diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/TextComponent.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/TextComponent.kt
index 19082060d..43ef1bfac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/TextComponent.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/TextComponent.kt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ open class TextComponent(
     override val legacy: String
         get() {
             val builder = StringBuilder()
-            ChatColors.getChar(color?.rgb())?.let { builder.append(ProtocolDefinition.TEXT_COMPONENT_FORMATTING_PREFIX).append(it) }
+            ChatColors.getChar(color)?.let { builder.append(ProtocolDefinition.TEXT_COMPONENT_FORMATTING_PREFIX).append(it) }
             for (formattingCode in this.formatting) {
                 builder.append(ProtocolDefinition.TEXT_COMPONENT_FORMATTING_PREFIX)
                 builder.append(formattingCode.char)
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/ChatColors.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/ChatColors.kt
index 11cf3dab9..7af6b5c67 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/ChatColors.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/ChatColors.kt
@@ -49,10 +49,8 @@ object ChatColors {
 
         var index = 0
         for (field in this::class.java.declaredFields) {
-            val color = field.get(null)
-            if (color !is RGBAColor) {
-                continue
-            }
+            if (field.type != Int::class.java) continue // inlined datatype
+            val color = RGBAColor(field.getInt(null))
             VALUES[index] = color
             CHAR_MAP[color] = index
             nameMap[field.name.lowercase()] = color
@@ -60,6 +58,7 @@ object ChatColors {
         }
 
         NAME_MAP = nameMap
+        if (NAME_MAP.size != 16) throw IllegalStateException("No colors found?")
 
         CHAR_MAP.defaultReturnValue(-1)
     }
@@ -72,14 +71,12 @@ object ChatColors {
         return VALUES.getOrNull(id)
     }
 
-    operator fun get(name: String): RGBAColor? {
-        return when (name) {
-            "dark_grey" -> DARK_GRAY
-            else -> NAME_MAP[name]
-        }
+    operator fun get(name: String) = when (name) {
+        "dark_grey" -> DARK_GRAY
+        else -> NAME_MAP[name]
     }
 
-    fun getChar(color: RGBColor?): String? {
+    fun getChar(color: RGBAColor?): String? {
         if (color == null) return null
         val char = CHAR_MAP.getInt(color)
         if (char < 0) return null
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/Color.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/Color.kt
index fc640ef21..baea5582c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/Color.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/Color.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 package de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color
 
+import de.bixilon.kotlinglm.func.common.clamp
 import de.bixilon.kutil.ansi.ANSI
 
 interface Color {
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ interface Color {
         const val TIMES = VALUES * VALUES
 
 
+        fun Int.clamp() = this.clamp(MIN, MAX)
+
         fun toFloat(value: Int) = value * (1.0f / MAX)
         fun fromFloat(value: Float) = (value * MAX).toInt()
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/RGBAColor.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/RGBAColor.kt
index b408261c3..d1f5f8ad7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/RGBAColor.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/RGBAColor.kt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ package de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color
 
 import de.bixilon.kotlinglm.vec3.Vec3
 import de.bixilon.kotlinglm.vec4.Vec4
+import de.bixilon.kutil.primitive.IntUtil.toHex
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.ChatComponent
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.TextComponent
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.TextFormattable
@@ -22,13 +23,14 @@ import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color.Color.Companion.BITS
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color.Color.Companion.MASK
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color.Color.Companion.MAX
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color.Color.Companion.TIMES
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color.Color.Companion.clamp
 
 
 @JvmInline
 value class RGBAColor(val argb: Int) : Color, TextFormattable {
 
     constructor(red: Int, green: Int, blue: Int) : this(red, green, blue, MAX)
-    constructor(red: Int, green: Int, blue: Int, alpha: Int) : this(((alpha and MASK) shl ALPHA_SHIFT) or ((red and MASK) shl RED_SHIFT) or ((green and MASK) shl GREEN_SHIFT) or ((blue and MASK) shl BLUE_SHIFT))
+    constructor(red: Int, green: Int, blue: Int, alpha: Int) : this(((alpha.clamp() and MASK) shl ALPHA_SHIFT) or ((red.clamp() and MASK) shl RED_SHIFT) or ((green.clamp() and MASK) shl GREEN_SHIFT) or ((blue.clamp() and MASK) shl BLUE_SHIFT))
 
     constructor(red: Float, green: Float, blue: Float) : this(Color.fromFloat(red), Color.fromFloat(green), Color.fromFloat(blue))
     constructor(red: Float, green: Float, blue: Float, alpha: Float) : this(Color.fromFloat(red), Color.fromFloat(green), Color.fromFloat(blue), Color.fromFloat(alpha))
@@ -73,11 +75,15 @@ value class RGBAColor(val argb: Int) : Color, TextFormattable {
     fun toVec4() = Vec4(redf, greenf, bluef, alphaf)
 
     override fun toString(): String {
-        return if (alpha != MAX) {
-            String.format("#%08X", rgba)
-        } else {
-            String.format("#%06X", rgb)
+        val builder = StringBuilder(9)
+        builder.append('#')
+        builder.append(red.toHex(2))
+        builder.append(green.toHex(2))
+        builder.append(blue.toHex(2))
+        if (alpha != MAX) {
+            builder.append(alpha.toHex(2))
         }
+        return builder.toString()
     }
 
     override fun toText(): ChatComponent {
@@ -93,7 +99,7 @@ value class RGBAColor(val argb: Int) : Color, TextFormattable {
 
         fun Vec4.color() = RGBAColor(r, g, b, a)
 
