diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qcolor.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qcolor.cpp
index a504e35c37..b3fa1eedde 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qcolor.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qcolor.cpp
@@ -2695,18 +2695,13 @@ QColor QColor::fromCmykF(qreal c, qreal m, qreal y, qreal k, qreal a)
     recommend using the darker() function for this purpose. If the \a factor
     is 0 or negative, the return value is unspecified.
 
-    The function converts the current RGB color to HSV, multiplies the value
-    (V) component by \a factor and converts the color back to RGB.
+    The function converts the current color to HSV, multiplies the value
+    (V) component by \a factor and converts the color back to it's original
+    color spec.
 
     \sa darker(), isValid()
 */
-
-/*!
-    \obsolete
-
-    Use lighter(\a factor) instead.
-*/
-QColor QColor::light(int factor) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW
+QColor QColor::lighter(int factor) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW
 {
     if (factor <= 0)                                // invalid lightness factor
         return *this;
@@ -2745,18 +2740,13 @@ QColor QColor::light(int factor) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW
     but we recommend using the lighter() function for this purpose. If the
     \a factor is 0 or negative, the return value is unspecified.
 
-    The function converts the current RGB color to HSV, divides the value (V)
-    component by \a factor and converts the color back to RGB.
+    The function converts the current color to HSV, divides the value (V)
+    component by \a factor and converts the color back to it's original
+    color spec.
 
     \sa lighter(), isValid()
 */
-
-/*!
-    \obsolete
-
-    Use darker(\a factor) instead.
-*/
-QColor QColor::dark(int factor) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW
+QColor QColor::darker(int factor) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW
 {
     if (factor <= 0)                                // invalid darkness factor
         return *this;
@@ -2770,6 +2760,28 @@ QColor QColor::dark(int factor) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW
     return hsv.convertTo(cspec);
 }
 
+#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 13)
+/*!
+    \obsolete
+
+    Use lighter(\a factor) instead.
+*/
+QColor QColor::light(int factor) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW
+{
+    return lighter(factor);
+}
+
+/*!
+    \obsolete
+
+    Use darker(\a factor) instead.
+*/
+QColor QColor::dark(int factor) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW
+{
+    return darker(factor);
+}
+#endif
+
 #if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6,0,0)
 /*!
     Assigns a copy of \a color to this color, and returns a reference to it.
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qcolor.h b/src/gui/painting/qcolor.h
index a9b05ae7e3..4822612cf8 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qcolor.h
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qcolor.h
@@ -219,9 +219,13 @@ public:
     static QColor fromHsl(int h, int s, int l, int a = 255);
     static QColor fromHslF(qreal h, qreal s, qreal l, qreal a = 1.0);
 
+#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 13)
+    QT_DEPRECATED_X("Use QColor::lighter() instead")
     Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QColor light(int f = 150) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW;
-    Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QColor lighter(int f = 150) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW;
+    QT_DEPRECATED_X("Use QColor::darker() instead")
     Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QColor dark(int f = 200) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW;
+#endif
+    Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QColor lighter(int f = 150) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW;
     Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QColor darker(int f = 200) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW;
 
     bool operator==(const QColor &c) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW;
@@ -308,12 +312,6 @@ inline QColor::QColor(const QColor &acolor) Q_DECL_NOTHROW
 inline bool QColor::isValid() const Q_DECL_NOTHROW
 { return cspec != Invalid; }
 
-inline QColor QColor::lighter(int f) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW
-{ return light(f); }
-
-inline QColor QColor::darker(int f) const Q_DECL_NOTHROW
-{ return dark(f); }
-
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 #endif // QCOLOR_H