diff --git a/3rd/cute_png/src/cute_png.c b/3rd/cute_png/src/cute_png.c
index 23191555..b0a0f629 100644
--- a/3rd/cute_png/src/cute_png.c
+++ b/3rd/cute_png/src/cute_png.c
@@ -152,6 +152,25 @@ static bool cute_png_Image__clear(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
     return true;
 }
 
+static bool cute_png_Image__to_rgb565(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
+    PY_CHECK_ARGC(1);
+    cp_image_t* image = py_touserdata(argv);
+    unsigned char* data = py_newbytes(py_retval(), image->w * image->h * 2);
+    for(int y = 0; y < image->h; y++) {
+        for(int x = 0; x < image->w; x++) {
+            size_t idx = y * image->w + x;
+            cp_pixel_t pixel = image->pix[idx];
+            uint16_t r = (pixel.r >> 3) & 0x1F;
+            uint16_t g = (pixel.g >> 2) & 0x3F;
+            uint16_t b = (pixel.b >> 3) & 0x1F;
+            uint16_t rgb565 = (r << 11) | (g << 5) | b;
+            data[idx * 2 + 0] = (rgb565 >> 8) & 0xFF;
+            data[idx * 2 + 1] = (rgb565 >> 0) & 0xFF;
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 void pk__add_module_cute_png() {
     py_GlobalRef mod = py_newmodule("cute_png");
     py_Type tp_image = py_newtype("Image", tp_object, mod, cute_png_Image__dtor);
@@ -168,4 +187,6 @@ void pk__add_module_cute_png() {
     py_bindmethod(tp_image, "setpixel", cute_png_Image__setpixel);
     py_bindmethod(tp_image, "getpixel", cute_png_Image__getpixel);
     py_bindmethod(tp_image, "clear", cute_png_Image__clear);
+
+    py_bindmethod(tp_image, "to_rgb565", cute_png_Image__to_rgb565);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/typings/cute_png.pyi b/include/typings/cute_png.pyi
index f9d3d9a3..cbbef7e9 100644
--- a/include/typings/cute_png.pyi
+++ b/include/typings/cute_png.pyi
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@ class Image:
     def getpixel(self, x: int, y: int) -> color32: ...
     def clear(self, color: color32) -> None: ...
 
+    def to_rgb565(self) -> bytes: ...
+
 def loads(data: bytes) -> array2d[color32]: ...
 def dumps(image: array2d[color32]) -> bytes: ...
diff --git a/include/typings/vmath.pyi b/include/typings/vmath.pyi
index 72d7e99e..4b27115e 100644
--- a/include/typings/vmath.pyi
+++ b/include/typings/vmath.pyi
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ class color32:
     def to_vec3i(self) -> vec3i: ...
 
     def to_rgb565(self) -> int: ...
-    def to_bgr565(self) -> int: ...
 
     def ansi_fg(self, text: str) -> str: ...
     def ansi_bg(self, text: str) -> str: ...
diff --git a/src/modules/vmath.c b/src/modules/vmath.c
index 930cd058..6171b978 100644
--- a/src/modules/vmath.c
+++ b/src/modules/vmath.c
@@ -988,18 +988,6 @@ static bool color32_to_rgb565(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
     return true;
 }
 
-static bool color32_to_bgr565(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
-    PY_CHECK_ARGC(1);
-    c11_color32 color = py_tocolor32(argv);
-    c11_color32_premult(&color);
-    uint16_t b = (color.b >> 3) & 0x1F;
-    uint16_t g = (color.g >> 2) & 0x3F;
-    uint16_t r = (color.r >> 3) & 0x1F;
-    uint16_t bgr565 = (b << 11) | (g << 5) | r;
-    py_newint(py_retval(), bgr565);
-    return true;
-}
-
 static bool color32__eq__(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
     PY_CHECK_ARGC(2);
     if(argv[1].type != tp_color32) {
@@ -1304,7 +1292,6 @@ void pk__add_module_vmath() {
     py_bindmethod(color32, "to_vec3", color32_to_vec3);
     py_bindmethod(color32, "to_vec3i", color32_to_vec3i);
     py_bindmethod(color32, "to_rgb565", color32_to_rgb565);
-    py_bindmethod(color32, "to_bgr565", color32_to_bgr565);
     py_bindmethod(color32, "ansi_fg", color32_ansi_fg);
     py_bindmethod(color32, "ansi_bg", color32_ansi_bg);
     py_bindfunc(mod, "rgb", vmath_rgb);