-        inline fun Int.rgba() = RGBAColor(this shl BITS or (this ushr (BITS * 3)))
+        inline fun Int.rgba() = RGBAColor(this shr BITS or (this and BITS shl (BITS * 3)))
         inline fun Int.argb() = RGBColor(this)
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/system/base/texture/data/buffer/RGB8Buffer.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/system/base/texture/data/buffer/RGB8Buffer.kt
index 03a51976f..fcba232c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/system/base/texture/data/buffer/RGB8Buffer.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/system/base/texture/data/buffer/RGB8Buffer.kt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class RGB8Buffer(
     }
 
     override fun setRGB(x: Int, y: Int, value: RGBColor) = setRGB(x, y, value.red, value.green, value.blue)
-    override fun setRGBA(x: Int, y: Int, value: RGBAColor) = setRGBA(x, y, value.red, value.green, value.blue, value.alpha)
+    override fun setRGBA(x: Int, y: Int, value: RGBAColor) = setRGB(x, y, value.red, value.green, value.blue)
 
     override fun copy() = RGB8Buffer(Vec2i(size), data.duplicate())
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/system/base/texture/data/buffer/RGBA8Buffer.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/system/base/texture/data/buffer/RGBA8Buffer.kt
index 0ba132a11..7e6522b02 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/system/base/texture/data/buffer/RGBA8Buffer.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/system/base/texture/data/buffer/RGBA8Buffer.kt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class RGBA8Buffer(
 
     override fun getRGBA(x: Int, y: Int): RGBAColor {
         val stride = stride(x, y)
-        return RGBAColor(this[stride + 0], this[stride + 1], this[stride + 2], this[stride + 3] shl 0)
+        return RGBAColor(this[stride + 0], this[stride + 1], this[stride + 2], this[stride + 3])
     }
 
     override fun getRGB(x: Int, y: Int): RGBColor {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/textures/TextureUtil.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/textures/TextureUtil.kt
index 89f8d322f..a66877bcf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/textures/TextureUtil.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/textures/TextureUtil.kt
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ object TextureUtil {
             }
         }
 
-        mkdirParent()
+        file.mkdirParent()
 
         ImageIO.write(bufferedImage, "png", file)
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/ChatComponentTest.kt b/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/ChatComponentTest.kt
index dd73877c0..dee35f85c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/ChatComponentTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/ChatComponentTest.kt
@@ -334,9 +334,9 @@ internal class ChatComponentTest {
     private fun assertEquals(expected: ChatComponent, actual: ChatComponent) {
         when (expected) {
             is BaseComponent -> {
-                if (actual !is BaseComponent) throw AssertionFailedError("Type mismatch", "BaseComponent", actual::class.java.name)
+                if (actual !is BaseComponent) assert("Type mismatch", "BaseComponent", actual::class.java.name)
 
-                if (expected.parts.size != actual.parts.size) throw AssertionFailedError("Count of parts does not match", expected.parts, actual.parts)
+                if (expected.parts.size != actual.parts.size) assert("Count of parts does not match", expected.parts, actual.parts)
 
                 for (index in expected.parts.indices) {
                     val first = expected.parts[index]
@@ -347,20 +347,20 @@ internal class ChatComponentTest {
             }
 
             is TextComponent -> {
-                if (actual !is TextComponent) throw AssertionFailedError("Type mismatch", "TextComponent", actual::class.java.name)
-                if (expected.message != actual.message) {
-                    throw AssertionFailedError("Message mismatch", expected.message, actual.message)
-                }
-                if (expected.clickEvent != actual.clickEvent) {
-                    throw AssertionFailedError("Click event mismatch: $expected", expected.clickEvent, actual.clickEvent)
-                }
-                if (expected.hoverEvent != actual.hoverEvent) {
-                    throw AssertionFailedError("Click event mismatch: $expected", expected.hoverEvent, actual.hoverEvent)
-                }
+                if (actual !is TextComponent) assert("Type mismatch", "TextComponent", actual::class.java.name)
+                if (expected.message != actual.message) assert("Message mismatch", expected.message, actual.message)
+                if (expected.clickEvent != actual.clickEvent) assert("Click event mismatch: $expected", expected.clickEvent, actual.clickEvent)
+                if (expected.hoverEvent != actual.hoverEvent) assert("Click event mismatch: $expected", expected.hoverEvent, actual.hoverEvent)
+                if (expected.color != actual.color) assert("Color mismatch", expected.color, actual.color)
+                if (expected.font != actual.font) assert("Font mismatch: $expected", expected.font, actual.font)
+                if (expected.formatting != actual.formatting) assert("Formatting mismatch: $expected", expected.formatting, actual.formatting)
+
                 assertEquals(expected as Any, actual)
             }
 
