diff --git a/src/main/java/gregtech/api/unification/material/Material.java b/src/main/java/gregtech/api/unification/material/Material.java
index dbcee3e6a8b..040683891df 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gregtech/api/unification/material/Material.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gregtech/api/unification/material/Material.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import crafttweaker.annotations.ZenRegister;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Range;
 import stanhebben.zenscript.annotations.OperatorType;
 import stanhebben.zenscript.annotations.ZenClass;
 import stanhebben.zenscript.annotations.ZenGetter;
@@ -868,6 +869,20 @@ public Builder color(int color) {
             return this;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Set the color of this Material.
+         * Defaults to 0xFFFFFF unless {@link Builder#colorAverage()} was called, where it will be a weighted average of
+         * the components of the Material.
+         *
+         * @param r the red component of the color
+         * @param g the green component of the color
+         * @param b the blue component of the color
+         */
+        public Builder color(@Range(from = 0, to = 255) int r, @Range(from = 0, to = 255) int g,
+                             @Range(from = 0, to = 255) int b) {
+            return color(GTUtility.combineRGB(r, g, b));
+        }
+
         public Builder colorAverage() {
             this.averageRGB = true;
             return this;
diff --git a/src/main/java/gregtech/api/util/GTUtility.java b/src/main/java/gregtech/api/util/GTUtility.java
index 42da3a04836..12e3688d7a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gregtech/api/util/GTUtility.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gregtech/api/util/GTUtility.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Contract;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Range;
 
 import java.util.AbstractList;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -959,4 +960,9 @@ public static long scaleVoltage(long voltage, int workingTier) {
         // Sanity check to make sure we don't accidentally create full-amp recipes.
         return Math.min(voltage, GTValues.VA[workingTier]);
     }
+
+    public static int combineRGB(@Range(from = 0, to = 255) int r, @Range(from = 0, to = 255) int g,
+                                 @Range(from = 0, to = 255) int b) {
+        return (r << 16) | (g << 8) | b;
+    }
 }