diff --git a/shared-bindings/displayio/ColorConverter.c b/shared-bindings/displayio/ColorConverter.c
index 9c3d297fdc..06de5a4b09 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/displayio/ColorConverter.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/displayio/ColorConverter.c
@@ -73,10 +73,8 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_colorconverter_obj_convert(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t
     displayio_colorconverter_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(self_in);
 
     mp_int_t color = mp_arg_validate_type_int(color_obj, MP_QSTR_color);
-    _displayio_colorspace_t colorspace;
-    colorspace.depth = 16;
     uint32_t output_color;
-    common_hal_displayio_colorconverter_convert(self, &colorspace, color, &output_color);
+    common_hal_displayio_colorconverter_convert(self, &self->output_colorspace, color, &output_color);
     return MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(output_color);
 }
 MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(displayio_colorconverter_convert_obj, displayio_colorconverter_obj_convert);
diff --git a/shared-module/displayio/ColorConverter.c b/shared-module/displayio/ColorConverter.c
index 707601a3e7..078c7876e4 100644
--- a/shared-module/displayio/ColorConverter.c
+++ b/shared-module/displayio/ColorConverter.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ void common_hal_displayio_colorconverter_construct(displayio_colorconverter_t *s
     self->dither = dither;
     self->transparent_color = NO_TRANSPARENT_COLOR;
     self->input_colorspace = input_colorspace;
+    self->output_colorspace.depth = 16;
 }
 
 uint16_t displayio_colorconverter_compute_rgb565(uint32_t color_rgb888) {
diff --git a/shared-module/displayio/ColorConverter.h b/shared-module/displayio/ColorConverter.h
index 7e4e9819ac..f67b1dbfda 100644
--- a/shared-module/displayio/ColorConverter.h
+++ b/shared-module/displayio/ColorConverter.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ typedef struct displayio_colorconverter {
     mp_obj_base_t base;
     bool dither;
     uint8_t input_colorspace;
+    _displayio_colorspace_t output_colorspace;
     uint32_t transparent_color;
 } displayio_colorconverter_t;