diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Commands/Chat/CmdColor.cs b/MCGalaxy/Commands/Chat/CmdColor.cs
index 9c2aa4e7c..72530112a 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Commands/Chat/CmdColor.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Commands/Chat/CmdColor.cs
@@ -51,17 +51,16 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Commands.Chatting {
             string color = "";
             if (colName.Length == 0) {
                 Chat.MessageFrom(who, "λNICK %Shad their color removed");
-                who.color = who.group.Color;
+                who.UpdateColor(who.group.Color);
             } else {
                 color = Matcher.FindColor(p, colName);
                 if (color == null) return;
                 if (color == who.color) { p.Message(who.ColoredName + " %Salready has that color."); return; }
                 
                 Chat.MessageFrom(who, "λNICK %Shad their color changed to " + color + Colors.Name(color));
-                who.color = color;
+                who.UpdateColor(color);
             }
             
-            Entities.GlobalRespawn(who);
             who.SetPrefix();
             PlayerDB.Update(who.name, PlayerData.ColumnColor, color);
         }
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Commands/Maintenance/CmdPlayerEdit.cs b/MCGalaxy/Commands/Maintenance/CmdPlayerEdit.cs
index ec1d46edf..1df042fc2 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Commands/Maintenance/CmdPlayerEdit.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Commands/Maintenance/CmdPlayerEdit.cs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Commands.Maintenance {
                             v => who.TotalTime = v);
             } else if (opt == "color") {
                 SetColor(p, args, PlayerData.ColumnColor, who,
-                         v => who.color = (v.Length == 0 ? who.group.Color : v));
+                         v => who.UpdateColor(v.Length == 0 ? who.group.Color : v));
             } else if (opt == "titlecolor") {
                 SetColor(p, args, PlayerData.ColumnTColor, who,
                          v => who.titlecolor = v);
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Commands/Moderation/ModActionCmd.cs b/MCGalaxy/Commands/Moderation/ModActionCmd.cs
index 8d0dbbe4d..625b98fe7 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Commands/Moderation/ModActionCmd.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Commands/Moderation/ModActionCmd.cs
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Commands.Moderation {
             who.AllowBuild = who.level.BuildAccess.CheckAllowed(who);
             if (who.hidden && who.hideRank < who.Rank) who.hideRank = who.Rank;
             
-            // If player has explicit /color, don't change it
-            string dbCol = PlayerDB.FindColor(who);
-            if (dbCol.Length == 0) who.color = newRank.Color;
+            who.SetColor(PlayerInfo.DefaultColor(who));
             who.SetPrefix();
             
             Entities.DespawnEntities(who, false);
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Commands/other/CmdFakerank.cs b/MCGalaxy/Commands/other/CmdFakerank.cs
index bf35fb7f3..882ef5654 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Commands/other/CmdFakerank.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Commands/other/CmdFakerank.cs
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Commands.Misc {
                 who.Message("You are now ranked {0}%S, type /Help for your new set of commands.", newRank.ColoredName);
             }
             
-            who.color = newRank.Color;
-            Entities.GlobalRespawn(who);
+        	who.UpdateColor(newRank.Color);
             who.SetPrefix();            
         }
         
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/CorePlugin/ModActionHandler.cs b/MCGalaxy/CorePlugin/ModActionHandler.cs
index 44b264ac6..7fc671e52 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/CorePlugin/ModActionHandler.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/CorePlugin/ModActionHandler.cs
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Core {
 
                 if (who != null) who.Kick("Banned for " + e.Duration.Shorten(true) + "." + e.ReasonSuffixed);
             } else {
-                if (who != null) who.color = "";
                 Ban.DeleteBan(e.Target);
                 Ban.BanPlayer(e.Actor, e.Target, e.Reason, !e.Announce, e.TargetGroup.Name);
                 ModActionCmd.ChangeRank(e.Target, e.targetGroup, Group.BannedRank, who);
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Database/PlayerData.cs b/MCGalaxy/Database/PlayerData.cs
index 341673b3a..415031bb7 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Database/PlayerData.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Database/PlayerData.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.DB {
         static object ReadID(IDataRecord record, object arg) { return record.GetInt32(0); }
         internal static void Create(Player p) {
             p.prefix = "";
-            p.color = p.group.Color;
+            p.SetColor(p.group.Color);
             p.FirstLogin = DateTime.Now;
             p.TimesVisited = 1;
             
