diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/torrentmodel.cpp b/src/qtlibtorrent/torrentmodel.cpp
index fcaee6bd3..91301e0f2 100644
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/torrentmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/torrentmodel.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ TorrentModelItem::State TorrentModelItem::state() const {
     // Pause or Queued
     if (m_torrent.is_paused(m_lastStatus)) {
       m_icon = get_paused_icon();
-      m_fgColor = QColor("red");
+      m_fgColor = QColor(Qt::red);
       return m_torrent.is_seed(m_lastStatus) ? STATE_PAUSED_UP : STATE_PAUSED_DL;
     }
     if (m_torrent.is_queued(m_lastStatus)) {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ TorrentModelItem::State TorrentModelItem::state() const {
           && m_lastStatus.state != torrent_status::checking_resume_data
           && m_lastStatus.state != torrent_status::checking_files) {
         m_icon = get_queued_icon();
-        m_fgColor = QColor("grey");
+        m_fgColor = QColor(Qt::gray);
         return m_torrent.is_seed(m_lastStatus) ? STATE_QUEUED_UP : STATE_QUEUED_DL;
       }
     }
@@ -118,20 +118,20 @@ TorrentModelItem::State TorrentModelItem::state() const {
     switch(m_lastStatus.state) {
     case torrent_status::allocating:
       m_icon = get_stalled_downloading_icon();
-      m_fgColor = QColor("grey");
+      m_fgColor = QColor(Qt::gray);
       return STATE_ALLOCATING;
     case torrent_status::downloading_metadata:
       m_icon = get_downloading_icon();
-      m_fgColor = QColor("green");
+      m_fgColor = QColor(Qt::green);
       return STATE_DOWNLOADING_META;
     case torrent_status::downloading: {
       if (m_lastStatus.download_payload_rate > 0) {
         m_icon = get_downloading_icon();
-        m_fgColor = QColor("green");
+        m_fgColor = QColor(Qt::green);
         return STATE_DOWNLOADING;
       } else {
         m_icon = get_stalled_downloading_icon();
-        m_fgColor = QColor("grey");
+        m_fgColor = QColor(Qt::gray);
         return STATE_STALLED_DL;
       }
     }
@@ -139,33 +139,33 @@ TorrentModelItem::State TorrentModelItem::state() const {
     case torrent_status::seeding:
       if (m_lastStatus.upload_payload_rate > 0) {
         m_icon = get_uploading_icon();
-        m_fgColor = QColor("orange");
+        m_fgColor = QColor(255, 165, 0);
         return STATE_SEEDING;
       } else {
         m_icon = get_stalled_uploading_icon();
-        m_fgColor = QColor("grey");
+        m_fgColor = QColor(Qt::gray);
         return STATE_STALLED_UP;
       }
     case torrent_status::queued_for_checking:
       m_icon = get_checking_icon();
-      m_fgColor = QColor("grey");
+      m_fgColor = QColor(Qt::gray);
       return STATE_QUEUED_CHECK;
     case torrent_status::checking_resume_data:
       m_icon = get_checking_icon();
-      m_fgColor = QColor("grey");
+      m_fgColor = QColor(Qt::gray);
       return STATE_QUEUED_FASTCHECK;
     case torrent_status::checking_files:
       m_icon = get_checking_icon();
-      m_fgColor = QColor("grey");
+      m_fgColor = QColor(Qt::gray);
       return m_torrent.is_seed(m_lastStatus) ? STATE_CHECKING_UP : STATE_CHECKING_DL;
     default:
       m_icon = get_error_icon();
-      m_fgColor = QColor("red");
+      m_fgColor = QColor(Qt::red);
       return STATE_INVALID;
     }
   } catch(invalid_handle&) {
     m_icon = get_error_icon();
-    m_fgColor = QColor("red");
+    m_fgColor = QColor(Qt::red);
     return STATE_INVALID;
   }
 }