diff --git a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4039befa..00000000
--- a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": "Linux",
-            "includePath": [
-                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
-            ],
-            "defines": [],
-            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
-            "cStandard": "c17",
-            "cppStandard": "gnu++17",
-            "intelliSenseMode": "linux-gcc-x64"
-        }
-    ],
-    "version": 4
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 06036ff9..00000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "files.associations": {
-        "ostream": "cpp",
-        "stdexcept": "cpp",
-        "cmath": "cpp"
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Color.cc b/src/Color.cc
index 27ffc08d..8af1ffbd 100644
--- a/src/Color.cc
+++ b/src/Color.cc
@@ -190,22 +190,7 @@ void Color::SetFromYUV(const float _y, const float _u, const float _v)
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 float& Color::operator[](const unsigned int _index)
 {
-  switch (_index)
-  {
-    case 0:
-      return this->r;
-    case 1:
-      return this->g;
-    case 2:
-      return this->b;
-    case 3:
-      return this->a;
-    default:
-      break;
-  }
-
-  std::cerr << "Trying to read index " << _index << " of Color" << std::endl;
-  throw std::runtime_error("Index Error: Color index out of range");
+  return (*static_cast<Color *>(this))[_index];
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/Color_TEST.cc b/src/Color_TEST.cc
index 87369c5e..fa1b5117 100644
--- a/src/Color_TEST.cc
+++ b/src/Color_TEST.cc
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ TEST(Color, Color)
   EXPECT_FLOAT_EQ(0.5f, clr[1]);
   EXPECT_FLOAT_EQ(1.0f, clr[2]);
   EXPECT_FLOAT_EQ(1.0f, clr[3]);
-  // EXPECT_TRUE(std::isnan(clr[4]));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(std::isnan(clr[4]));
 
   clr.R() = 0.1f;
   clr.G() = 0.2f;
@@ -445,20 +445,7 @@ TEST(Color, OperatorIndex){
   EXPECT_FLOAT_EQ(clr[1], 0.2f);
   EXPECT_FLOAT_EQ(clr[2], 0.3f);
   EXPECT_FLOAT_EQ(clr[3], 0.4f);
-
-//   const math::Color constClr = clr;
-
-//     // this tests _that_ the expected exception is thrown
-    EXPECT_THROW({
-        try
-        {
-            clr[4] = 0.1f;
-        }
-        catch( const std::runtime_error& e )
-        {
-            // and this tests that it has the correct message
-            EXPECT_STREQ( "Index Error: Color index out of range", e.what() );
-            throw;
-        }
-    }, std::runtime_error);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(std::isnan(clr[4]));
 }
+
+
diff --git a/src/python_pybind11/test/Color_TEST.py b/src/python_pybind11/test/Color_TEST.py
index 2cc42560..f14dcf62 100644
--- a/src/python_pybind11/test/Color_TEST.py
+++ b/src/python_pybind11/test/Color_TEST.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def test_color(self):
         self.assertAlmostEqual(0.5, clr[1])
         self.assertAlmostEqual(1.0, clr[2])
         self.assertAlmostEqual(1.0, clr[3])
-        # self.assertTrue(math.isnan(clr[4]))
+        self.assertTrue(math.isnan(clr[4]))
 
         clr.set(0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4)
         clr = clr + 0.2