Index: modules/color/color.module
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/color/color.module,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.13 color.module
--- modules/color/color.module	18 Dec 2006 11:59:07 -0000	1.13
+++ modules/color/color.module	5 Jan 2007 16:28:26 -0000
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 
   // Prepare target locations for generated files
   $id = $theme .'-'. substr(md5(serialize($palette) . microtime()), 0, 8);
-  $paths['color'] = variable_get('file_directory_path', 'files') .'/color';
+  $paths['color'] = file_directory_path() . '/color';
   $paths['target'] = $paths['color'] .'/'. $id;
   foreach ($paths as $path) {
     if (!is_dir($path)) {
Index: includes/file.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/file.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.90
diff -u -r1.90 file.inc
--- includes/file.inc	5 Jan 2007 05:32:22 -0000	1.90
+++ includes/file.inc	5 Jan 2007 16:28:26 -0000
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@
  * @return A string containing the path to Drupal's 'files' directory.
  */
 function file_directory_path() {
-  return variable_get('file_directory_path', 'files');
+  return variable_get('file_directory_path', conf_path().'/files');
 }
 
 /**