diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/AboutWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/AboutWidget.cpp
index dfd738dc9..fc0235c3e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/AboutWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/AboutWidget.cpp
@@ -810,11 +810,11 @@ void TBoard::drawSquare(QPainter &painter, int x, int y, TPiece::Shape shape) {
     QColor color = colorTable[int(shape)];
     painter.fillRect(x + 1, y + 1, squareWidth() - 2, squareHeight() - 2, color);
 
-    painter.setPen(color.light());
+    painter.setPen(color.lighter());
     painter.drawLine(x, y + squareHeight() - 1, x, y);
     painter.drawLine(x, y, x + squareWidth() - 1, y);
 
-    painter.setPen(color.dark());
+    painter.setPen(color.darker());
     painter.drawLine(x + 1, y + squareHeight() - 1, x + squareWidth() - 1, y + squareHeight() - 1);
     painter.drawLine(x + squareWidth() - 1, y + squareHeight() - 1, x + squareWidth() - 1, y + 1);
 }
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/util/printpreview.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/util/printpreview.cpp
index cae4214d2..0d6e7d962 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/util/printpreview.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/util/printpreview.cpp
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ void PreviewView::paintPage(QPainter *painter, int page)
     painter->drawRect(QRectF(QPointF(0, 0), printPreview->paperSize));
     painter->setBrush(Qt::NoBrush);
 
-    col = col.light();
+    col = col.lighter();
     painter->drawLine(QLineF(printPreview->paperSize.width(), 1,
                              printPreview->paperSize.width(), printPreview->paperSize.height() - 1));
 
-    col = col.light();
+    col = col.lighter();
     painter->drawLine(QLineF(printPreview->paperSize.width(), 2,
                              printPreview->paperSize.width(), printPreview->paperSize.height() - 2));