diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
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@@ -186,6 +186,15 @@ Each of the generator properties (like `name`, `address`, and `lorem`) are calle
     fileExtension          // 'avi'
     mimeType               // 'video/x-msvideo'
 
+### `Faker\Provider\Color`
+
+    hexcolor               // '#fa3cc2'
+    rgbcolor               // '0,255,122'
+    rgbColorAsArray        // array(0,255,122)
+    rgbCssColor            // 'rgb(0,255,122)'
+    safeColorName          // 'fuchsia'
+    colorName              // 'Gainsbor'
+
 ## Localization
 
 `Faker\Factory` can take a locale as an argument, to return localized data. If no localized provider is found, the factory fallbacks to the default locale (en_EN).
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/Color.php b/src/Faker/Provider/Color.php
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@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Created by lsv
+ * Date: 6/17/13
+ * Time: 12:49 AM
+ */
+
+namespace Faker\Provider;
+
+
+class Color extends Base
+{
+
+	protected static $safeColorNames = array(
+		'black', 'maroon', 'green', 'navy', 'olive',
+		'purple', 'teal', 'lime', 'blue', 'silver',
+		'gray', 'yellow', 'fuchsia', 'aqua', 'white'
+	);
+
+	protected static $allColorNames = array(
+		'AliceBlue', 'AntiqueWhite', 'Aqua', 'Aquamarine',
+		'Azure', 'Beige', 'Bisque', 'Black', 'BlanchedAlmond',
+		'Blue', 'BlueViolet', 'Brown', 'BurlyWood', 'CadetBlue',
+		'Chartreuse', 'Chocolate', 'Coral', 'CornflowerBlue',
+		'Cornsilk', 'Crimson', 'Cyan', 'DarkBlue', 'DarkCyan',
+		'DarkGoldenRod', 'DarkGray', 'DarkGreen', 'DarkKhaki',
+		'DarkMagenta', 'DarkOliveGreen', 'Darkorange', 'DarkOrchid',
+		'DarkRed', 'DarkSalmon', 'DarkSeaGreen', 'DarkSlateBlue',
+		'DarkSlateGray', 'DarkTurquoise', 'DarkViolet', 'DeepPink',
+		'DeepSkyBlue', 'DimGray', 'DimGrey', 'DodgerBlue', 'FireBrick',
+		'FloralWhite', 'ForestGreen', 'Fuchsia', 'Gainsboro', 'GhostWhite',
+		'Gold', 'GoldenRod', 'Gray', 'Green', 'GreenYellow', 'HoneyDew',
+		'HotPink', 'IndianRed ', 'Indigo ', 'Ivory', 'Khaki', 'Lavender',
+		'LavenderBlush', 'LawnGreen', 'LemonChiffon', 'LightBlue', 'LightCoral',
+		'LightCyan', 'LightGoldenRodYellow', 'LightGray', 'LightGreen', 'LightPink',
+		'LightSalmon', 'LightSeaGreen', 'LightSkyBlue', 'LightSlateGray', 'LightSteelBlue',
+		'LightYellow', 'Lime', 'LimeGreen', 'Linen', 'Magenta', 'Maroon', 'MediumAquaMarine',
+		'MediumBlue', 'MediumOrchid', 'MediumPurple', 'MediumSeaGreen', 'MediumSlateBlue',
+		'MediumSpringGreen', 'MediumTurquoise', 'MediumVioletRed', 'MidnightBlue',
+		'MintCream', 'MistyRose', 'Moccasin', 'NavajoWhite', 'Navy', 'OldLace', 'Olive',
+		'OliveDrab', 'Orange', 'OrangeRed', 'Orchid', 'PaleGoldenRod', 'PaleGreen',
+		'PaleTurquoise', 'PaleVioletRed', 'PapayaWhip', 'PeachPuff', 'Peru', 'Pink', 'Plum',
+		'PowderBlue', 'Purple', 'Red', 'RosyBrown', 'RoyalBlue', 'SaddleBrown', 'Salmon',
+		'SandyBrown', 'SeaGreen', 'SeaShell', 'Sienna', 'Silver', 'SkyBlue', 'SlateBlue',
+		'SlateGray', 'Snow', 'SpringGreen', 'SteelBlue', 'Tan', 'Teal', 'Thistle', 'Tomato',
+		'Turquoise', 'Violet', 'Wheat', 'White', 'WhiteSmoke', 'Yellow', 'YellowGreen'
+	);
+
+	/**
+	 * @example '#fa3cc2'
+	 */
+	public static function hexColor()
+	{
+		return '#' . dechex(mt_rand(1, 16777215));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @example '#ff0044'
+	 */
+	public static function safeHexColor()
+	{
+		$color = str_pad(dechex(mt_rand(0,255)), 3, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
+		return '#' . $color[0] . $color[0] . $color[1] . $color[1] . $color[2] . $color[2];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @example 'array(0,255,122)'
+	 */
+	public static function rgbColorAsArray()
+	{
+		$color = static::hexColor();
+		return array(
+			hexdec(substr($color,1,2)),
+			hexdec(substr($color,3,2)),
+			hexdec(substr($color,5,2))
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @example '0,255,122'
+	 */
+	public static function rgbColor()
+	{
+		return implode(',', static::rgbColorAsArray());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @example 'rgb(0,255,122)'
+	 */
+	public static function rgbCssColor()
+	{
+		return 'rgb(' . static::rgbColor() . ')';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @example 'blue'
+	 */
+	public static function safeColorName()
+	{
+		return static::randomElement(static::$safeColorNames);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @example 'NavajoWhite'
+	 */
+	public static function colorName()
+	{
+		return static::randomElement(static::$allColorNames);
+	}
+
+}
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diff --git a/test/Faker/Provider/ColorTest.php b/test/Faker/Provider/ColorTest.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Faker\Test\Provider;
+
+use Faker\Provider\Color;
+
+class ColorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+
+	public function testHexColor()
+	{
+		$this->assertRegExp('/^#[a-f0-9]{6}$/i', Color::hexColor());
+	}
+
+	public function testRgbColorAsArray()
+	{
+		$this->assertEquals(3, count(Color::rgbColorAsArray()));
+	}
+
+	public function testRgbColor()
+	{
+		$regexp = '([01]?[0-9]?[0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])';
+		$this->assertRegExp('/^' . $regexp . ',' . $regexp . ',' . $regexp . '$/i', Color::rgbColor());
+	}
+
+	public function testRgbCssColor()
+	{
+		$regexp = '([01]?[0-9]?[0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])';
+		$this->assertRegExp('/^rgb\(' . $regexp . ',' . $regexp . ',' . $regexp . '\)$/i', Color::rgbCssColor());
+	}
+
+}
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