diff --git a/editeng/source/rtf/svxrtf.cxx b/editeng/source/rtf/svxrtf.cxx
index affc44b8f5f2..17ef94553ec5 100644
--- a/editeng/source/rtf/svxrtf.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/rtf/svxrtf.cxx
@@ -72,13 +72,11 @@ SvxRTFParser::SvxRTFParser( SfxItemPool& rPool, SvStream& rIn )
     , bIsInReadStyleTab( false)
 {
     pDfltFont.reset( new vcl::Font );
-    pDfltColor.reset( new Color );
+    mxDefaultColor = Color();
 }
 
 SvxRTFParser::~SvxRTFParser()
 {
-    if( !aColorTbl.empty() )
-        ClearColorTbl();
     if( !aAttrStack.empty() )
         ClearAttrStack();
 }
@@ -95,7 +93,7 @@ SvParserState SvxRTFParser::CallParser()
     if( !pInsPos )
         return SvParserState::Error;
 
-    if( !aColorTbl.empty() )
+    if( !maColorTable.empty() )
         ClearColorTbl();
     m_FontTable.clear();
     m_StyleTable.clear();
@@ -422,11 +420,11 @@ void SvxRTFParser::ReadColorTable()
             {
                 // one color is finished, fill in the table
                 // try to map the values to SV internal names
-                Color* pColor = new Color( nRed, nGreen, nBlue );
-                if( aColorTbl.empty() &&
+                Color aColor( nRed, nGreen, nBlue );
+                if( maColorTable.empty() &&
                     sal_uInt8(-1) == nRed && sal_uInt8(-1) == nGreen && sal_uInt8(-1) == nBlue )
-                    *pColor = COL_AUTO;
-                aColorTbl.push_back( pColor );
+                    aColor = COL_AUTO;
+                maColorTable.push_back( aColor );
                 nRed = 0;
                 nGreen = 0;
                 nBlue = 0;
@@ -579,11 +577,7 @@ void SvxRTFParser::ReadFontTable()
 
 void SvxRTFParser::ClearColorTbl()
 {
-    while ( !aColorTbl.empty() )
-    {
-        delete aColorTbl.back();
-        aColorTbl.pop_back();
-    }
+    maColorTable.clear();
 }
 
 void SvxRTFParser::ClearAttrStack()
diff --git a/include/editeng/svxrtf.hxx b/include/editeng/svxrtf.hxx
index 2069abb48877..5457cf9765ae 100644
--- a/include/editeng/svxrtf.hxx
+++ b/include/editeng/svxrtf.hxx
@@ -23,16 +23,15 @@
 #include <svl/itemset.hxx>
 #include <svtools/parrtf.hxx>
 #include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <tools/color.hxx>
 
 #include <editeng/editengdllapi.h>
 
-#include <deque>
 #include <vector>
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
 
 namespace vcl { class Font; }
-class Color;
 struct SvxRTFStyleType;
 class SvxRTFItemStackType;
 class SvxRTFItemStackList : public std::vector<std::unique_ptr<SvxRTFItemStackType>> {};
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ struct RTFPardAttrMapIds
 
 class EDITENG_DLLPUBLIC SvxRTFParser : public SvRTFParser
 {
-    std::deque< Color* >  aColorTbl;
+    std::vector<Color>    maColorTable;
     SvxRTFFontTbl         m_FontTable;
     SvxRTFStyleTbl        m_StyleTable;
     std::deque< std::unique_ptr<SvxRTFItemStackType> >  aAttrStack;
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ class EDITENG_DLLPUBLIC SvxRTFParser : public SvRTFParser
 
     std::unique_ptr<EditPosition> pInsPos;
     SfxItemPool* pAttrPool;
-    std::unique_ptr<Color>  pDfltColor;
+    std::optional<Color>  mxDefaultColor;
     std::unique_ptr<vcl::Font>   pDfltFont;
     std::unique_ptr<SfxItemSet> pRTFDefaults;
 
@@ -339,10 +338,9 @@ public:
 
 inline const Color& SvxRTFParser::GetColor( size_t nId ) const
 {
-    Color* pColor = pDfltColor.get();
-    if( nId < aColorTbl.size() )
-        pColor = aColorTbl[ nId ];
-    return *pColor;
+    if( nId < maColorTable.size() )
+        return maColorTable[ nId ];
+    return *mxDefaultColor;
 }
 
 inline SfxItemSet& SvxRTFParser::GetAttrSet()