@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.DB {
             
             p.title = data.Title;
             p.titlecolor = data.TitleColor;
-            p.color = data.Color;
-            if (p.color.Length == 0) p.color = p.group.Color;
+            
+            string col = data.Color;
+            if (col.Length == 0) col = p.group.Color;
+            p.SetColor(col);
             
             p.TotalModified = data.TotalModified;
             p.TotalDrawn = data.TotalDrawn;
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Events/PlayerEvents.cs b/MCGalaxy/Events/PlayerEvents.cs
index 4f1b95fe3..acff146a8 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Events/PlayerEvents.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Events/PlayerEvents.cs
@@ -225,6 +225,21 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Events.PlayerEvents {
         }
     }
 
+    public delegate void OnSettingColor(Player p, ref string color);
+    /// <summary> Called when color is being updated for a player. </summary>
+    /// <remarks> e.g. You can use this to ensure player's color remains fixed to red while in a game. </remarks>
+    public sealed class OnSettingColorEvent : IEvent<OnSettingColor> {
+        
+        public static void Call(Player p, ref string color) {
+            IEvent<OnSettingColor>[] items = handlers.Items;
+            // Can't use CallCommon because we need to pass arguments by ref
+            for (int i = 0; i < items.Length; i++) {
+                try { items[i].method(p, ref color); } 
+                catch (Exception ex) { LogHandlerException(ex, items[i]); }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
     public delegate void OnGettingMotd(Player p, ref string motd);
     /// <summary> Called when MOTD is being retrieved for a player. </summary>
     /// <remarks> e.g. You can use this event to make one player always have +hax motd. </remarks>
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Player/Group/Group.cs b/MCGalaxy/Player/Group/Group.cs
index c4d42be8b..fb9975296 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Player/Group/Group.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Player/Group/Group.cs
@@ -216,10 +216,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
             if (grp == null) grp = DefaultRank;
             p.group = grp;
             
-            if (PlayerDB.FindColor(p).Length == 0 && p.color != grp.Color) {
-                p.color = grp.Color;
-                Entities.GlobalRespawn(p);
-            }         
+            p.UpdateColor(PlayerInfo.DefaultColor(p));   
             p.SetPrefix();
         }
 
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Player/Player.cs b/MCGalaxy/Player/Player.cs
index 98fd467a6..552146634 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Player/Player.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Player/Player.cs
@@ -121,6 +121,20 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
             if (title.Length > 0)   prefix += MakeTitle(title, titlecolor);
         }
         
+        /// <summary> Raises OnSettingColorEvent then sets color. </summary>
+        public void SetColor(string col) {
+            OnSettingColorEvent.Call(this, ref col);
+            color = col;
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary> Raises OnSettingColorEvent then sets color. </summary>
+        /// <remarks> If color differs from previous, respawns this player. </remarks>
+        public void UpdateColor(string col) {
+            string prevCol = color;
+            SetColor(col);
+            if (prevCol != color) Entities.GlobalRespawn(this);
+        }
+        
         internal string MakeTitle(string title, string titleCol) {
              return color + "[" + titleCol + title + color + "] ";
         }
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Player/PlayerInfo.cs b/MCGalaxy/Player/PlayerInfo.cs
index 982b4ccfd..9539ade47 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Player/PlayerInfo.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Player/PlayerInfo.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
                 : Group.GroupIn(name).Color + name.RemoveLastPlus();
         }
         
+        /// <summary> Calculates default color for the given player. </summary>
+        public static string DefaultColor(Player p) {
+            string col = PlayerDB.FindColor(p);
+            return col.Length > 0 ? col : p.group.Color;
+        }
+        
         public static int NonHiddenCount() {
             Player[] players = Online.Items;
             int count = 0;