diff --git a/src/dolphinview.cpp b/src/dolphinview.cpp
index 0579169060..acd51d7d7b 100644
--- a/src/dolphinview.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinview.cpp
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QScrollBar>
 
+#include <kcolorscheme.h>
 #include <kdirmodel.h>
 #include <kdirlister.h>
 #include <kfileitemdelegate.h>
-#include <kglobalsettings.h>
 #include <klocale.h>
 #include <kiconeffect.h>
 #include <kio/netaccess.h>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void DolphinView::setActive(bool active)
 
     m_active = active;
 
-    QColor color = KGlobalSettings::baseColor();
+    QColor color = KColorScheme(KColorScheme::View).background();
     if (active) {
         emit urlChanged(url());
         emit selectionChanged(selectedItems());
diff --git a/src/iconsizedialog.cpp b/src/iconsizedialog.cpp
index 044f150c17..ad7cf31a2b 100644
--- a/src/iconsizedialog.cpp
+++ b/src/iconsizedialog.cpp
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@
 
 #include "dolphin_iconsmodesettings.h"
 
-#include <kglobalsettings.h>
+#include <kcolorscheme.h>
 #include <klocale.h>
 #include <kvbox.h>
 
-#include <QtGui/QGroupBox>
-#include <QtGui/QLabel>
-#include <QtGui/QSlider>
-#include <QtGui/QBoxLayout>
+#include <QGroupBox>
+#include <QLabel>
+#include <QSlider>
+#include <QBoxLayout>
 
 IconSizeDialog::IconSizeDialog(QWidget* parent) :
     KDialog(parent),
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ IconSizeDialog::IconSizeDialog(QWidget* parent) :
     // create 'Icon Size' group including slider and preview
     QGroupBox* iconSizeBox = new QGroupBox(i18n("Icon Size"), main);
 
-    const QColor iconBackgroundColor(KGlobalSettings::baseColor());
+    const QColor iconBackgroundColor = KColorScheme(KColorScheme::View).background();
 
     KHBox* iconSizeHBox = new KHBox(iconSizeBox);
     iconSizeHBox->setSpacing(spacing);
diff --git a/src/statusbarmessagelabel.cpp b/src/statusbarmessagelabel.cpp
index 759ceed6df..49d3b2750d 100644
--- a/src/statusbarmessagelabel.cpp
+++ b/src/statusbarmessagelabel.cpp
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@
 
 #include "statusbarmessagelabel.h"
 
-#include <kglobalsettings.h>
+#include <kcolorscheme.h>
 #include <kcolorutils.h>
 #include <kiconloader.h>
 #include <kicon.h>
 #include <klocale.h>
 
-#include <QtGui/QFontMetrics>
-#include <QtGui/QPainter>
-#include <QtGui/QKeyEvent>
-#include <QtGui/QPushButton>
-#include <QtGui/QPixmap>
-#include <QtCore/QTimer>
+#include <QFontMetrics>
+#include <QPainter>
+#include <QKeyEvent>
+#include <QPushButton>
+#include <QPixmap>
+#include <QTimer>
 
 StatusBarMessageLabel::StatusBarMessageLabel(QWidget* parent) :
     QWidget(parent),
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ void StatusBarMessageLabel::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* /* event */)
     QPainter painter(this);
 
     // draw background
-    QColor backgroundColor(palette().brush(QPalette::Background).color());
-    QColor foregroundColor(KGlobalSettings::textColor());
+    QColor backgroundColor = palette().brush(QPalette::Background).color();
+    QColor foregroundColor = KColorScheme(KColorScheme::View).foreground();
     if (m_illumination > 0) {
         // TODO: are there foreground and background colors available for
         // "error messages"?
diff --git a/src/statusbarspaceinfo.cpp b/src/statusbarspaceinfo.cpp
index 62b46700ab..69296e7b32 100644
--- a/src/statusbarspaceinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/statusbarspaceinfo.cpp
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@
 
 #include "statusbarspaceinfo.h"
 
-#include <QtCore/QTimer>
-#include <QtGui/QPainter>
-#include <QtGui/QKeyEvent>
-
-#include <kglobalsettings.h>
+#include <kcolorscheme.h>
 #include <kdiskfreespace.h>
 #include <kmountpoint.h>
 #include <klocale.h>
 #include <kio/job.h>
 
+#include <QTimer>
+#include <QPainter>
+#include <QKeyEvent>
+
 StatusBarSpaceInfo::StatusBarSpaceInfo(QWidget* parent) :
     QWidget(parent),
     m_gettingSize(false),
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void StatusBarSpaceInfo::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* /* event */)
     frameColor.setAlpha(128);
     painter.setPen(frameColor);
 
-    const QColor backgrColor = KGlobalSettings::baseColor();
+    const QColor backgrColor = KColorScheme(KColorScheme::View).background();
     painter.setBrush(backgrColor);
 
     painter.drawRect(QRect(0, barTop + 1 , barWidth - widthDec, barHeight));
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void StatusBarSpaceInfo::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* /* event */)
     }
 
     // draw text
-    painter.setPen(KGlobalSettings::textColor());
+    painter.setPen(KColorScheme(KColorScheme::View).foreground());
     painter.drawText(QRect(1, 1, barWidth - 2, barHeight + 6),
                      Qt::AlignCenter | Qt::TextWordWrap,
                      text);
@@ -138,8 +138,9 @@ void StatusBarSpaceInfo::refresh()
     m_kBAvailable = 0;
 
     // KDiskFreeSpace is for local paths only
-    if (!m_url.isLocalFile())
+    if (!m_url.isLocalFile()) {
         return;
+    }
 
     m_gettingSize = true;
     KMountPoint::Ptr mp = KMountPoint::currentMountPoints().findByPath(m_url.path());
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ void StatusBarSpaceInfo::refresh()
 
 QColor StatusBarSpaceInfo::progressColor(const QColor& bgColor) const
 {
-    QColor color = KGlobalSettings::buttonBackground();
+    QColor color = KColorScheme(KColorScheme::Button).background();
 
     // assure that enough contrast is given between the background color
     // and the progressbar color