diff --git a/li/cil/oc/client/gui/MonospaceFontRenderer.scala b/li/cil/oc/client/gui/MonospaceFontRenderer.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index f8c409c0d..000000000
--- a/li/cil/oc/client/gui/MonospaceFontRenderer.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-package li.cil.oc.client.gui
-
-import li.cil.oc.Config
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.GLAllocation
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.Tessellator
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureManager
-import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation
-import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11
-import scala.io.Source
-
-object MonospaceFontRenderer {
-  private val font = new ResourceLocation(Config.resourceDomain, "textures/font/chars.png")
-
-  private val chars = Source.fromInputStream(MonospaceFontRenderer.getClass.getResourceAsStream("/assets/" + Config.resourceDomain + "/textures/font/chars.txt")).mkString
-
-  private var instance: Option[Renderer] = None
-
-  def init(textureManager: TextureManager) =
-    instance = instance.orElse(Some(new Renderer(textureManager)))
-
-  val (fontWidth, fontHeight) = (5, 9)
-
-  def drawString(value: Array[Char], x: Int, y: Int) = instance match {
-    case None => // Do nothing, not initialized.
-    case Some(renderer) => renderer.drawString(value, x, y)
-  }
-
-  private class Renderer(private val textureManager: TextureManager) {
-    /** Display lists, one per char (renders quad with char's uv coords). */
-    private val charLists = GLAllocation.generateDisplayLists(256)
-
-    /** Buffer filled with char display lists to efficiently draw strings. */
-    private val listBuffer = GLAllocation.createDirectIntBuffer(512)
-
-    // Set up the display lists.
-    {
-      val (charWidth, charHeight) = (MonospaceFontRenderer.fontWidth * 2, MonospaceFontRenderer.fontHeight * 2)
-      val cols = 256 / charWidth
-      val uStep = charWidth / 256.0
-      val vStep = charHeight / 256.0
-      val t = Tessellator.instance
-      // Now create lists for all printable chars.
-      for (index <- 1 until 0xFF) {
-        val x = (index - 1) % cols
-        val y = (index - 1) / cols
-        val u = x * uStep
-        val v = y * vStep
-        GL11.glNewList(charLists + index, GL11.GL_COMPILE)
-        t.startDrawingQuads()
-        t.addVertexWithUV(0, charHeight, 0, u, v + vStep)
-        t.addVertexWithUV(charWidth, charHeight, 0, u + uStep, v + vStep)
-        t.addVertexWithUV(charWidth, 0, 0, u + uStep, v)
-        t.addVertexWithUV(0, 0, 0, u, v)
-        t.draw()
-        GL11.glTranslatef(charWidth, 0, 0)
-        GL11.glEndList()
-      }
-      // Special case for whitespace: just translate, don't render.
-      GL11.glNewList(charLists + ' ', GL11.GL_COMPILE)
-      GL11.glTranslatef(charWidth, 0, 0)
-      GL11.glEndList()
-    }
-
-    def drawString(value: Array[Char], x: Int, y: Int) = {
-      setTexture(textureManager, MonospaceFontRenderer.font)
-      GL11.glPushMatrix()
-      GL11.glTranslatef(x, y, 0)
-      GL11.glScalef(0.5f, 0.5f, 1)
-      GL11.glColor4f(1, 1, 1, 1)
-      for (c <- value) {
-        val index = 1 + chars.indexOf(c) match {
-          case -1 => chars.indexOf('?')
-          case i => i
-        }
-        listBuffer.put(charLists + index)
-        if (listBuffer.remaining == 0)
-          flush()
-      }
-      flush()
-      GL11.glPopMatrix()
-    }
-
-    private def flush() = {
-      listBuffer.flip()
-      GL11.glCallLists(listBuffer)
-      listBuffer.clear()
-    }
-  }
-
-  private def setTexture(tm: TextureManager, resource: ResourceLocation) = tm.bindTexture(resource)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/li/cil/oc/client/gui/Screen.scala b/li/cil/oc/client/gui/Screen.scala
index 4c897f174..e2f28cb2c 100644
--- a/li/cil/oc/client/gui/Screen.scala
+++ b/li/cil/oc/client/gui/Screen.scala
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package li.cil.oc.client.gui
 
 import li.cil.oc.Config
 import li.cil.oc.client.PacketSender
+import li.cil.oc.client.renderer.MonospaceFontRenderer
 import li.cil.oc.common.tileentity
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.{GuiScreen => MCGuiScreen}
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.GLAllocation
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation
 import org.lwjgl.input.Keyboard
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11
 import scala.collection.mutable
+import li.cil.oc.util.PackedColor
 
