diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/pixelarray.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/pixelarray.pyi
index a10bb66e42..128748fe9b 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/pixelarray.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/pixelarray.pyi
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Tuple, Union, overload
 
 from pygame.surface import Surface
+from pygame.color import Color
+from pygame.typing import SequenceLike
 
-from pygame.typing import ColorLike, SequenceLike
+_ColorLike = int | Color | tuple[int, int, int] | tuple[int, int, int, int]
 
 class PixelArray:
     surface: Surface
@@ -34,14 +36,14 @@ class PixelArray:
     def make_surface(self) -> Surface: ...
     def replace(
         self,
-        color: ColorLike,
-        repcolor: ColorLike,
+        color: _ColorLike,
+        repcolor: _ColorLike,
         distance: float = 0,
         weights: SequenceLike[float] = (0.299, 0.587, 0.114),
     ) -> None: ...
     def extract(
         self,
-        color: ColorLike,
+        color: _ColorLike,
         distance: float = 0,
         weights: SequenceLike[float] = (0.299, 0.587, 0.114),
     ) -> PixelArray: ...
diff --git a/src_c/pixelarray_methods.c b/src_c/pixelarray_methods.c
index 62f33a796a..8ecbebdb91 100644
--- a/src_c/pixelarray_methods.c
+++ b/src_c/pixelarray_methods.c
@@ -46,16 +46,6 @@ _get_color_from_object(PyObject *val, SDL_Surface *surf, Uint32 *color)
         val, surf, color, PG_COLOR_HANDLE_INT | PG_COLOR_HANDLE_RESTRICT_SEQ);
 }
 
-static int
-_get_color_from_object_all(PyObject *val, SDL_Surface *surf, Uint32 *color)
-{
-    if (!val) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    return pg_MappedColorFromObj(val, surf, color, PG_COLOR_HANDLE_ALL);
-}
-
 /**
  * Retrieves a single pixel located at index from the surface pixel
  * array.
@@ -385,8 +375,8 @@ _replace_color(pgPixelArrayObject *array, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     format = surf->format;
     bpp = PG_SURF_BytesPerPixel(surf);
 
-    if (!_get_color_from_object_all(delcolor, surf, &dcolor) ||
-        !_get_color_from_object_all(replcolor, surf, &rcolor)) {
+    if (!_get_color_from_object(delcolor, surf, &dcolor) ||
+        !_get_color_from_object(replcolor, surf, &rcolor)) {
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -591,7 +581,7 @@ _extract_color(pgPixelArrayObject *array, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     black = SDL_MapRGBA(format, 0, 0, 0, 255);
     white = SDL_MapRGBA(format, 255, 255, 255, 255);
 
-    if (!_get_color_from_object_all(excolor, surf, &color)) {
+    if (!_get_color_from_object(excolor, surf, &color)) {
         Py_DECREF(new_array);
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/test/pixelarray_test.py b/test/pixelarray_test.py
index e56f11ed0e..af8117ceeb 100644
--- a/test/pixelarray_test.py
+++ b/test/pixelarray_test.py
@@ -1041,11 +1041,6 @@ def test_replace(self):
             self.assertEqual(ar[8][9], oval)
             self.assertEqual(ar[9][9], oval)
 
-        for color in [(20, 20, 20), 10, "green", pygame.Color("blue")]:
-            sf = pygame.Surface((10, 10))
-            ar = pygame.PixelArray(sf)
-            ar.replace(color, color)
-
     def test_extract(self):
         for bpp in (8, 16, 24, 32):
             sf = pygame.Surface((10, 10), 0, bpp)
@@ -1073,11 +1068,6 @@ def test_extract(self):
             self.assertEqual(newar[8][9], black)
             self.assertEqual(newar[9][9], black)
 
-        for color in [(20, 20, 20), 10, "green", pygame.Color("blue")]:
-            sf = pygame.Surface((10, 10))
-            ar = pygame.PixelArray(sf)
-            ar.extract(color)
-
     def test_2dslice_assignment(self):
         w = 2 * 5 * 8
         h = 3 * 5 * 9