diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/image/ColorPository.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/image/ColorPository.java
index bf56b74e..4a063ba9 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/image/ColorPository.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/image/ColorPository.java
@@ -351,6 +351,29 @@ public class ColorPository implements Serializable
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Looks up a colorization by class and color names.
+     */
+    public Colorization getColorization (String className, String colorName)
+    {
+        ClassRecord crec = getClassRecord(className);
+        if (crec != null) {
+            int colorId = 0;
+            try {
+                colorId = crec.getColorId(colorName);
+            } catch (ParseException pe) {
+                Log.info("Error getting colorization by name. [error=" + pe + "]");
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            ColorRecord color = (ColorRecord)crec.colors.get(colorId);
+            if (color != null) {
+                return color.getColorization();
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Loads up a colorization class by name and logs a warning if it
      * doesn't exist.
@@ -389,6 +412,30 @@ public class ColorPository implements Serializable
         return (ColorRecord)record.colors.get(colorId);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Looks up the requested color record by class & color names.
+     */
+    public ColorRecord getColorRecord (String className, String colorName)
+    {
+        ClassRecord record = getClassRecord(className);
+        if (record == null) {
+            Log.warning("Requested unknown color class " +
+                "[className=" + className + ", colorName=" + colorName + "].");
+            Thread.dumpStack();
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        int colorId = 0;
+        try {
+            colorId = record.getColorId(colorName);
+        } catch (ParseException pe) {
+            Log.info("Error getting color record by name. [error=" + pe + "]");
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return (ColorRecord)record.colors.get(colorId);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Adds a fully configured color class record to the pository. This is
      * only called by the XML parsing code, so pay it no mind.