 /**
  * This GUI shows the buffer of a single screen.
@@ -47,11 +49,11 @@ class Screen(tileEntity: tileentity.Screen) extends MCGuiScreen {
 
     // Re-build display lists.
     Screen.compileBackground(innerWidth, innerHeight)
-    Screen.compileText(scale, screen.instance.lines)
+    Screen.compileText(scale, screen.instance.lines, screen.instance.colors, screen.instance.depth)
   }
 
   /** Must be called whenever the buffer of the underlying screen changes. */
-  def updateText() = Screen.compileText(scale, screen.instance.lines)
+  def updateText() = Screen.compileText(scale, screen.instance.lines, screen.instance.colors, screen.instance.depth)
 
   override def handleKeyboardInput() {
     super.handleKeyboardInput()
@@ -182,14 +184,14 @@ object Screen {
       GL11.glEndList()
     }
 
-  private[gui] def compileText(scale: Double, lines: Array[Array[Char]]) =
+  private[gui] def compileText(scale: Double, lines: Array[Array[Char]], colors:Array[Array[Int]], depth: PackedColor.Depth.Value) =
     if (textureManager.isDefined) {
       GL11.glNewList(displayLists.get + 1, GL11.GL_COMPILE)
 
       GL11.glTranslatef(margin + innerMargin, margin + innerMargin, 0)
       GL11.glScaled(scale, scale, 1)
-      lines.zipWithIndex.foreach {
-        case (line, i) => MonospaceFontRenderer.drawString(line, 0, i * MonospaceFontRenderer.fontHeight)
+      lines.zip(colors).zipWithIndex.foreach {
+        case ((line, color), i) => MonospaceFontRenderer.drawString(0, i * MonospaceFontRenderer.fontHeight, line, color, depth)
       }
 
