diff --git a/shared-module/displayio/Display.c b/shared-module/displayio/Display.c
index f75f0392f7..7946111b73 100644
--- a/shared-module/displayio/Display.c
+++ b/shared-module/displayio/Display.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "py/runtime.h"
 #include "shared-bindings/displayio/FourWire.h"
 #include "shared-bindings/displayio/ParallelBus.h"
+#include "shared-bindings/time/__init__.h"
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
@@ -73,18 +74,15 @@ void common_hal_displayio_display_construct(displayio_display_obj_t* self,
         uint8_t *data = cmd + 2;
         self->send(self->bus, true, cmd, 1);
         self->send(self->bus, false, data, data_size);
+        uint16_t delay_length_ms = 10;
         if (delay) {
             data_size++;
-            uint16_t delay_length_ms = *(cmd + 1 + data_size);
+            delay_length_ms = *(cmd + 1 + data_size);
             if (delay_length_ms == 255) {
                 delay_length_ms = 500;
             }
-            uint64_t start = ticks_ms;
-            while (ticks_ms - start < delay_length_ms) {}
-        } else {
-            uint64_t start = ticks_ms;
-            while (ticks_ms - start < 10) {}
         }
+        common_hal_time_delay_ms(delay_length_ms);
         i += 2 + data_size;
     }
     self->end_transaction(self->bus);
diff --git a/shared-module/displayio/Palette.c b/shared-module/displayio/Palette.c
index 5f410d7869..e810be8752 100644
--- a/shared-module/displayio/Palette.c
+++ b/shared-module/displayio/Palette.c
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ void common_hal_displayio_palette_make_transparent(displayio_palette_t* self, ui
 void common_hal_displayio_palette_set_color(displayio_palette_t* self, uint32_t palette_index, uint32_t color) {
     uint32_t shift = (palette_index % 2) * 16;
     uint32_t masked = self->colors[palette_index / 2] & ~(0xffff << shift);
-    uint32_t b5 = (color >> 19);
+    uint32_t r5 = (color >> 19);
     uint32_t g6 = (color >> 10) & 0x3f;
-    uint32_t r5 = (color >> 3) & 0x1f;
+    uint32_t b5 = (color >> 3) & 0x1f;
     uint32_t packed = r5 << 11 | g6 << 5 | b5;
     // swap bytes
     packed = __builtin_bswap16(packed);
diff --git a/shared-module/displayio/__init__.c b/shared-module/displayio/__init__.c
index 59a5cf398e..c86e48a125 100644
--- a/shared-module/displayio/__init__.c
+++ b/shared-module/displayio/__init__.c
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ displayio_bitmap_t blinka_bitmap = {
 
 uint32_t blinka_transparency[1] = {0x80000000};
 
-// TODO(tannewt): Fix these colors
-uint32_t blinka_colors[8] = {0x91780000, 0x879FFC98, 0xffff0000, 0x0000f501,
+// These colors are RGB 565 with the bytes swapped.
+uint32_t blinka_colors[8] = {0x78890000, 0x9F86B8FC, 0xffff0D5A, 0x0000f501,
                              0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000};
 
 displayio_palette_t blinka_palette = {