diff --git a/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.cpp b/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.cpp
index 1bb4d53c35..2ea0b76329 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ void Lua::PrepareExpression( CString &sInOut )
 	// HACK: Many metrics have "//" comments that Lua fails to parse.
 	// Replace them with Lua-style comments.
 	sInOut.Replace( "//", "--" );
+	
+	// comment out HTML style color values
+	sInOut.Replace( "#", "--" );
 
 	// Remove leading +, eg. "+50"; Lua doesn't handle that.
 	if( sInOut.size() >= 1 && sInOut[0] == '+' )