       GL11.glEndList()
diff --git a/li/cil/oc/client/renderer/MonospaceFontRenderer.scala b/li/cil/oc/client/renderer/MonospaceFontRenderer.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2313c5a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/li/cil/oc/client/renderer/MonospaceFontRenderer.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+package li.cil.oc.client.renderer
+
+import li.cil.oc.util.{RenderState, PackedColor}
+import li.cil.oc.{OpenComputers, Config}
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.GLAllocation
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.Tessellator
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureManager
+import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11
+import scala.io.Source
+
+object MonospaceFontRenderer {
+  private val font = new ResourceLocation(Config.resourceDomain, "textures/font/chars.png")
+
+  private val chars = Source.fromInputStream(MonospaceFontRenderer.getClass.getResourceAsStream("/assets/" + Config.resourceDomain + "/textures/font/chars.txt")).mkString
+
+  private var instance: Option[Renderer] = None
+
+  def init(textureManager: TextureManager) = this.synchronized(
+    instance = instance.orElse(Some(new Renderer(textureManager))))
+
+  val (fontWidth, fontHeight) = (5, 9)
+
+  def drawString(x: Int, y: Int, value: Array[Char], color: Array[Int], depth: PackedColor.Depth.Value) = instance match {
+    case None => OpenComputers.log.warning("Trying to render string with uninitialized MonospaceFontRenderer.")
+    case Some(renderer) => renderer.drawString(x, y, value, color, depth)
+  }
+
+  private class Renderer(private val textureManager: TextureManager) {
+    /** Display lists, one per char (renders quad with char's uv coords). */
+    private val charLists = GLAllocation.generateDisplayLists(256)
+
+    /** Buffer filled with char display lists to efficiently draw strings. */
+    private val listBuffer = GLAllocation.createDirectIntBuffer(512)
+
+    private val (charWidth, charHeight) = (MonospaceFontRenderer.fontWidth * 2, MonospaceFontRenderer.fontHeight * 2)
+    private val cols = 256 / charWidth
+    private val uStep = charWidth / 256.0
+    private val vStep = charHeight / 256.0
+
+    // Set up the display lists.
+    {
+      val t = Tessellator.instance
+      // Now create lists for all printable chars.
+      for (index <- 1 until 0xFF) {
+        val x = (index - 1) % cols
+        val y = (index - 1) / cols
+        val u = x * uStep
+        val v = y * vStep
+        GL11.glNewList(charLists + index, GL11.GL_COMPILE)
+        t.startDrawingQuads()
+        t.addVertexWithUV(0, charHeight, 0, u, v + vStep)
+        t.addVertexWithUV(charWidth, charHeight, 0, u + uStep, v + vStep)
+        t.addVertexWithUV(charWidth, 0, 0, u + uStep, v)
+        t.addVertexWithUV(0, 0, 0, u, v)
+        t.draw()
+        GL11.glTranslatef(charWidth, 0, 0)
+        GL11.glEndList()
+      }
+      // Special case for whitespace: just translate, don't render.
+      GL11.glNewList(charLists + ' ', GL11.GL_COMPILE)
+      GL11.glTranslatef(charWidth, 0, 0)
+      GL11.glEndList()
+    }
+
+    def drawString(x: Int, y: Int, value: Array[Char], color: Array[Int], depth: PackedColor.Depth.Value) = {
+      if (color.length != value.length) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Color count must match char count.")
+
+      textureManager.bindTexture(MonospaceFontRenderer.font)
+      GL11.glPushMatrix()
+      GL11.glPushAttrib(GL11.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL11.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT)
+      GL11.glTranslatef(x, y, 0)
+      GL11.glScalef(0.5f, 0.5f, 1)
+      GL11.glDepthMask(false)
+      RenderState.makeItBlend()
+
+      // Background first. We try to merge adjacent backgrounds of the same
+      // color to reduce the number of quads we have to draw.
+      var cbg = 0x000000
+      var width = 0
+      for (col <- color.map(PackedColor.unpackBackground(_, depth))) {
+        if (col != cbg) {
+          draw(cbg, width)
+          cbg = col
+          width = 0
+        }
+        width = width + 1
+      }
+      draw(cbg, width)
+
+      // Foreground second. We only have to flush when the color changes, so
+      // unless every char has a different color this should be quite efficient.
+      var cfg = 0x000000
+      GL11.glColor3f(0, 0, 0)
+      for ((ch, col) <- value.zip(color.map(PackedColor.unpackForeground(_, depth)))) {
+        val index = 1 + chars.indexOf(ch) match {
+          case -1 => chars.indexOf('?')
+          case i => i
+        }
+        if (col != cfg) {
+          // Color changed, force flush and adjust colors.
+          flush()
+          cfg = col
+          GL11.glColor3ub(
+            (cfg & 0xFF0000 >> 16).toByte,
+            (cfg & 0x00FF00 >> 8).toByte,
+            (cfg & 0x0000FF).toByte)
+        }
+        listBuffer.put(charLists + index)
+        if (listBuffer.remaining == 0)
+          flush()
+      }
+      flush()
+
+      GL11.glPopAttrib()
+      GL11.glPopMatrix()
+    }
+
+    private def draw(color: Int, width: Int) = if (color != 0 && width > 0) {
+      val t = Tessellator.instance
+      t.startDrawingQuads()
+      t.setColorOpaque_I(color)
+      t.addVertexWithUV(0, charHeight, 0, 0, vStep)
+      t.addVertexWithUV(charWidth, charHeight, 0, width * uStep, vStep)
+      t.addVertexWithUV(charWidth, 0, 0, width * uStep, 0)
+      t.addVertexWithUV(0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+      t.draw()
+    }
+
+    private def flush() = {
+      listBuffer.flip()
+      GL11.glCallLists(listBuffer)
+      listBuffer.clear()
+    }
+  }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/li/cil/oc/client/renderer/tileentity/ScreenRenderer.scala b/li/cil/oc/client/renderer/tileentity/ScreenRenderer.scala
index aa5627068..e929fdb07 100644
--- a/li/cil/oc/client/renderer/tileentity/ScreenRenderer.scala
+++ b/li/cil/oc/client/renderer/tileentity/ScreenRenderer.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import cpw.mods.fml.common.{TickType, ITickHandler}
 import java.util
 import java.util.concurrent.{TimeUnit, Callable}
 import li.cil.oc.Config
-import li.cil.oc.client.gui.MonospaceFontRenderer
+import li.cil.oc.client.renderer.MonospaceFontRenderer
 import li.cil.oc.common.tileentity.Screen
 import li.cil.oc.util.RenderState
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ object ScreenRenderer extends TileEntitySpecialRenderer with Callable[Int] with
     // Slightly offset the text so it doesn't clip into the screen.
     GL11.glTranslatef(0, 0, 0.01f)
 
