diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f39a719e5a742..1a250e41f9d8f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3729,7 +3729,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pyo3-build-config",
  "pyo3-ffi",
  "pyo3-macros",
- "unindent 0.1.11",
+ "unindent",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3938,7 +3938,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "glob",
  "sha2",
  "time",
- "unindent 0.1.11",
+ "unindent",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
@@ -4225,7 +4225,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tobj",
  "type-map",
- "unindent 0.2.1",
+ "unindent",
  "walkdir",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
@@ -4505,7 +4505,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "flatbuffers",
  "indent",
  "re_build_tools",
- "unindent 0.2.1",
+ "unindent",
  "xshell",
 ]
 
@@ -5799,12 +5799,6 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e1766d682d402817b5ac4490b3c3002d91dfa0d22812f341609f97b08757359c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unindent"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5aa30f5ea51ff7edfc797c6d3f9ec8cbd8cfedef5371766b7181d33977f4814f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.7.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 425286b47697c..13b1df640125f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ time = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = [
 ] }
 tinyvec = { version = "1.6", features = ["alloc", "rustc_1_55"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.24", default-features = false }
+unindent = "0.1"
 vec1 = "1.8"
 web-time = "0.2.0"
 wgpu = { version = "0.16.1" }
diff --git a/crates/re_renderer/Cargo.toml b/crates/re_renderer/Cargo.toml
index 88a9c4bce12c9..5549b4f5a9500 100644
--- a/crates/re_renderer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/re_renderer/Cargo.toml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ winit = "0.28.1"
 zip = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = ["deflate"] }
 
 # For tests:
-unindent = "0.1"
+unindent.workspace = true
 
 # native
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/re_types_builder/Cargo.toml b/crates/re_types_builder/Cargo.toml
index 01b3cc8efc4a5..ffdd334219bd8 100644
--- a/crates/re_types_builder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/re_types_builder/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ arrow2.workspace = true
 convert_case = "0.6"
 flatbuffers = "23.0"
 indent = "0.1"
-unindent = "0.2"
+unindent.workspace = true
 xshell = "0.2"
 
 
diff --git a/rerun_py/rerun_sdk/rerun/color_conversion.py b/rerun_py/rerun_sdk/rerun/color_conversion.py
index acebb0560b7d7..50764bf7293ba 100644
--- a/rerun_py/rerun_sdk/rerun/color_conversion.py
+++ b/rerun_py/rerun_sdk/rerun/color_conversion.py
@@ -1,10 +1,32 @@
 """Color conversion utilities."""
-from typing import Union
+from typing import List, Union
 
 import numpy as np
 import numpy.typing as npt
 
 
+def rgba_to_u8_array(rgba: np.uint32) -> List[np.uint8]:
+    """
+    Convert a uint32 into an array[4] of uint8 values.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    rgba: int
+        The uint32 value as 0xRRGGBBAA.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    List[int]
+        The array of uint8 values converted in RGBA order.
+
+    """
+    red = rgba >> 24 & 0xFF
+    green = rgba >> 16 & 0xFF
+    blue = rgba >> 8 & 0xFF
+    alpha = rgba & 0xFF
+    return [red, green, blue, alpha]  # type: ignore[return-value]
+
+
 def u8_array_to_rgba(arr: npt.NDArray[np.uint8]) -> npt.NDArray[np.uint32]:
     """
     Convert an array with inner dimension [R,G,B,A] into packed uint32 values.