diff --git a/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp b/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp
index 8fe0ce5d..af78de27 100644
--- a/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp
+++ b/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void VulkanExampleBase::prepare()
 			vulkanDevice,
 			queue,
 			frameBuffers,
-			colorformat,
+			swapChain.colorFormat,
 			depthFormat,
 			&width,
 			&height,
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ void VulkanExampleBase::setupRenderPass()
 {
 	std::array<VkAttachmentDescription, 2> attachments = {};
 	// Color attachment
-	attachments[0].format = colorformat;
+	attachments[0].format = swapChain.colorFormat;
 	attachments[0].samples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
 	attachments[0].loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR;
 	attachments[0].storeOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_STORE;
diff --git a/base/vulkanexamplebase.h b/base/vulkanexamplebase.h
index 6f945bbe..674d5804 100644
--- a/base/vulkanexamplebase.h
+++ b/base/vulkanexamplebase.h
@@ -89,10 +89,7 @@ protected:
 	vk::VulkanDevice *vulkanDevice;
 	// Handle to the device graphics queue that command buffers are submitted to
 	VkQueue queue;
-	// Color buffer format
-	VkFormat colorformat = VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM;
-	// Depth buffer format
-	// Depth format is selected during Vulkan initialization
+	// Depth buffer format (selected during Vulkan initialization)
 	VkFormat depthFormat;
 	// Command buffer pool
 	VkCommandPool cmdPool;
diff --git a/multisampling/multisampling.cpp b/multisampling/multisampling.cpp
index 0f8d925b..1be6eab8 100644
--- a/multisampling/multisampling.cpp
+++ b/multisampling/multisampling.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public:
 		// Color target
 		VkImageCreateInfo info = vkTools::initializers::imageCreateInfo();
 		info.imageType = VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D;
-		info.format = colorformat;
+		info.format = swapChain.colorFormat;
 		info.extent.width = width;
 		info.extent.height = height;
 		info.extent.depth = 1;
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public:
 		VkImageViewCreateInfo viewInfo = vkTools::initializers::imageViewCreateInfo();
 		viewInfo.image = multisampleTarget.color.image;
 		viewInfo.viewType = VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D;
-		viewInfo.format = colorformat;
+		viewInfo.format = swapChain.colorFormat;
 		viewInfo.components.r = VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_R;
 		viewInfo.components.g = VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_G;
 		viewInfo.components.b = VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_B;
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ public:
 		std::array<VkAttachmentDescription, 4> attachments = {};
 
 		// Multisampled attachment that we render to
-		attachments[0].format = colorformat;
+		attachments[0].format = swapChain.colorFormat;
 		attachments[0].samples = SAMPLE_COUNT;
 		attachments[0].loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR;
 		// No longer required after resolve, this may save some bandwidth on certain GPUs
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ public:
 
 		// This is the frame buffer attachment to where the multisampled image
 		// will be resolved to and which will be presented to the swapchain
-		attachments[1].format = colorformat;
+		attachments[1].format = swapChain.colorFormat;
 		attachments[1].samples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
 		attachments[1].loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE;
 		attachments[1].storeOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_STORE;
diff --git a/subpasses/subpasses.cpp b/subpasses/subpasses.cpp
index 2f5d4925..acce07a3 100644
--- a/subpasses/subpasses.cpp
+++ b/subpasses/subpasses.cpp
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public:
 
 		std::array<VkAttachmentDescription, 5> attachments{};
 		// Color attachment
-		attachments[0].format = colorformat;
+		attachments[0].format = swapChain.colorFormat;
 		attachments[0].samples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
 		attachments[0].loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR;
 		attachments[0].storeOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_STORE;
diff --git a/textoverlay/textoverlay.cpp b/textoverlay/textoverlay.cpp
index a5ba0bef..4b7beaf9 100644
--- a/textoverlay/textoverlay.cpp
+++ b/textoverlay/textoverlay.cpp
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ public:
 			vulkanDevice,
 			queue,
 			frameBuffers,
-			colorformat,
+			swapChain.colorFormat,
 			depthFormat,
 			&width,
 			&height,
diff --git a/triangle/triangle.cpp b/triangle/triangle.cpp
index dacc509a..6ebd8bb4 100644
--- a/triangle/triangle.cpp
+++ b/triangle/triangle.cpp
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ public:
 		std::array<VkAttachmentDescription, 2> attachments = {};
 
 		// Color attachment
-		attachments[0].format = colorformat;
+		attachments[0].format = swapChain.colorFormat;									// Use the color format selected by the swapchain
 		attachments[0].samples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;									// We don't use multi sampling in this example
 		attachments[0].loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR;							// Clear this attachment at the start of the render pass
 		attachments[0].storeOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_STORE;							// Keep it's contents after the render pass is finished (for displaying it)
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ public:
 		attachments[0].finalLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PRESENT_SRC_KHR;					// Layout to which the attachment is transitioned when the render pass is finished
 																						// As we want to present the color buffer to the swapchain, we transition to PRESENT_KHR	
 		// Depth attachment
-		attachments[1].format = depthFormat;								
+		attachments[1].format = depthFormat;											// A proper depth format is selected in the example base
 		attachments[1].samples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;						
 		attachments[1].loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR;							// Clear depth at start of first subpass
 		attachments[1].storeOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_DONT_CARE;						// We don't need depth after render pass has finished (DONT_CARE may result in better performance)