diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ValueMarshaller.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ValueMarshaller.java
index ad6a4735..21487dab 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ValueMarshaller.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ValueMarshaller.java
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 //
-// $Id: ValueMarshaller.java,v 1.2 2001/12/11 01:38:08 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: ValueMarshaller.java,v 1.3 2002/03/08 02:07:58 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.samskivert.util;
 
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
 /**
@@ -87,5 +88,16 @@ public class ValueMarshaller
                 return StringUtil.parseStringArray(source);
             }
         });
+
+        // and Color objects
+        _parsers.put(Color.class, new Parser() {
+            public Object parse (String source) throws Exception {
+                if (source.length() == 0 || source.charAt(0) != '#') {
+                    return new Color(Integer.parseInt(source, 16));
+                } else {
+                    return new Color(Integer.parseInt(source.substring(1), 16));
+                }
+            }
+        });
     }
 }