diff --git a/lib/lcd.js b/lib/lcd.js
index 09d3f204f..c81739257 100644
--- a/lib/lcd.js
+++ b/lib/lcd.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 var Board = require("./board"),
   Pin = require("./pin.js"),
   lcdCharacters = require("./lcd-chars.js"),
-  converter = require("color-convert")();
+  converter = require("color-convert");
 
 var priv = new Map();
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ var Controllers = {
             rgb = r;
           }
           if (typeof r === "string") {
-            rgb = converter.keyword(r).rgb();
+            rgb = converter.keyword.rgb(r);
           }
         }
 
diff --git a/lib/led/rgb.js b/lib/led/rgb.js
index 686fb226e..7d8f3375d 100644
--- a/lib/led/rgb.js
+++ b/lib/led/rgb.js
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ RGB.prototype.color = function(red, green, blue) {
 
       } else {
         // color name
-        return this.color(converter.keyword2rgb(input.toLowerCase()));
+        return this.color(converter.keyword.rgb(input.toLowerCase()));
       }
     }
   } else {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 228a782cb..d2dfc349a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "latest",
-    "color-convert": "~0.5.2",
+    "color-convert": "~1.2.2",
     "ease-component": "latest",
     "es6-shim": "latest",
     "lodash.clonedeep": "^4.3.0",