diff --git a/test/test_html.py b/test/test_html.py
index 410c6ee..56b374c 100755
--- a/test/test_html.py
+++ b/test/test_html.py
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ __test_cases = {
 
 	# Text rotation obfuscation.
 	'[rot13]obawbhe[/rot13]': '<p>bonjour</p>',
+
+	# Smileys.
+	':)': '<p><img src="/images/smileys/smile.gif"></p>',
+	':):)': '<p>:):)</p>',
+	':) :D': '<p><img src="/images/smileys/smile.gif"> ' \
+		'<img src="/images/smileys/grin.gif"></p>',
 }
 
 # Define the tests wrapper, and define the classes.
diff --git a/textoutpc/_html.py b/textoutpc/_html.py
index 0472e18..e0a206d 100755
--- a/textoutpc/_html.py
+++ b/textoutpc/_html.py
@@ -24,16 +24,19 @@ class SmileyConvertor:
 			self._html.keys())) + ')(\\s|$)')
 
 	def convert(self, text):
-		def sub_html(m):
-			return m.group(1) + '<img src="' + self._html[m.group(2)] \
-				+ '">' + m.group(3)
+		cv = ""
 
-		# FIXME: this is to avoid the ":):)" case, but there probably
-		# is a cleaner way to fix this…
+		while text:
+			try:
+				m = next(self._re.finditer(text))
+			except StopIteration:
+				break
 
-		text = self._re.sub(sub_html, text)
-		text = self._re.sub(sub_html, text)
-		return text
+			cv += text[:m.start()] + m.group(1)
+			cv += '<img src="' + self._html[m.group(2)] + '">'
+			text = m.group(3) + text[m.end():]
+
+		return cv + text
 
 # ---
 # URLs.
diff --git a/textoutpc/color/_read.py b/textoutpc/color/_read.py
index 79c88af..0c800ed 100755
--- a/textoutpc/color/_read.py
+++ b/textoutpc/color/_read.py
@@ -71,10 +71,17 @@ def get_color(value):
 	except: pass
 
 	# Initialize the alpha.
+
 	alpha = 1.0
 
 	# Get the match.
-	match = _cr.fullmatch(value).groupdict()
+
+	match = _cr.fullmatch(value)
+	if not match:
+		raise ValueError("invalid color string")
+
+	match = match.groupdict()
+
 	if   match['hex_digits'] or match['legacy_chars']:
 		# Imitate the Netscape behaviour. Find more about this here:
 		# https://stackoverflow.com/a/8333464
@@ -247,9 +254,9 @@ def get_color(value):
 		r, g, b = map(lambda x: int(round(x * 255)), (r, g, b))
 
 	if r < 0 or r > 255 or g < 0 or g > 255 or b < 0 or b > 255:
-		raise Exception
+		raise ValueError("invalid color string")
 	if alpha < 0.0 or alpha > 1.0:
-		raise Exception
+		raise ValueError("invalid color string")
 	alpha = round(alpha, 4)
 
 	return (r, g, b, alpha)