diff --git a/src/Drivers/Gd/Factory.php b/src/Drivers/Gd/Factory.php
index c2aefa9a..50b8e4df 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/Gd/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Drivers/Gd/Factory.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd;
 
 use Intervention\Image\Collection;
-use Intervention\Image\Colors\Rgb\Channels\Alpha;
 use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Frame;
 use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Image;
 use Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Traits\CanHandleColors;
@@ -11,9 +10,6 @@ use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ColorInterface;
 use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\FactoryInterface;
 use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ImageInterface;
 use Intervention\Image\Traits\CanHandleInput;
-use Intervention\Image\Colors\Rgb\Channels\Blue;
-use Intervention\Image\Colors\Rgb\Channels\Green;
-use Intervention\Image\Colors\Rgb\Channels\Red;
 
 class Factory implements FactoryInterface
 {
@@ -73,19 +69,7 @@ class Factory implements FactoryInterface
 
         $color = match (is_null($background)) {
             true => imagecolorallocatealpha($core, 255, 0, 255, 127),
-            default => imagecolorallocatealpha(
-                $core,
-                $background->channel(Red::class)->value(),
-                $background->channel(Green::class)->value(),
-                $background->channel(Blue::class)->value(),
-                $this->convertRange(
-                    $background->channel(Alpha::class)->value(),
-                    0,
-                    255,
-                    127,
-                    0
-                )
-            ),
+            default => $this->allocateColor($core, $background),
         };
 
         imagefill($core, 0, 0, $color);
diff --git a/src/Drivers/Gd/Traits/CanHandleColors.php b/src/Drivers/Gd/Traits/CanHandleColors.php
index 3853e558..66ac4a2e 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/Gd/Traits/CanHandleColors.php
+++ b/src/Drivers/Gd/Traits/CanHandleColors.php
@@ -2,10 +2,34 @@
 
 namespace Intervention\Image\Drivers\Gd\Traits;
 
+use GdImage;
 use Intervention\Image\Colors\Rgb\Color;
+use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ColorInterface;
+use Intervention\Image\Colors\Rgb\Channels\Alpha;
+use Intervention\Image\Colors\Rgb\Channels\Blue;
+use Intervention\Image\Colors\Rgb\Channels\Green;
+use Intervention\Image\Colors\Rgb\Channels\Red;
 
 trait CanHandleColors
 {
+    /**
+     * Allocate given color in given gd image and return color value/index
+     *
+     * @param GdImage $gd
+     * @param ColorInterface $color
+     * @return int
+     */
+    protected function allocateColor(GdImage $gd, ColorInterface $color): int
+    {
+        return imagecolorallocatealpha(
+            $gd,
+            $color->channel(Red::class)->value(),
+            $color->channel(Green::class)->value(),
+            $color->channel(Blue::class)->value(),
+            $this->convertRange($color->channel(Alpha::class)->value(), 0, 255, 127, 0)
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Transforms array result from imagecolorsforindex() to Color object
      *