diff --git a/src/main/java/dmx/lwjake2/render/TextureManager.java b/src/main/java/dmx/lwjake2/render/TextureManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50a6f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/dmx/lwjake2/render/TextureManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package dmx.lwjake2.render;
+
+public class TextureManager {
+
+    private static int[] colorTable = new int[256];
+
+    public static void setColorPalette(int[] palette) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+            colorTable[i] = palette[i] & 0x00FFFFFF;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static int getColorPalette(int index) {
+        return colorTable[index];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/lwjake2/client/V.java b/src/main/java/lwjake2/client/V.java
index 58066d8..c92c9a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/lwjake2/client/V.java
+++ b/src/main/java/lwjake2/client/V.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package lwjake2.client;
 
+import dmx.lwjake2.render.TextureManager;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import lwjake2.game.Cmd;
 import lwjake2.game.cvar_t;
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ public final class V {
 
         int i = r_numparticles++;
 
-        int c = particle_t.colorTable[color];
+        int c = TextureManager.getColorPalette(color);
         c |= (int) (alpha * 255) << 24;
         particle_t.colorArray.put(i, c);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/lwjake2/client/particle_t.java b/src/main/java/lwjake2/client/particle_t.java
index d8264b2..fe8f400 100644
--- a/src/main/java/lwjake2/client/particle_t.java
+++ b/src/main/java/lwjake2/client/particle_t.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package lwjake2.client;
 
+import dmx.lwjake2.render.TextureManager;
 import lwjake2.Defines;
 import lwjake2.util.Lib;
 
@@ -32,14 +33,11 @@ public class particle_t {
     private static ByteBuffer colorByteArray = Lib.newByteBuffer(Defines.MAX_PARTICLES * Lib.SIZEOF_INT, ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
 
     public static FloatBuffer vertexArray = Lib.newFloatBuffer(Defines.MAX_PARTICLES * 3);
-    public static int[] colorTable = new int[256];
-    public static IntBuffer colorArray = colorByteArray.asIntBuffer();  
-    
+    public static IntBuffer colorArray = colorByteArray.asIntBuffer();
     
+    @Deprecated
     public static void setColorPalette(int[] palette) {
-        for (int i=0; i < 256; i++) {
-            colorTable[i] = palette[i] & 0x00FFFFFF;
-        }
+        TextureManager.setColorPalette(palette);
     }
     
     public static ByteBuffer getColorAsByteBuffer() {