diff --git a/wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypeRepeater/InputfieldRepeater.module b/wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypeRepeater/InputfieldRepeater.module
index b328b124..c33e1a41 100644
--- a/wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypeRepeater/InputfieldRepeater.module
+++ b/wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypeRepeater/InputfieldRepeater.module
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ class InputfieldRepeater extends Inputfield implements InputfieldItemList {
 		$input = $this->wire()->input;
 		$session = $this->wire()->session;
 		$modules = $this->wire()->modules;
+		$typeStyles = array();
 
 		// if it's already been built, then return the cached version
 		if(!is_null($this->form)) return $this->form; 
@@ -460,6 +461,10 @@ class InputfieldRepeater extends Inputfield implements InputfieldItemList {
 			$wrapIcon = '';
 			$wrapClasses = array_unique(array('InputfieldRepeaterItem', $this->className() . 'Item', 'InputfieldNoFocus'));
 			$wrap->addClass(implode(' ', $wrapClasses));
+			
+			$itemType = $this->getRepeaterItemType($page);
+			$itemTypeName = $this->getRepeaterItemTypeName($itemType);
+			
 			if(!$isPost) {
 				$wrap->entityEncodeLabel = false;
 				$wrapLabel =
@@ -470,12 +475,21 @@ class InputfieldRepeater extends Inputfield implements InputfieldItemList {
 					$wrapLabel = str_replace($matches[0], '', $wrapLabel);
 					$wrapIcon = $matches[1];
 				}
+				if(strpos($wrapLabel, '#') !== false && preg_match('/#([0-9a-fA-F]{3,})/', $wrapLabel, $matches)) {
+					// background-color definition
+					if(strlen($matches[1]) === 3 || strlen($matches[1]) === 6) {
+						$wrapLabel = str_replace($matches[0], '', $wrapLabel);
+						$typeStyles[] = 
+							".Inputfield_$this->name .InputfieldContent " . 
+							".InputfieldRepeaterItem[data-typeName=$itemTypeName] > .InputfieldHeader " . 
+							"{ background-color: #$matches[1] }";
+					}
+				}
+
 				$wrap->label = $wrapLabel;
 			} else {
 				$wrap->label = "$label " . (++$cnt);
 			}
-			$itemType = $this->getRepeaterItemType($page);
-			$itemTypeName = $this->getRepeaterItemTypeName($itemType);
 			$wrap->name = "repeater_item_{$page->id}";
 			$wrap->wrapAttr('data-page', $page->id);
 			$wrap->wrapAttr('data-type', $itemType);
@@ -596,6 +610,11 @@ class InputfieldRepeater extends Inputfield implements InputfieldItemList {
 		
 		// cache
 		$this->form = $form;
+		
+		if(!$isPost && count($typeStyles)) {
+			$styles = "<style type='text/css'>" . implode("\n", $typeStyles) . "</style>";
+			$this->wire()->adminTheme->addExtraMarkup('head', $styles);
+		}	
 
 		return $form; 
 	}