diff --git a/door.lua b/door.lua
index 4a08c20..3eb96a6 100644
--- a/door.lua
+++ b/door.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ function Door:initialize(x, y)
 		y = y,
 		color = "white",
 		collision = "unmoveable",
-		sprite = sprites.door["green"] --doesn't matter for now which we put here b/c, we override the draw function neway
+		sprites = {
+			red = sprites.door.red,
+			green = sprites.door.green,
+			blue = sprites.door.blue,
+		},
 	})
 	self.locked = true
 
@@ -16,26 +20,19 @@ function Door:initialize(x, y)
 	for _, color in pairs({"red", "green", "blue"}) do
 		self.colors[color] = true --these are currently loc_ed
 	end
+	self:refreshSprites()
 end
 
-function Door:draw()
-	if self.locked then
-		for color, active in pairs(self.colors) do
-			if active then
-				love.graphics.setColor(gColor[color]:set())
-				local p = self:getDrawPos()
-				love.graphics.draw(sprites.door[color], p.x + self.drawOffset.x, p.y + self.drawOffset.y, 0, drawScale, drawScale)
-			end
+-- keep the per-channel sprite map in sync with lock state so the shared
+-- Entity:draw(channel) renders the door with no door-specific draw code
+function Door:refreshSprites()
+	self.sprites = {}
+	for _, c in ipairs({"red", "green", "blue"}) do
+		if self.locked then
+			if self.colors[c] then self.sprites[c] = sprites.door[c] end
+		else
+			self.sprites[c] = sprites.door.unlocked
 		end
-		love.graphics.setColor(gColor.white:set())
-		local p = self:getDrawPos()
-		love.graphics.draw(sprites.door["white"], p.x + self.drawOffset.x, p.y + self.drawOffset.y, 0, drawScale, drawScale)		
-	else
-		for color, active in pairs(self.colors) do
-			love.graphics.setColor(gColor[color]:set())
-			local p = self:getDrawPos()
-			love.graphics.draw(sprites.door["unlocked"], p.x + self.drawOffset.x, p.y + self.drawOffset.y, 0, drawScale, drawScale)
-		end		
 	end
 end
 
@@ -56,6 +53,8 @@ function Door:setColors(colors)
 	else
 		if not self.locked then self:lock() end
 	end
+
+	self:refreshSprites()
 end
 
 function Door:unlock()
diff --git a/entity.lua b/entity.lua
index 2d8bc88..8a36a5b 100644
--- a/entity.lua
+++ b/entity.lua
@@ -2,13 +2,19 @@ Entity = class("Entity")
 
 function Entity:initialize(t)
 	self.x, self.y = t.x, t.y
-	self.spriteSize = {w = t.sprite:getWidth(), h = t.sprite:getHeight()}
+	-- sprites keyed by channel ("red"/"green"/"blue"). Single-color entities pass
+	-- t.sprite + t.color and get one entry; multi-channel ones (doors) pass
+	-- t.sprites directly. The renderer draws only the channels the player has, so
+	-- no entity decides its own visibility (see Room:draw).
+	self.sprites = t.sprites or { [t.color] = t.sprite }
+	local repSprite = t.sprite or (t.sprites and select(2, next(t.sprites)))
+	self.spriteSize = {w = repSprite:getWidth(), h = repSprite:getHeight()}
 	self.size = {w = self.spriteSize.w / 16, h = self.spriteSize.h / 16}
 	self.cellShape = t.cellShape or self:cellShapeFromBox(self.size)
 	self.name = t.name
 	self.color = Color:new(t.color)
 	self.collision = t.collision --"none", "moveable", "unmoveable"
-	self.sprite = t.sprite
+	self.sprite = repSprite
 	self.shaAmount = t.sha or 1
 	self.onBump = t.onBump or function(self) return true end
 	self.tick = t.tick or function(self) return true end
@@ -108,10 +114,12 @@ function Entity:tick()
 	return self.tick()
 end
 
-function Entity:draw()
-	love.graphics.setColor(self.color:set())
+function Entity:draw(channel)
+	local sprite = self.sprites[channel]
+	if not sprite then return end
+	love.graphics.setColor(gColor[channel]:set())
 	local p = self:getDrawPos()
-	love.graphics.draw(self.sprite, p.x + self.drawOffset.x, p.y + self.drawOffset.y, 0, drawScale, drawScale)
+	love.graphics.draw(sprite, p.x + self.drawOffset.x, p.y + self.drawOffset.y, 0, drawScale, drawScale)
 end
 
 function Entity:canMove()
diff --git a/room.lua b/room.lua
index 24a86ff..7fc629f 100644
--- a/room.lua
+++ b/room.lua
@@ -124,41 +124,20 @@ end
 
 function Room:draw()
 
-	-- you only perceive the color channels the player actually has: with only a
-	-- red copy, only the red layer is drawn (a stacked r+g+b wall shows as red,
-	-- not white). Doors span all channels, so dedupe and draw them once.
-	local visible = {}
-	for _, c in ipairs(self.colorsPlayerHas) do visible[c] = true end
+	-- draw only the channels the player has. Each object just exposes sprites per
+	-- channel via Entity:draw(channel); a door registered on all three channels
+	-- naturally draws its red sprite on the red pass, etc. No per-object logic.
+	local has = {}
+	for _, channel in ipairs(self.colorsPlayerHas) do
+		has[channel] = true
+		if self.player[channel] then self.player[channel]:draw(channel) end
+		for _, entity in pairs(self.collideables[channel]) do entity:draw(channel) end
+		for _, switch in pairs(self.switches[channel]) do switch:draw(channel) end
+	end
 
-	for color, player in pairs(self.player) do
-		if visible[color] then player:draw() end
-	end
-	local drawnDoors = {}
-	for color, entityArray in pairs(self.collideables) do
-		if visible[color] then
-			for _, entity in pairs(entityArray) do
-				if entity:isInstanceOf(Door) then
-					if not drawnDoors[entity] then
-						drawnDoors[entity] = true
-						entity:draw()
-					end
-				else
-					entity:draw()
-				end
-			end
-		end
-	end
-	for color, switchArray in pairs(self.switches) do
-		if visible[color] then
-			for _, switch in pairs(switchArray) do
-				switch:draw()
-			end
-		end
-	end
-	-- npcs (old "sages") are just markers for now: draw a "?" in their cell,
-	-- tinted to only the channels the player has (never a white pixel)
+	-- npcs (old "sages") are markers for now: a "?" tinted to the player's channels
 	local cellW, cellH = width / gridWidth, height / gridHeight
-	love.graphics.setColor(visible.red and 255 or 0, visible.green and 255 or 0, visible.blue and 255 or 0)
+	love.graphics.setColor(has.red and 255 or 0, has.green and 255 or 0, has.blue and 255 or 0)
 	for _, npc in ipairs(self.npcs) do
 		love.graphics.print("?", (npc.x - 1) * cellW + cellW * 0.3, (npc.y - 1) * cellH + cellH * 0.1, 0, 2, 2)
 	end