diff --git a/TestWindow.py b/TestWindow.py
index 1371fb632ba61de66626e795f3e4194885219de3..1ab626bc69647247bef3face7abf3d7b13cc6cdc 100644
--- a/TestWindow.py
+++ b/TestWindow.py
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ from matplotlib.figure import Figure
 class HearingTestCanvas(FigureCanvas):
     """Ultimately, this is a QWidget (as well as a FigureCanvasAgg, etc.)."""
 
-    false_color = np.array([0., 1., 0.])
-    true_color = np.array([0., 0., 1.])
+    running_color = np.array([0., 1., 0.])
+    finished_color = np.array([0., 0., 1.])
+    upper_color_depth = 0.5
+    lower_color_depth = 1.0
 
     def __init__(self, parent=None, width=5, height=4, dpi=100):
         fig = Figure(figsize=(width, height), dpi=dpi)
@@ -39,9 +41,9 @@ class HearingTestCanvas(FigureCanvas):
         inds = np.arange(0, test.freqs.size)
         self.axes.set_facecolor('k')
         self.ul_bar = self.axes.bar(inds, test.upper_bounds - self.baseline,
-                                    color=0.5*self.false_color, bottom=self.baseline)
+                                    color=self.upper_color_depth*self.running_color, bottom=self.baseline)
         self.ll_bar = self.axes.bar(inds, test.lower_bounds - self.baseline,
-                                    color=self.false_color, bottom=self.baseline)
+                                    color=self.lower_color_depth*self.running_color, bottom=self.baseline)
         xlim = self.axes.get_xlim()
         for i in np.arange(test.lower_lim + self.baseline, test.upper_lim, test.block_size()):
             self.axes.plot(self.axes.get_xlim(), np.ones(2)*i, color='k')
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ class HearingTestCanvas(FigureCanvas):
     def update_test(self, test: HearingTest) -> None:
         self.set_bar_heights(self.ul_bar, test.upper_bounds - self.baseline)
         self.set_bar_heights(self.ll_bar, test.lower_bounds - self.baseline)
-        self.set_bar_colors([self.ul_bar, self.ll_bar], test.finished_freqs)
+        self.set_bar_colors(test)
         self.draw()
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -63,15 +65,14 @@ class HearingTestCanvas(FigureCanvas):
         for bar, h in zip(bars, vals):
             bar.set_height(h)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def set_bar_colors(bars, finished):
-        depth = [0.5, 1]
-        for i, bar_line in enumerate(bars):
-            for bar, f in zip(bar_line, finished):
+    def set_bar_colors(self, test: HearingTest) -> None:
+        depth = [self.upper_color_depth, self.lower_color_depth]
+        for i, bar_line in enumerate([self.ul_bar, self.ll_bar]):
+            for bar, f in zip(bar_line, test.finished_freqs):
                 if f:
-                    bar.set_facecolor(depth[i] * HearingTestCanvas.true_color)
+                    bar.set_facecolor(depth[i] * HearingTestCanvas.finished_color)
                 else:
-                    bar.set_facecolor(depth[i] * HearingTestCanvas.false_color)
+                    bar.set_facecolor(depth[i] * HearingTestCanvas.running_color)
 
     # TODO add animation