-    for ((line, i) <- screen.instance.lines.zipWithIndex) {
-      MonospaceFontRenderer.drawString(line, 0, i * MonospaceFontRenderer.fontHeight)
+    for (((line, color), i) <- screen.instance.lines.zip(screen.instance.colors).zipWithIndex) {
+      MonospaceFontRenderer.drawString(0, i * MonospaceFontRenderer.fontHeight, line, color, screen.instance.depth)
     }
 
     GL11.glEndList()
diff --git a/li/cil/oc/common/component/Screen.scala b/li/cil/oc/common/component/Screen.scala
index bc84864ce..661bfabb8 100644
--- a/li/cil/oc/common/component/Screen.scala
+++ b/li/cil/oc/common/component/Screen.scala
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ package li.cil.oc.common.component
 import li.cil.oc.api.Persistable
 import li.cil.oc.api.network.Visibility
 import li.cil.oc.common.{tileentity, component}
-import li.cil.oc.util.TextBuffer
+import li.cil.oc.util.{PackedColor, TextBuffer}
 import li.cil.oc.{Config, util, api}
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound
 
 class Screen(val owner: Screen.Environment, val maxResolution: (Int, Int)) extends Persistable {
-  private val buffer = new TextBuffer(maxResolution)
+  private val buffer = new TextBuffer(maxResolution, PackedColor.Depth.OneBit)
 
   // ----------------------------------------------------------------------- //
 
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ class Screen(val owner: Screen.Environment, val maxResolution: (Int, Int)) exten
 
   def lines = buffer.buffer
 
+  def colors = buffer.color
+
+  def depth = buffer.depth
+
   def resolution = buffer.size
 
