diff --git a/dotscape b/dotscape
index 0b1faee..42651f6 100755
Binary files a/dotscape and b/dotscape differ
diff --git a/fcore/app-init.sml b/fcore/app-init.sml
index dd80bf3..c0635a1 100644
--- a/fcore/app-init.sml
+++ b/fcore/app-init.sml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct
 
       val maxPoints = Int.max (canvasWidth, canvasHeight)
       val squares = Vector.tabulate (maxPoints, fn _ =>
-        Vector.tabulate (maxPoints, fn _ => 0))
+        Vector.tabulate (maxPoints, fn _ => {r = 0, g = 0, b = 0, a = 0}))
     in
       { mode = AppType.NORMAL_MODE
       , squares = squares
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ struct
       , openFilePath = ""
       , fileBrowser = Vector.fromList []
       , fileBrowserIdx = 0
-      , r = 0.0
-      , g = 0.0
-      , b = 0.0
-      , a = 1.0
+      , r = 0
+      , g = 0
+      , b = 0
+      , a = 1
       , modalNum = 0
       }
     end
diff --git a/fcore/app-type.sml b/fcore/app-type.sml
index 48e8b16..bb4d0eb 100644
--- a/fcore/app-type.sml
+++ b/fcore/app-type.sml
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ struct
 
   datatype file_browser_item = IS_FILE of string | IS_FOLDER of string
 
+  type square = {r: int, g: int, b: int, a: int}
+
   type app_type =
     { mode: app_mode
-    , squares: int vector vector
+    , squares: square vector vector
     , canvasWidth: int
     , canvasHeight: int
     , windowWidth: int
@@ -27,10 +29,10 @@ struct
     , openFilePath: string
     , fileBrowser: file_browser_item vector
     , fileBrowserIdx: int
-    , r: Real32.real
-    , g: Real32.real
-    , b: Real32.real
-    , a: Real32.real
+    , r: int
+    , g: int
+    , b: int
+    , a: int
     , modalNum: int
     }
 end
diff --git a/fcore/app-with.sml b/fcore/app-with.sml
index af22f78..349d74d 100644
--- a/fcore/app-with.sml
+++ b/fcore/app-with.sml
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ struct
         Vector.mapi
           (fn (idx, el) =>
              if idx = newX then
-               Vector.mapi (fn (iidx, iel) => if iidx = newY then 1 else iel) el
+               Vector.mapi
+                 (fn (iidx, iel) =>
+                    if iidx = newY then {r = r, g = g, b = b, a = a} else iel)
+                 el
              else
                el) squares
     in
@@ -534,8 +537,6 @@ struct
       }
     end
 
-  fun modalNumToFloat num = Real32.fromInt num / 255.0
-
   fun r (app: app_type) : app_type =
     let
       val
@@ -563,7 +564,7 @@ struct
         , modalNum
         } = app
 
-      val r = modalNumToFloat modalNum
+      val r = modalNum
     in
       { mode = mode
       , mouseX = mouseX
@@ -586,7 +587,7 @@ struct
       , g = g
       , b = b
       , a = a
-      , modalNum = modalNum
+      , modalNum = 0
       }
     end
 
@@ -617,7 +618,7 @@ struct
         , modalNum
         } = app
 
-      val g = modalNumToFloat modalNum
+      val g = modalNum
     in
       { mode = mode
       , mouseX = mouseX
@@ -640,7 +641,7 @@ struct
       , g = g
       , b = b
       , a = a
-      , modalNum = modalNum
+      , modalNum = 0
       }
     end
 
@@ -671,7 +672,7 @@ struct
         , modalNum
         } = app
 
-      val b = modalNumToFloat modalNum
+      val b = modalNum
     in
       { mode = mode
       , mouseX = mouseX
@@ -694,7 +695,7 @@ struct
       , g = g
       , b = b
       , a = a
-      , modalNum = modalNum
+      , modalNum = 0
       }
     end
 
@@ -725,7 +726,7 @@ struct
         , modalNum
         } = app
 
-      val a = modalNumToFloat modalNum
+      val a = modalNum
     in
       { mode = mode
       , mouseX = mouseX
@@ -748,7 +749,7 @@ struct
       , g = g
       , b = b
       , a = a
-      , modalNum = modalNum
+      , modalNum = 0
       }
     end
 
diff --git a/fcore/quad-tree.sml b/fcore/quad-tree.sml
index 07852aa..4d03872 100644
--- a/fcore/quad-tree.sml
+++ b/fcore/quad-tree.sml
@@ -99,10 +99,7 @@ end
 
 structure CollisionTree =
 struct
-  (* ignoreData = any data we find in grid but which doesn't concern us
-   * so we omit from tree, to reduce number of items in tree,
-   * and therefore decrease the constant in O(n) *)
-  val ignoreData = 0
+  fun shouldIgnoreData {a, r = _, g = _, b = _} = a = 0
 
   local
     fun loopYAxis (x, y, eX, eY, yAxis, col) =
@@ -147,7 +144,7 @@ struct
         val yAxis = Vector.sub (grid, x)
         val data = Vector.sub (yAxis, y)
       in
-        if data = ignoreData then
+        if shouldIgnoreData data then
           bintree
         else
           let
@@ -218,8 +215,14 @@ struct
       val endX = Ndc.fromPixelX (ex, windowWidth, windowHeight)
       val startY = Ndc.fromPixelY (y, windowWidth, windowHeight)
       val endY = Ndc.fromPixelY (ey, windowWidth, windowHeight)
+
+      val {r, g, b, a} = data
+      val r = Real32.fromInt r / 255.0
+      val g = Real32.fromInt g / 255.0
+      val b = Real32.fromInt b / 255.0
+      val a = Real32.fromInt a / 255.0
     in
-      Ndc.ltrbToVertexRgb (startX, startY, endX, endY, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) :: acc
+      Ndc.ltrbToVertexRgb (startX, startY, endX, endY, r, g, b) :: acc
     end
 
   fun toTriangles
@@ -250,7 +253,7 @@ struct
 
   (* building and querying quad tree, plus compression *)
   datatype quad_tree =
-    LEAF of {x: int, y: int, ex: int, ey: int, data: int}
+    LEAF of {x: int, y: int, ex: int, ey: int, data: AppType.square}
   | NODE of {tl: quad_tree, tr: quad_tree, bl: quad_tree, br: quad_tree}
   | EMPTY
 
@@ -278,7 +281,7 @@ struct
         val yAxis = Vector.sub (grid, x)
         val data = Vector.sub (yAxis, y)
       in
-        if data = ignoreData then
+        if shouldIgnoreData data then
           EMPTY
         else
           let