             else -> assertEquals(expected as Any, actual)
         }
     }
+
+    private fun assert(message: String, expected: Any?, actual: Any?): Nothing = throw AssertionFailedError("$message: expected=$expected, actual=$actual", expected, actual)
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/RGBAColorTest.kt b/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/RGBAColorTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..615d0a483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/RGBAColorTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Minosoft
+ * Copyright (C) 2020-2025 Moritz Zwerger
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * This software is not affiliated with Mojang AB, the original developer of Minecraft.
+ */
+
+package de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+class RGBAColorTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `color int components`() {
+        val color = RGBAColor(0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78)
+        assertEquals(color.red, 0x12)
+        assertEquals(color.green, 0x34)
+        assertEquals(color.blue, 0x56)
+        assertEquals(color.alpha, 0x78)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `color float components`() {
+        val color = RGBAColor(0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78)
+        assertEquals(color.redf, 0x12 / 255.0f, 0.01f)
+        assertEquals(color.greenf, 0x34 / 255.0f, 0.01f)
+        assertEquals(color.bluef, 0x56 / 255.0f, 0.01f)
+        assertEquals(color.alphaf, 0x78 / 255.0f, 0.01f)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `color swizzles`() {
+        val color = RGBAColor(0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78)
+        assertEquals(color.rgba, 0x12345678)
+        assertEquals(color.rgb, 0x123456)
+        assertEquals(color.argb, 0x78123456)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `default alpha`() {
+        val color = RGBAColor(0x12, 0x34, 0x56)
+        assertEquals(color.alpha, 0xFF)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `out of bounds clamping positive`() {
+        val color = RGBAColor(0x145, 0x145, 0x145, 0x145)
+        assertEquals(color.red, 0xFF)
+        assertEquals(color.green, 0xFF)
+        assertEquals(color.blue, 0xFF)
+        assertEquals(color.alpha, 0xFF)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `out of bounds clamping negative`() {
+        val color = RGBAColor(-123, -123, -123, -123)
+        assertEquals(color.red, 0)
+        assertEquals(color.green, 0)
+        assertEquals(color.blue, 0)
+        assertEquals(color.alpha, 0)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `operations minus`() {
+        val a = RGBAColor(0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78)
+        val b = RGBAColor(0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08)
+
+        assertEquals(a - b, RGBAColor(0x0D, 0x2e, 0x4F, 0x70))
+        assertEquals(a - 3, RGBAColor(0x0F, 0x31, 0x53, 0x75))
+        assertEquals(a - 0.1f, RGBAColor(0x00, 0x1b, 0x3d, 0x5f))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `conversion rgb`() {
+        val color = RGBAColor(0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78)
+
+        assertEquals(color.rgb(), RGBColor(0x12, 0x34, 0x56))
+    }
+
+    // TODO: operations (plus, times), conversion, toString, Int::rgb, Int::rgba, mix
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/RGBColorTest.kt b/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/RGBColorTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4268aa724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/formatting/color/RGBColorTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Minosoft
+ * Copyright (C) 2020-2025 Moritz Zwerger
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * This software is not affiliated with Mojang AB, the original developer of Minecraft.
+ */
+
+package de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+class RGBColorTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `color int components`() {
+        val color = RGBColor(0x12, 0x34, 0x56)
+        assertEquals(color.red, 0x12)
+        assertEquals(color.green, 0x34)
+        assertEquals(color.blue, 0x56)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `color float components`() {
+        val color = RGBColor(0x12, 0x34, 0x56)
+        assertEquals(color.redf, 0x12 / 255.0f, 0.01f)
+        assertEquals(color.greenf, 0x34 / 255.0f, 0.01f)
+        assertEquals(color.bluef, 0x56 / 255.0f, 0.01f)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `color swizzles`() {
+        val color = RGBColor(0x12, 0x34, 0x56)
+        assertEquals(color.rgb, 0x123456)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `out of bounds clamping positive`() {
+        val color = RGBColor(0x145, 0x145, 0x145)
+        assertEquals(color.red, 0xFF)
+        assertEquals(color.green, 0xFF)
+        assertEquals(color.blue, 0xFF)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `out of bounds clamping negative`() {
+        val color = RGBColor(-123, -123, -123)
+        assertEquals(color.red, 0)
+        assertEquals(color.green, 0)
+        assertEquals(color.blue, 0)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `operations minus`() {
+        val a = RGBColor(0x12, 0x34, 0x56)
+        val b = RGBColor(0x05, 0x06, 0x07)
+
+        assertEquals(a - b, RGBColor(0x0D, 0x2e, 0x4F))
+        assertEquals(a - 3, RGBColor(0x0F, 0x31, 0x53))
+        assertEquals(a - 0.1f, RGBColor(0x00, 0x1b, 0x3d))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `conversion rgba`() {
+        val color = RGBColor(0x12, 0x34, 0x56)
+
+        assertEquals(color.rgba(), RGBAColor(0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0xFF))
+    }
+
+    // TODO: operations (plus, times), conversion, toString, Int::rgb, Int::rgba, mix
+}