diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/common/HoloColors.java b/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/common/HoloColors.java
index 98a5679d3..1c7a4e95f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/common/HoloColors.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/common/HoloColors.java
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.GradientDrawable;
 
 public class HoloColors extends Colors {
+    private final Drawable keyboardBackground = new GradientDrawable(
+            GradientDrawable.Orientation.TOP_BOTTOM,
+            new int[] { background, adjustLuminosityAndKeepAlpha(background, -0.2f) }
+    );
 
     protected HoloColors(int _accent, int _background, int _keyBackground, int _functionalKey, int _spaceBar, int _keyText, int _keyHintText) {
         super(_accent, _background, _keyBackground, _functionalKey, _spaceBar, _keyText, _keyHintText);
@@ -13,8 +17,7 @@ public class HoloColors extends Colors {
     public Drawable getKeyboardBackground() {
         // thanks a lot google for omitting something extremely exotic like a "subtract" color
         // filter that could be simply applied on top of a brighter version of keyboard_background_holo
-        final int bottomColor = adjustLuminosityAndKeepAlpha(background, -0.2f); // does it need adjusting?
-        return new GradientDrawable(GradientDrawable.Orientation.TOP_BOTTOM, new int[] { background, bottomColor });
+        return keyboardBackground;
     }
 
 }