diff --git a/src/McRFPy_API.cpp b/src/McRFPy_API.cpp
index 51bd3c7..019ab74 100644
--- a/src/McRFPy_API.cpp
+++ b/src/McRFPy_API.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ PyObject* PyInit_mcrfpy()
     using namespace mcrfpydef;
     PyTypeObject* pytypes[] = {
         /*SFML exposed types*/
-        &PyColorType, &PyFontType, &PyTextureType,
+        &PyColorType, &PyLinkedColorType, &PyFontType, &PyTextureType,
 
         /*UI widgets*/
         &PyUICaptionType, &PyUISpriteType, &PyUIFrameType, &PyUIEntityType, &PyUIGridType,
diff --git a/src/PyLinkedColor.cpp b/src/PyLinkedColor.cpp
index f349816..d509ab8 100644
--- a/src/PyLinkedColor.cpp
+++ b/src/PyLinkedColor.cpp
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ PyLinkedColor::PyLinkedColor(_PyLinkedColorData d)
     data = d;
 }
 
-PyLinkedColor::PyLinkedColor(sf::Color (*getter)(), void (*setter)(sf::Color), std::weak_ptr<UIDrawable> parent, int index)
+PyLinkedColor::PyLinkedColor(std::function<void(sf::Color)> _s, std::function<sf::Color()> _g, std::weak_ptr<UIDrawable> parent, int index)
 {
-    data.index = index;
+    data.setter = _s;
+    data.getter = _g;
     data.parent = parent;
-    data.setter = setter;
-    data.getter = getter;
+    data.index = index;
 }
 
 PyObject* PyLinkedColor::pyObject()
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ PyLinkedColor PyLinkedColor::fromPy(PyLinkedColorObject* self)
 
 void PyLinkedColor::set(sf::Color color)
 {
+    std::cout << "PyLinkedColor: call to set()" << std::endl;
     auto ptr = data.parent.lock();
     if (ptr)
     {
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ void PyLinkedColor::set(sf::Color color)
 
 sf::Color PyLinkedColor::get()
 {
+    std::cout << "PyLinkedColor: call to get()" << std::endl;
     auto ptr = data.parent.lock();
     if (ptr)
     {
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ Py_hash_t PyLinkedColor::hash(PyObject* obj)
     auto ptr = self->data.parent.lock();
     if (ptr)
     {
-        auto color = PyLinkedColor(self->data);
+        auto linkedcolor = PyLinkedColor(self->data);
         auto c = linkedcolor.get();
         value += c.r;
         value << 8; value += c.g; 
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ PyObject* PyLinkedColor::repr(PyObject* obj)
     std::ostringstream ss;
     PyLinkedColor color = PyLinkedColor(self->data);
     sf::Color c = color.get();
-    ss << "<Color (" << c.r << ", " << c.g << ", " << c.b << ", " << c.a << ") " << color.mode() << ">";
+    ss << "<LinkedColor (" << int(c.r) << ", " << int(c.g) << ", " << int(c.b) << ", " << int(c.a) << ")" << ">";
 
     std::string repr_str = ss.str();
     return PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(repr_str.c_str(), repr_str.size(), "replace");
diff --git a/src/PyLinkedColor.h b/src/PyLinkedColor.h
index 8b0d498..f41331e 100644
--- a/src/PyLinkedColor.h
+++ b/src/PyLinkedColor.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "Common.h"
 #include "Python.h"
+#include <functional>
 
 class PyLinkedColor;
 class UIDrawable; // forward declare for pointer
@@ -8,8 +9,10 @@ class UIDrawable; // forward declare for pointer
 typedef struct {
     std::weak_ptr<UIDrawable> parent; // lifetime management: parent must still exist
     int index; // specific to the parent class, which color is it?
-    sf::Color(*getter)();
-    void(*setter)(sf::Color);
+    //sf::Color(*getter)();
+    //void(*setter)(sf::Color);
+    std::function<void(sf::Color)> setter; 
+    std::function<sf::Color()> getter;
 } _PyLinkedColorData;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -21,10 +24,11 @@ class PyLinkedColor
 {
 private:
     _PyLinkedColorData data;
-    PyColor(_PyColorData); // private constructor / for operations transferring between C++ and Python
+    PyLinkedColor(_PyLinkedColorData); // private constructor / for operations transferring between C++ and Python
 
