diff --git a/assets/Shaders/FragmentShader.fs b/assets/Shaders/FragmentShader.fs
index c0b65bf2..3334a269 100644
--- a/assets/Shaders/FragmentShader.fs
+++ b/assets/Shaders/FragmentShader.fs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ uniform Material material;
 /**
 The color to apply to the model
 */
-uniform vec3 color;
+uniform vec4 color;
 
 /**
 The output
diff --git a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
index 7d5b2d17..5f285ea8 100644
--- a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
+++ b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
@@ -2066,6 +2066,7 @@ Error report on window.java
 Delete ActorShaderMask
 Fix string carousels
 Fix sprint animation data
+Color uniform on meshes
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/actor/Actor.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/actor/Actor.java
index 602b5b44..2faf4589 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/actor/Actor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/actor/Actor.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class Actor {
     /**
      * the model path of the model backing the actor
      */
-    private String baseModelPath;
+    private final String baseModelPath;
 
     /**
      * Path to the low res model
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Mesh.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Mesh.java
index 93b418b1..1fd29490 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Mesh.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/model/Mesh.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.joml.Sphered;
 import org.joml.Vector3d;
 import org.joml.Vector3f;
 import org.joml.Vector3i;
+import org.joml.Vector4d;
 import org.joml.Vector4f;
 
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL45;
@@ -174,6 +175,11 @@ public class Mesh {
      */
     private Material material;
 
+    /**
+     * The color to apply to the mesh
+     */
+    private Vector4d color = new Vector4d(1);
+
     /**
      * the bounding sphere for this mesh
      */
@@ -582,6 +588,7 @@ public class Mesh {
             Globals.profiler.beginAggregateCpuSample("Buffer standard uniforms");
             //buffer model/view/proj matrices
             try(MemoryStack stack = MemoryStack.stackPush()){
+                openGLState.getActiveShader().setUniform(openGLState, "color", this.color);
                 openGLState.getActiveShader().setUniform(openGLState, "model", parent.getModelMatrix());
                 openGLState.getActiveShader().setUniform(openGLState, "viewPos", CameraEntityUtils.getCameraEye(Globals.clientState.playerCamera));
                 drawVec3f.set((float)parent.getWorldPos().x,(float)parent.getWorldPos().y,(float)parent.getWorldPos().z);
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/shader/ShaderUtils.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/shader/ShaderUtils.java
index 07924401..2cbc830d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/shader/ShaderUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/shader/ShaderUtils.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.joml.Vector2i;
 import org.joml.Vector3d;
 import org.joml.Vector3f;
 import org.joml.Vector3i;
+import org.joml.Vector4d;
 import org.joml.Vector4f;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL40;
 
@@ -91,6 +92,22 @@ public class ShaderUtils {
                     uniformMap.put(uniformLocation,new Matrix4d(currentUniform)); //create new matrix4f to break pointer-matching with equals on cache check
                 }
 
+                //
+                //vector4d
+            } else if(value instanceof Vector4d){
+                Vector4d currentUniform = (Vector4d)value;
+                float4Arr[0] = (float)currentUniform.x;
+                float4Arr[1] = (float)currentUniform.y;
+                float4Arr[2] = (float)currentUniform.z;
+                float4Arr[3] = (float)currentUniform.w;
+                GL40.glUniform4fv(uniformLocation, float4Arr);
+                Globals.renderingEngine.checkError();
+                if(uniformMap.containsKey(uniformLocation)){
+                    ((Vector4d)uniformMap.get(uniformLocation)).set(currentUniform);
+                } else {
+                    uniformMap.put(uniformLocation,new Vector4d(currentUniform)); //create new vector3f to break pointer-matching with equals on cache check
+                }
+
                 //
                 //vector4f
             } else if(value instanceof Vector4f){