter painter(&p);
+    painter.setPen(Qt::black);
+    painter.setBrush(ColorCoding::standard_colors().at(i).toQColor());
+    painter.drawRect(p.rect().adjusted(0, 0, -1, -1));
+
+    QAction *a = AddItem(QStringLiteral("colorlabel%1").arg(i), this, &ColorLabelMenu::ActionTriggered);
+    a->setIcon(p);
     a->setData(i);
-    a->setDefaultWidget(item);
-
-    this->addAction(a);
+    color_items_.replace(i, a);
   }
 
   Retranslate();
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ void ColorLabelMenu::Retranslate()
   this->setTitle(tr("Color"));
 
   for (int i=0; i<color_items_.size(); i++) {
-    color_items_.at(i)->SetText(ColorCoding::GetColorName(i));
+    color_items_.at(i)->setText(ColorCoding::GetColorName(i));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenu.h b/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenu.h
index 86c5fe5cd..5a7ee83fb 100644
--- a/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenu.h
+++ b/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenu.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #ifndef COLORLABELMENU_H
 #define COLORLABELMENU_H
 
-#include "colorlabelmenuitem.h"
 #include "widget/menu/menu.h"
 
 namespace olive {
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ signals:
 private:
   void Retranslate();
 
-  QVector<ColorLabelMenuItem*> color_items_;
+  QVector<QAction*> color_items_;
 
 private slots:
   void ActionTriggered();
diff --git a/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenuitem.cpp b/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenuitem.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 935427bac..000000000
--- a/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenuitem.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-/***
-
-  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
-  Copyright (C) 2022 Olive Team
-
-  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-  (at your option) any later version.
-
-  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-  GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-***/
-
-#include "colorlabelmenuitem.h"
-
-#include <QHBoxLayout>
-
-#include "ui/style/style.h"
-
-namespace olive {
-
-ColorLabelMenuItem::ColorLabelMenuItem(QWidget* parent) :
-  QWidget(parent)
-{
-  int text_height = fontMetrics().height();
-  int padding = text_height/4;
-
-  QHBoxLayout* layout = new QHBoxLayout(this);
-  layout->setMargin(padding);
-  layout->setSpacing(padding);
-
-  box_ = new ColorPreviewBox();
-  box_->setFixedSize(text_height, text_height);
-  layout->addWidget(box_);
-
-  label_ = new QLabel();
-  layout->addWidget(label_);
-}
-
-void ColorLabelMenuItem::SetText(const QString &text)
-{
-  label_->setText(text);
-}
-
-void ColorLabelMenuItem::SetColor(const Color &color)
-{
-  box_->SetColor(color);
-}
-
-}
diff --git a/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenuitem.h b/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenuitem.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 29307d681..000000000
--- a/app/widget/colorlabelmenu/colorlabelmenuitem.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/***
-
-  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
-  Copyright (C) 2022 Olive Team
-
-  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-  (at your option) any later version.
-
-  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-  GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-***/
-
-#ifndef COLORLABELMENUITEM_H
-#define COLORLABELMENUITEM_H
-
-#include <QLabel>
-#include <QWidget>
-
-#include "widget/colorwheel/colorpreviewbox.h"
-
-namespace olive {
-
-class ColorLabelMenuItem : public QWidget
-{
-public:
-  ColorLabelMenuItem(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
-
-  void SetText(const QString& text);
-
-  void SetColor(const Color& color);
-
-private:
-  ColorPreviewBox* box_;
-  QLabel* label_;
-
-};
-
-}
-
-#endif // COLORLABELMENUITEM_H