diff --git a/stepmania/src/LuaManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/LuaManager.cpp
index 709ecdf111..cc75d73970 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LuaManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/LuaManager.cpp
@@ -482,6 +482,21 @@ LuaFunction( scale, scale(FArg(1), FArg(2), FArg(3), FArg(4), FArg(5)) );
 
 LuaFunction( clamp, clamp(FArg(1), FArg(2), FArg(3)) );
 
+#include "RageTypes.h"
+int LuaFunc_color( lua_State *L )
+{
+	CString sColor = SArg(1);
+	RageColor c;
+	c.FromString( sColor );
+
+	LuaHelpers::Push( c.r, L );
+	LuaHelpers::Push( c.g, L );
+	LuaHelpers::Push( c.b, L );
+	LuaHelpers::Push( c.a, L );
+	return 4;
+}
+static LuaFunctionList g_color( "color", LuaFunc_color ); /* register it */
+
 /*
  * (c) 2004 Glenn Maynard
  * All rights reserved.