   def resolution_=(value: (Int, Int)) = {
diff --git a/li/cil/oc/util/PackedColor.scala b/li/cil/oc/util/PackedColor.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93d92c418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/li/cil/oc/util/PackedColor.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package li.cil.oc.util
+
+object PackedColor {
+
+  object Depth extends Enumeration {
+    val OneBit, EightBit, SixteenBit = Value
+  }
+
+  private val rMask32 = 0xFF0000
+  private val gMask32 = 0x00FF00
+  private val bMask32 = 0x0000FF
+  private val rShift32 = 16
+  private val gShift32 = 8
+  private val bShift32 = 0
+
+  // 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
+  // r r r g g g b b : 3.3.2
+  private val rMask8 = Integer.parseInt("11100000", 2)
+  private val gMask8 = Integer.parseInt("00011100", 2)
+  private val bMask8 = Integer.parseInt("00000011", 2)
+  private val rShift8 = 5
+  private val gShift8 = 2
+  private val bShift8 = 0
+  private val rScale8 = 255.0 / 0x7
+  private val gScale8 = 255.0 / 0x7
+  private val bScale8 = 255.0 / 0x3
+
+  // 15 14 13 12 11 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0
+  //  r  r  r  r  r  g  g  g  g  g  g  b  b  b  b  b : 5.6.5
+  private val rMask16 = Integer.parseInt("1111100000000000", 2)
+  private val gMask16 = Integer.parseInt("0000011111100000", 2)
+  private val bMask16 = Integer.parseInt("0000000000011111", 2)
+  private val rShift16 = 11
+  private val gShift16 = 5
+  private val bShift16 = 0
+  private val rScale16 = 255.0 / 0x1F
+  private val gScale16 = 255.0 / 0x3F
+  private val bScale16 = 255.0 / 0x1F
+
+  private def extractFrom1Bit(c: Short) = if (c == 0) 0x000000 else 0xFFFFFF
+
+  private def compressTo1Bit(c: Int) = (if (c == 0) 0 else 1).toShort
+
+  private def extractFrom8Bit(c: Short) = {
+    val r = ((((c & rMask8) >>> rShift8) * rScale8).toInt << rShift32) & rMask32
+    val g = ((((c & gMask8) >>> gShift8) * gScale8).toInt << gShift32) & gMask32
+    val b = ((((c & bMask8) >>> bShift8) * bScale8).toInt << bShift32) & bMask32
+    r | g | b
+  }
+
+  private def compressTo8Bit(c: Int) = {
+    val r = ((((c & rMask32) >>> rShift32) / rScale8).toInt << rShift8) & rMask8
+    val g = ((((c & gMask32) >>> gShift32) / gScale8).toInt << gShift8) & gMask8
+    val b = ((((c & bMask32) >>> bShift32) / bScale8).toInt << bShift8) & bMask8
+    (r | g | b).toShort
+  }
+
+  private def extractFrom16Bit(c: Short) = {
+    val r = ((((c & rMask16) >>> rShift16) * rScale16).toInt << rShift32) & rMask32
+    val g = ((((c & gMask16) >>> gShift16) * gScale16).toInt << gShift32) & gMask32
+    val b = ((((c & bMask16) >>> bShift16) * bScale16).toInt << bShift32) & bMask32
+    r | g | b
+  }
+
+  private def compressTo16Bit(c: Int) = {
+    val r = ((((c & rMask32) >>> rShift32) / rScale16).toInt << rShift16) & rMask16
+    val g = ((((c & gMask32) >>> gShift32) / gScale16).toInt << gShift16) & gMask16
+    val b = ((((c & bMask32) >>> bShift32) / bScale16).toInt << bShift16) & bMask16
+    (r | g | b).toShort
+  }
+
+  // Colors are packed: 0xFFFFBBBB (F = foreground, B = background)
+  private val fgShift = 16
+  private val bgShift = 0
+
+  def pack(foreground: Int, background: Int, depth: Depth.Value) =
+    depth match {
+      case Depth.OneBit => (compressTo1Bit(foreground) << fgShift) | (compressTo1Bit(background) << bgShift)
+      case Depth.EightBit => (compressTo8Bit(foreground) << fgShift) | (compressTo8Bit(background) << bgShift)
+      case Depth.SixteenBit => (compressTo16Bit(foreground) << fgShift) | (compressTo16Bit(background) << bgShift)
+    }
+
+  def unpackForeground(color: Int, depth: Depth.Value) = {
+    val c = (color >>> fgShift).toShort
+    depth match {
+      case Depth.OneBit => extractFrom1Bit(c)
+      case Depth.EightBit => extractFrom8Bit(c)
+      case Depth.SixteenBit => extractFrom16Bit(c)
+    }
+  }
+
+  def unpackBackground(color: Int, depth: Depth.Value) = {
+    val c = (color >>> bgShift).toShort
+    depth match {
+      case Depth.OneBit => extractFrom1Bit(c)
+      case Depth.EightBit => extractFrom8Bit(c)
+      case Depth.SixteenBit => extractFrom16Bit(c)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/li/cil/oc/util/TextBuffer.scala b/li/cil/oc/util/TextBuffer.scala
index 4b8019a67..d09a6b824 100644
--- a/li/cil/oc/util/TextBuffer.scala
+++ b/li/cil/oc/util/TextBuffer.scala
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package li.cil.oc.util
 
-import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound
-import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagList
-import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagString
+import net.minecraft.nbt.{NBTTagIntArray, NBTTagCompound, NBTTagList, NBTTagString}
 
 /**
  * This stores chars in a 2D-Array and provides some manipulation functions.
@@ -12,8 +10,30 @@ import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagString
  * relatively fast updates, given a smart algorithm (using copy()/fill()
  * instead of set()ing everything).
  */
-class TextBuffer(var width: Int, var height: Int) {
-  def this(size: (Int, Int)) = this(size._1, size._2)
+class TextBuffer(var width: Int, var height: Int, val depth: PackedColor.Depth.Value) {
+  def this(size: (Int, Int), depth: PackedColor.Depth.Value) = this(size._1, size._2, depth)
+
+  private var foreground_ = 0xFFFFFF
+
+  private var background_ = 0x000000
+
+  private var packed = PackedColor.pack(foreground_, background_, depth)
+
+  def foreground = foreground_
+
+  def foreground_=(value: Int) = {
+    foreground_ = value
+    packed = PackedColor.pack(foreground_, background_, depth)
+  }
+
+  def background = background_
+
+  def background_=(value: Int) = {
+    background_ = value
+    packed = PackedColor.pack(foreground_, background_, depth)
+  }
+
+  var color = Array.fill(height, width)(packed)
 
   var buffer = Array.fill(height, width)(' ')
 