 public:
-    PyLinkedColor(sf::Color (*)(), void (*)(sf::Color), std::weak_ptr<UIDrawable>, int);
+    //PyLinkedColor(sf::Color (*)(), void (*)(sf::Color), std::weak_ptr<UIDrawable>, int);
+    PyLinkedColor(std::function<void(sf::Color)> setter, std::function<sf::Color()> getter, std::weak_ptr<UIDrawable> parent, int index);
     void set(sf::Color);  // change target value, behavior determined by the mode
     sf::Color get();      // retrieve target value, behavior determined by the mode
     PyObject* pyParent(); // UIDrawable derived parent object or None
diff --git a/src/UI.h b/src/UI.h
index aa0b335..82610f0 100644
--- a/src/UI.h
+++ b/src/UI.h
@@ -608,27 +608,33 @@ static int PyUIDrawable_set_click(PyUIGridObject* self, PyObject* value, void* c
 
         // fetch correct member data
         //sf::Color color;
-        sf::Color (*cgetter)();
-        void (*csetter)(sf::Color);
+        //sf::Color (*cgetter)();
+        //void (*csetter)(sf::Color);
+        std::function<void(sf::Color)> csetter;
+        std::function<sf::Color()> cgetter;
         if (member_ptr == 0)
         {
             //color = self->data->text.getFillColor();
             //return Py_BuildValue("(iii)", color.r, color.g, color.b);
-            csetter = &self->data->text.setFillColor;
-            cgetter = &self->data->text.getFillColor;
+            //csetter = &self->data->text.setFillColor;
+            //cgetter = &self->data->text.getFillColor;
+            csetter = [s = self->data](sf::Color c){s->text.setFillColor(c);};
+            cgetter = [s = self->data](){return s->text.getFillColor();};
         }
         else if (member_ptr == 1)
         {
             //color = self->data->text.getOutlineColor();
             //return Py_BuildValue("(iii)", color.r, color.g, color.b);
-            csetter = &self->data->text.setOutlineColor;
-            cgetter = &self->data->text.getOutlineColor;
+            //csetter = &self->data->text.setOutlineColor;
+            //cgetter = &self->data->text.getOutlineColor;
+            csetter = [s = self->data](sf::Color c){s->text.setOutlineColor(c);};
+            cgetter = [s = self->data](){return s->text.getOutlineColor();};
         }
 
         // initialize new mcrfpy.Color instance
         //pyColorObj->data = std::make_shared<sf::Color>(color);
         //PyLinkedColor::fromPy(pyColorObj).set(color);
-        auto linkedcolor = PyLinkedColor(getter, setter, self->data, member_ptr);
+        auto linkedcolor = PyLinkedColor(csetter, cgetter, self->data, member_ptr);
         //linkedcolor.set(color); // don't need to set a linked color!
         
         //return pyColor;
@@ -650,8 +656,12 @@ static int PyUIDrawable_set_click(PyUIGridObject* self, PyObject* value, void* c
             b = color->data->b;
             a = color->data->a;
             */
-            sf::Color c = PyLinkedColor::fromPy(value).get();
+            std::cout << "Build LinkedColor" << std::endl;
+            auto lc  = PyLinkedColor::fromPy(value);
+            std::cout << "Fetch value" << std::endl;
+            auto c = lc.get();
             r = c.r; g = c.g; b = c.b; a = c.a;
+            std::cout << "got " << int(r) << ", " << int(g) << ", " << int(b) << ", " << int(a) << std::endl;
         }
         else if (!PyTuple_Check(value) || PyTuple_Size(value) < 3 || PyTuple_Size(value) > 4)
         {