diff --git a/src/public/Color.h b/src/public/Color.h
index e800a372812..9b4ad6121f2 100644
--- a/src/public/Color.h
+++ b/src/public/Color.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #pragma once
 #endif
 
+#include "tier1/strtools.h"
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Purpose: Basic handler for an rgb set of colors
 //			This class is fully inline
@@ -24,13 +26,139 @@ class Color
 	{
 		*((int *)this) = 0;
 	}
-	Color(int _r,int _g,int _b)
+	// These first two support RGB and RGBA in Color255 and Color1 formats.
+	Color( float _r, float _g, float _b )
+	{
+		int r = (int)_r;
+		if ( _r < 1 )
+		{
+			r = ( _r * 255.0f );
+		}
+
+		int g = (int)_g;
+		if ( _g < 1 )
+		{
+			g = ( _g * 255.0f );
+		}
+
+		int b = (int)_b;
+		if ( _b < 1 )
+		{
+			b = ( _b * 255.0f );
+		}
+
+		SetColor( r, g, b, 0 );
+	}
+	Color( float _r, float _g, float _b, float _a )
+	{
+		int r = (int)_r;
+		if ( _r < 1 )
+		{
+			r = ( _r * 255.0f );
+		}
+
+		int g = (int)_g;
+		if ( _g < 1 )
+		{
+			g = ( _g * 255.0f );
+		}
+
+		int b = (int)_b;
+		if ( _b < 1 )
+		{
+			b = ( _b * 255.0f );
+		}
+
+		int a = (int)_a;
+		if ( _a < 1 )
+		{
+			a = ( _a * 255.0f );
+		}
+
+		SetColor( r, g, b, a );
+	}
+	// These two support hex code strings in 3 digit (without alpha), 6 digit (without alpha) and 9 digit (with alpha)
+	Color( char *_hexCode )
 	{
-		SetColor(_r, _g, _b, 0);
+		char *col = _hexCode;
+
+		//check if # exists at the beginning.
+		//if it doesn't, return a raw color of 0.
+		if ( !Q_strncmp( col, "#", 1 ) )
+		{
+			col = col + 1;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			*((int *)this) = 0;
+			return;
+		}
+
+		int r = 0;
+		int g = 0;
+		int b = 0;
+		int a = 0;
+
+		if ( Q_strlen(col) == 3 )
+		{
+			r = V_nibble( col[0] ) << 4;
+			g = V_nibble( col[1] ) << 4;
+			b = V_nibble( col[2] ) << 4;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			r = V_nibble( col[0] ) << 4 | V_nibble( col[1] );
+			g = V_nibble( col[2] ) << 4 | V_nibble( col[3] );
+			b = V_nibble( col[4] ) << 4 | V_nibble( col[5] );
+
+			if ( col[6] && col[7] )
+			{
+				a = V_nibble( col[6]) << 4 | V_nibble(col[7] );
+			}
+		}
+
+		SetColor( r, g, b, a );
 	}
-	Color(int _r,int _g,int _b,int _a)
+	Color( wchar_t *_hexCode )
 	{
-		SetColor(_r, _g, _b, _a);
+		wchar_t *col = _hexCode;
+
+		//check if # exists at the beginning.
+		//if it doesn't, return a raw color of 0.
+		if ( !wcsncmp( col, L"#", 1 ) )
+		{
+			col = col + 1;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			*((int *)this) = 0;
+			return;
+		}
+
+		int r = 0;
+		int g = 0;
+		int b = 0;
+		int a = 0;
+
+		if ( wcslen( col ) == 3 )
+		{
+			r = V_nibble( col[0] ) << 4;
+			g = V_nibble( col[1] ) << 4;
+			b = V_nibble( col[2] ) << 4;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			r = V_nibble( col[0] ) << 4 | V_nibble( col[1] );
+			g = V_nibble( col[2] ) << 4 | V_nibble( col[3] );
+			b = V_nibble( col[4] ) << 4 | V_nibble( col[5] );
+
+			if ( col[6] && col[7] )
+			{
+				a = V_nibble( col[6] ) << 4 | V_nibble( col[7] );
+			}
+		}
+
+		SetColor( r, g, b, a );
 	}
 	
 	// set the color
diff --git a/src/tier1/KeyValues.cpp b/src/tier1/KeyValues.cpp
index 648b4522232..8c419b8dec6 100644
--- a/src/tier1/KeyValues.cpp
+++ b/src/tier1/KeyValues.cpp
@@ -1547,6 +1547,17 @@ Color KeyValues::GetColor( const char *keyName )
 	KeyValues *dat = FindKey( keyName, false );
 	if ( dat )
 	{
+		//first, check if it's a hex code before we move on to check its type.
+		if ( dat->m_iDataType == TYPE_STRING )
+		{
+			Color testCol = Color( dat->m_sValue );
+			if ( testCol.GetRawColor() != 0 )
+			{
+				color = testCol;
+				return color;
+			}
+		}
+		
 		if ( dat->m_iDataType == TYPE_COLOR )
 		{
 			color[0] = dat->m_Color[0];