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/docs/reST/ref/mask.rst b/docs/reST/ref/mask.rst
index 886d65a7c0..ef2716c0ef 100644
--- a/docs/reST/ref/mask.rst
+++ b/docs/reST/ref/mask.rst
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ to store which parts collide.
    :param color: color used to check if the surface's pixels are within the
       given ``threshold`` range, this parameter is ignored if the optional
       ``othersurface`` parameter is supplied
-   :type color: Color or int or tuple(int, int, int, [int]) or list[int, int, int, [int]]
+   :type color: :data:`pygame.typing.ColorLike`
    :param threshold: (optional) the threshold range used to check the difference
       between two colors (default is ``(0, 0, 0, 255)``)
-   :type threshold: Color or int or tuple(int, int, int, [int]) or list[int, int, int, [int]]
+   :type threshold: :data:`pygame.typing.ColorLike`
    :param Surface othersurface: (optional) used to check whether the pixels of
       the first surface are within the given ``threshold`` range of the pixels
       from this surface (default is ``None``)
diff --git a/src_c/mask.c b/src_c/mask.c
index 074ddfd383..df22d24066 100644
--- a/src_c/mask.c
+++ b/src_c/mask.c
@@ -1130,13 +1130,13 @@ mask_from_threshold(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
     }
 
     if (!pg_MappedColorFromObj(rgba_obj_color, surf, &color,
-                               PG_COLOR_HANDLE_INT)) {
+                               PG_COLOR_HANDLE_ALL)) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
     if (rgba_obj_threshold) {
         if (!pg_MappedColorFromObj(rgba_obj_threshold, surf, &color_threshold,
-                                   PG_COLOR_HANDLE_INT)) {
+                                   PG_COLOR_HANDLE_ALL)) {
             return NULL;
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/mask_test.py b/test/mask_test.py
index 5740bbc2bb..0a46719f0f 100644
--- a/test/mask_test.py
+++ b/test/mask_test.py
@@ -6325,21 +6325,19 @@ def alternate(func, set_value, unset_value, width, height):
     def test_from_threshold(self):
         """Does mask.from_threshold() work correctly?"""
 
-        a = [16, 24, 32]
+        bpp = [16, 24, 32]
 
-        for i in a:
+        for i in bpp:
             surf = pygame.surface.Surface((70, 70), 0, i)
             surf.fill((100, 50, 200), (20, 20, 20, 20))
             mask = pygame.mask.from_threshold(
                 surf, (100, 50, 200, 255), (10, 10, 10, 255)
             )
 
-            rects = mask.get_bounding_rects()
-
             self.assertEqual(mask.count(), 400)
             self.assertEqual(mask.get_bounding_rects(), [pygame.Rect((20, 20, 20, 20))])
 
-        for i in a:
+        for i in bpp:
             surf = pygame.surface.Surface((70, 70), 0, i)
             surf2 = pygame.surface.Surface((70, 70), 0, i)
             surf.fill((100, 100, 100))
@@ -6356,6 +6354,10 @@ def test_from_threshold(self):
             self.assertEqual(mask.count(), 100)
             self.assertEqual(mask.get_bounding_rects(), [pygame.Rect((40, 40, 10, 10))])
 
+        for color in [(20, 20, 20), 10, "green", pygame.Color("blue")]:
+            surf = pygame.surface.Surface((10, 10))
+            pygame.mask.from_threshold(surf, color, color)
+
     def test_zero_size_from_surface(self):
         """Ensures from_surface can create masks from zero sized surfaces."""
         for size in ((100, 0), (0, 100), (0, 0)):
diff --git a/test/pixelarray_test.py b/test/pixelarray_test.py
index 942931c2ad..af8117ceeb 100644
--- a/test/pixelarray_test.py
+++ b/test/pixelarray_test.py
@@ -1020,7 +1020,6 @@ def test_iter(self):
             self.assertEqual(iterations, 5)
 
     def test_replace(self):
-        # print("replace start")
         for bpp in (8, 16, 24, 32):
             sf = pygame.Surface((10, 10), 0, bpp)
             sf.fill((255, 0, 0))
@@ -1041,10 +1040,8 @@ def test_replace(self):
             self.assertEqual(ar[3][6], oval)
             self.assertEqual(ar[8][9], oval)
             self.assertEqual(ar[9][9], oval)
-        # print("replace end")
 
     def test_extract(self):
-        # print("extract start")
         for bpp in (8, 16, 24, 32):
             sf = pygame.Surface((10, 10), 0, bpp)
             sf.fill((0, 0, 255))
@@ -1070,7 +1067,6 @@ def test_extract(self):
             self.assertEqual(newar[3][6], white)
             self.assertEqual(newar[8][9], black)
             self.assertEqual(newar[9][9], black)
-        # print("extract end")
 
     def test_2dslice_assignment(self):
         w = 2 * 5 * 8