@@ -32,10 +52,13 @@ class TextBuffer(var width: Int, var height: Int) {
     val (w, h) = (iw max 1, ih max 1)
     if (width != w || height != h) {
       val newBuffer = Array.fill(h, w)(' ')
-      (0 until (h min height)) foreach {
-        y => Array.copy(buffer(y), 0, newBuffer(y), 0, w min width)
-      }
+      val newColor = Array.fill(h, w)(packed)
+      (0 until (h min height)).foreach(y => {
+        Array.copy(buffer(y), 0, newBuffer(y), 0, w min width)
+        Array.copy(color(y), 0, newColor(y), 0, w min width)
+      })
       buffer = newBuffer
+      color = newColor
       width = w
       height = h
       true
@@ -52,10 +75,12 @@ class TextBuffer(var width: Int, var height: Int) {
     else {
       var changed = false
       val line = buffer(row)
+      val lineColor = color(row)
       for (x <- col until ((col + s.length) min width)) if (x >= 0) {
         val c = s(x - col)
-        changed = changed || (line(x) != c)
+        changed = changed || (line(x) != c) || (lineColor(x) != packed)
         line(x) = c
+        lineColor(x) = packed
       }
       changed
     }
@@ -68,9 +93,11 @@ class TextBuffer(var width: Int, var height: Int) {
     var changed = false
     for (y <- (row max 0) until ((row + h) min height)) {
       val line = buffer(y)
+      val lineColor = color(y)
       for (x <- (col max 0) until ((col + w) min width)) {
-        changed = changed || (line(x) != c)
+        changed = changed || (line(x) != c) || (lineColor(x) != packed)
         line(x) = c
+        lineColor(x) = packed
       }
     }
     changed
@@ -97,13 +124,16 @@ class TextBuffer(var width: Int, var height: Int) {
     var changed = false
     for (ny <- dy0 to dy1 by sy) {
       val nl = buffer(ny)
+      val nc = color(ny)
       ny - ty match {
         case oy if oy >= 0 && oy < height =>
           val ol = buffer(oy)
+          val oc = color(oy)
           for (nx <- dx0 to dx1 by sx) nx - tx match {
             case ox if ox >= 0 && ox < width => {
-              changed = changed || (nl(nx) != ol(ox))
+              changed = changed || (nl(nx) != ol(ox)) || (nc(nx) != oc(ox))
               nl(nx) = ol(ox)
+              nc(nx) = oc(ox)
             }
             case _ => /* Got no source column. */
           }
@@ -118,19 +148,30 @@ class TextBuffer(var width: Int, var height: Int) {
     val h = nbt.getInteger("height")
     size = (w, h)
     val b = nbt.getTagList("buffer")
-    for (i <- 0 until (h min b.tagCount())) {
-      set(0, i, b.tagAt(i).asInstanceOf[NBTTagString].data)
+    for (i <- 0 until (h min b.tagCount)) {
+      val line = b.tagAt(i).asInstanceOf[NBTTagString].data
+      set(0, i, line)
+    }
+    val c = nbt.getTagList("color")
+    for (i <- 0 until (h min c.tagCount)) {
+      val line = c.tagAt(i).asInstanceOf[NBTTagIntArray].intArray
+      Array.copy(line, 0, color(i), 0, line.length min width)
     }
   }
 
   def writeToNBT(nbt: NBTTagCompound): Unit = {
     nbt.setInteger("width", width)
     nbt.setInteger("height", height)
-    val b = new NBTTagList
+    val b = new NBTTagList()
     for (i <- 0 until height) {
-      b.appendTag(new NBTTagString("", String.valueOf(buffer(i))))
+      b.appendTag(new NBTTagString(null, String.valueOf(buffer(i))))
     }
     nbt.setTag("buffer", b)
+    val c = new NBTTagList()
+    for (i <- 0 until height) {
+      c.appendTag(new NBTTagIntArray(null, color(i)))
+    }
+    nbt.setTag("color", c)
   }
 
   override def toString = {