diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a4dbb6659d..8cbf436b1e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-06-25  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/widgets/gimpimagepropview.c (gimp_image_prop_view_update):
+	use gimp_enum_get_value() to avoid string duplication.
+
 2005-06-25  Karine Delvare  <kdelvare@nerim.net>
 
 	* authors.xml: added Akkana Peck to contributors and updated my
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpimagepropview.c b/app/widgets/gimpimagepropview.c
index 25977c4842..9309efae31 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpimagepropview.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpimagepropview.c
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ gimp_image_prop_view_update (GimpImagePropView *view)
   GimpUnit           unit;
   gdouble            unit_factor;
   gint               unit_digits;
+  const gchar       *desc;
   gchar              format_buf[32];
   gchar              buf[256];
 
@@ -317,17 +318,18 @@ gimp_image_prop_view_update (GimpImagePropView *view)
   /*  color type  */
   type = gimp_image_base_type (image);
 
+  gimp_enum_get_value (GIMP_TYPE_IMAGE_BASE_TYPE, type,
+                       NULL, NULL, &desc, NULL);
+
   switch (type)
     {
     case GIMP_RGB:
-      g_snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%s", _("RGB Color"));
-      break;
     case GIMP_GRAY:
-      g_snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%s", _("Grayscale"));
+      g_snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%s", desc);
       break;
     case GIMP_INDEXED:
-      g_snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%s (%d %s)",
-                  _("Indexed Color"), image->num_cols, _("colors"));
+      g_snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf),
+                  "%s (%d %s)", desc, image->num_cols, _("colors"));
       break;
     }