diff --git a/include/wx/mac/carbon/brush.h b/include/wx/mac/carbon/brush.h
index 6f6bbb4ba6..ea482f5089 100644
--- a/include/wx/mac/carbon/brush.h
+++ b/include/wx/mac/carbon/brush.h
@@ -18,19 +18,10 @@
 
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxBrush;
 
-typedef enum
-{
-    kwxMacBrushColour ,
-    kwxMacBrushTheme ,
-    kwxMacBrushThemeBackground
-} wxMacBrushKind ;
-
 // Brush
 class WXDLLEXPORT wxBrush: public wxBrushBase
 {
-    DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxBrush)
-
-public:
+ public:
     wxBrush();
     wxBrush(short macThemeBrush ) ;
     wxBrush(const wxColour& col, int style = wxSOLID);
@@ -41,31 +32,23 @@ public:
     virtual void SetColour(unsigned char r, unsigned char g, unsigned char b) ;
     virtual void SetStyle(int style)  ;
     virtual void SetStipple(const wxBitmap& stipple)  ;
-    virtual void MacSetTheme(short macThemeBrush) ;
-// TODO REMOVE    virtual void MacSetThemeBackground(unsigned long macThemeBackground ,  WXRECTPTR extent) ;
 
     bool operator == (const wxBrush& brush) const;
     bool operator != (const wxBrush& brush) const
         { return !(*this == brush); }
 
-    wxMacBrushKind MacGetBrushKind()  const ;
-
-// TODO REMOVE    unsigned long MacGetThemeBackground(WXRECTPTR extent)  const ;
-    short MacGetTheme()  const ;
-    wxColour& GetColour() const ;
+    const wxColour& GetColour() const ;
     virtual int GetStyle() const ;
     wxBitmap *GetStipple() const ;
 
     virtual bool Ok() const { return IsOk(); }
     virtual bool IsOk() const { return (m_refData != NULL) ; }
 
-// Implementation
-
-    // Useful helper: create the brush resource
-    bool RealizeResource();
-
+protected:
+    virtual wxObjectRefData *CreateRefData() const;
+    virtual wxObjectRefData *CloneRefData(const wxObjectRefData *data) const;
 private:
-    void Unshare();
+    DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxBrush)    
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/wx/mac/carbon/colour.h b/include/wx/mac/carbon/colour.h
index d0623889fd..156e22d81e 100644
--- a/include/wx/mac/carbon/colour.h
+++ b/include/wx/mac/carbon/colour.h
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public:
     bool operator != (const wxColour& colour) const { return !(*this == colour); }
 
     CGColorRef GetPixel() const { return m_cgColour; };
+    
+    CGColorRef GetCGColor() const { return m_cgColour; };
+    CGColorRef CreateCGColor() const { return wxCFRetain( (CGColorRef)m_cgColour ); };
+    
     void GetRGBColor( RGBColor *col ) const;
 
     // Mac-specific ctor and assignment operator from the native colour
diff --git a/include/wx/mac/carbon/private.h b/include/wx/mac/carbon/private.h
index 9b00f047df..ad010e8b0b 100644
--- a/include/wx/mac/carbon/private.h
+++ b/include/wx/mac/carbon/private.h
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ public :
 
 
     virtual void SetFont( const wxFont & font , const wxColour& foreground , long windowStyle );
-    virtual void SetBackground( const wxBrush &brush );
+    virtual void SetBackgroundColour( const wxColour& col );
     virtual ControlPartCode HandleKey(  SInt16 keyCode,  SInt16 charCode, EventModifiers modifiers );
     void SetActionProc( ControlActionUPP   actionProc );
     void SetViewSize( SInt32 viewSize );
@@ -1079,27 +1079,10 @@ OSStatus WXDLLEXPORT wxMacDrawCGImage(
                                const HIRect *  inBounds,
                                CGImageRef      inImage) ;
 
-// make sure we all use one class for all conversions from wx to native colour
-
-class wxMacCoreGraphicsColour
-{
-public:
-    wxMacCoreGraphicsColour();
-    wxMacCoreGraphicsColour(const wxBrush &brush);
-    ~wxMacCoreGraphicsColour();
-    
-     void Apply( CGContextRef cgContext );
-protected:
-    void Init();
-    wxMacCFRefHolder<CGColorRef> m_color;
-    wxMacCFRefHolder<CGColorSpaceRef> m_colorSpace;
-
-    bool m_isPattern;
-    wxMacCFRefHolder<CGPatternRef> m_pattern;
-    CGFloat* m_patternColorComponents;
-} ;
+CGColorRef wxMacCreateCGColorFromHITheme( ThemeBrush brush ) ;
 
 CGColorSpaceRef wxMacGetGenericRGBColorSpace(void);
+
 void wxMacMemoryBufferReleaseProc(void *info, const void *data, size_t size);
 
 class WXDLLEXPORT wxBitmapRefData: public wxGDIRefData
@@ -1213,23 +1196,6 @@ protected :
     WindowRef m_macWindow ;
 } ;
 
-#ifndef __LP64__
-
-#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-    inline Rect* wxMacGetPictureBounds( PicHandle pict , Rect* rect )
-    {
-       *rect = (**pict).picFrame;
-        return rect;
-    }
-#else
-    inline Rect* wxMacGetPictureBounds( PicHandle pict , Rect* rect )
-    {
-        return QDGetPictureBounds( pict , rect );
-    }
-#endif
-
-#endif
-
 #endif // wxUSE_GUI
 
 #define wxMAC_DEFINE_PROC_GETTER( UPP , x ) \
diff --git a/include/wx/mac/carbon/toplevel.h b/include/wx/mac/carbon/toplevel.h
index 759ca4dd36..3a2a8eb24b 100644
--- a/include/wx/mac/carbon/toplevel.h
+++ b/include/wx/mac/carbon/toplevel.h
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ public:
 
     virtual void SetExtraStyle(long exStyle) ;
 
-    virtual void MacSetBackgroundBrush( const wxBrush &brush ) ;
-
+    virtual bool SetBackgroundColour( const wxColour &colour );
+    
     virtual void MacInstallTopLevelWindowEventHandler() ;
 
     bool MacGetMetalAppearance() const ;
diff --git a/include/wx/mac/carbon/window.h b/include/wx/mac/carbon/window.h
index 8eb8950e94..e9823f386b 100644
--- a/include/wx/mac/carbon/window.h
+++ b/include/wx/mac/carbon/window.h
@@ -202,8 +202,6 @@ public:
     bool                MacIsUserPane() { return m_macIsUserPane; }
 
     virtual bool        MacSetupCursor( const wxPoint& pt ) ;
-    virtual void        MacSetBackgroundBrush( const wxBrush &brush ) ;
-    const wxBrush&      MacGetBackgroundBrush() const { return m_macBackgroundBrush ; }
 
     // return the rectangle that would be visible of this control,
     // regardless whether controls are hidden
@@ -287,7 +285,6 @@ protected:
 
     // true if is is not a native control but a wxWindow control
     bool                m_macIsUserPane ;
-    wxBrush             m_macBackgroundBrush ;
 
     // insets of the mac control from the wx top left corner
     wxPoint             m_macTopLeftInset ;