diff --git a/vitamins/pcb.scad b/vitamins/pcb.scad
index 83296b9..e8d2d04 100644
--- a/vitamins/pcb.scad
+++ b/vitamins/pcb.scad
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ module pcb_component(comp, cutouts = false, angle = undef) { //! Draw pcb compon
     function show(comp, part) = (comp[3] == part || comp[3] == str("-",part)) && (!cutouts || angle == undef || angle == comp.z);
     function param(n, default = 0) = len(comp) > n ? comp[n] : default;
     rotate(comp.z) {
-        if(show(comp, "2p54header")) pin_header(2p54header, comp[4], comp[5], param(6), cutouts);
+        if(show(comp, "2p54header")) pin_header(2p54header, comp[4], comp[5], param(6), cutouts, colour = param(7, undef));
         if(show(comp, "2p54boxhdr")) box_header(2p54header, comp[4], comp[5], param(6), cutouts);
         if(show(comp, "2p54socket")) pin_socket(2p54header, comp[4], comp[5], param(6, false), param(7), param(8, false), cutouts);
         if(show(comp, "chip")) chip(comp[4], comp[5], comp[6], param(7, grey30), cutouts);
diff --git a/vitamins/pin_header.scad b/vitamins/pin_header.scad
index d60d3a4..a4644e1 100644
--- a/vitamins/pin_header.scad
+++ b/vitamins/pin_header.scad
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ module pin(type, length = undef) { //! Draw a header pin
             }
 }
 
-module pin_header(type, cols = 1, rows = 1, smt = false, right_angle = false, cutout = false) { //! Draw pin header
+module pin_header(type, cols = 1, rows = 1, smt = false, right_angle = false, cutout = false, colour) { //! Draw pin header
     pitch =  hdr_pitch(type);
+    base_colour = colour ? colour : hdr_base_colour(type);
     h = pitch;
     ra_offset = 2.4;
     width = pitch * rows;
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ module pin_header(type, cols = 1, rows = 1, smt = false, right_angle = false, cu
             }
             translate([0, right_angle ? -ra_offset - pitch / 2 : 0, right_angle ? width / 2 : 0])
                 rotate([right_angle ? 90 : 0, 0, 0])
-                    color(hdr_base_colour(type))
+                    color(base_colour)
                         linear_extrude(height = h)
                             for(x = [0 : cols - 1], y = [0 : rows - 1])
                                 translate([pitch * (x - (cols - 1) / 2), pitch * (y - (rows - 1) / 2), pitch / 2])