diff --git a/lib/linguist/language.rb b/lib/linguist/language.rb
index cc76a0d6..56b05c91 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/language.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/language.rb
@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ module Linguist
       @unpopular ||= all.select(&:unpopular?).sort_by { |lang| lang.name.downcase }
     end
 
+    # Public: A List of languages with assigned colors.
+    #
+    # Returns an Array of Languages.
+    def self.colors
+      @colors ||= all.select(&:color).sort_by { |lang| lang.name.downcase }
+    end
+
     # Public: A List of languages compatible with Ace.
     #
     # Returns an Array of Languages.
@@ -214,6 +221,8 @@ module Linguist
         raise ArgumentError, "invalid type: #{@type}"
       end
 
+      @color = attributes[:color]
+
       # Set aliases
       @aliases = [default_alias_name] + (attributes[:aliases] || [])
 
@@ -269,6 +278,11 @@ module Linguist
     # Returns a type Symbol or nil.
     attr_reader :type
 
+    # Public: Get color.
+    #
+    # Returns a hex color String.
+    attr_reader :color
+
     # Public: Get aliases
     #
     # Examples
@@ -434,6 +448,7 @@ module Linguist
   YAML.load_file(File.expand_path("../languages.yml", __FILE__)).each do |name, options|
     Language.create(
       :name              => name,
+      :color             => options['color'],
       :type              => options['type'],
       :aliases           => options['aliases'],
       :lexer             => options['lexer'],
diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 418d87d0..c9d0d352 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # searchable        - Boolean flag to enable searching (defaults to true)
 # search_term       - Deprecated: Some languages maybe indexed under a
 #                     different alias. Avoid defining new exceptions.
+# color             - CSS hex color to represent the language.
 #
 # Any additions or modifications (even trivial) should have corresponding
 # test change in `test/test_blob.rb`.
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 
 ASP:
   type: programming
+  color: "#6a40fd"
   lexer: aspx-vb
   search_term: aspx-vb
   aliases:
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ ASP:
 ActionScript:
   type: programming
   lexer: ActionScript 3
+  color: "#e3491a"
   search_term: as3
   aliases:
   - as3
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ ActionScript:
 
 Ada:
   type: programming
+  color: "#02f88c"
   extensions:
   - .adb
   - .ads
@@ -71,12 +75,14 @@ AppleScript:
 
 Arc:
   type: programming
+  color: "#ca2afe"
   lexer: Text only
   extensions:
   - .arc
 
 Arduino:
   type: programming
+  color: "#bd79d1"
   lexer: C++
   extensions:
   - .ino
@@ -84,6 +90,7 @@ Arduino:
 Assembly:
   type: programming
   lexer: NASM
+  color: "#a67219"
   search_term: nasm
   aliases:
   - nasm
@@ -98,6 +105,7 @@ Augeas:
 AutoHotkey:
   type: programming
   lexer: autohotkey
+  color: "#6594b9"
   aliases:
   - ahk
   extensions:
@@ -124,6 +132,7 @@ BlitzMax:
 
 Boo:
   type: programming
+  color: "#d4bec1"
   extensions:
   - .boo
 
@@ -139,6 +148,7 @@ Bro:
 
 C:
   type: programming
+  color: "#555"
   overrides:
   - .h
   primary_extension: .c
@@ -151,6 +161,7 @@ C#:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: csharp
   search_term: csharp
+  color: "#5a25a2"
   aliases:
   - csharp
   extensions:
@@ -160,6 +171,7 @@ C++:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: c_cpp
   search_term: cpp
+  color: "#f34b7d"
   aliases:
   - cpp
   primary_extension: .cpp
@@ -211,6 +223,7 @@ ChucK:
 Clojure:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: clojure
+  color: "#db5855"
   primary_extension: .clj
   extensions:
   - .clj
@@ -219,6 +232,7 @@ Clojure:
 CoffeeScript:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: coffee
+  color: "#244776"
   aliases:
   - coffee
   extensions:
@@ -230,6 +244,7 @@ ColdFusion:
   type: programming
   lexer: Coldfusion HTML
   ace_mode: coldfusion
+  color: "#ed2cd6"
   search_term: cfm
   aliases:
   - cfm
@@ -240,6 +255,7 @@ ColdFusion:
 
 Common Lisp:
   type: programming
+  color: "#3fb68b"
   aliases:
   - lisp
   primary_extension: .lisp
@@ -277,6 +293,7 @@ Cython:
 
 D:
   type: programming
+  color: "#fcd46d"
   extensions:
   - .d
   - .di
@@ -302,6 +319,7 @@ Dart:
 
 Delphi:
   type: programming
+  color: "#b0ce4e"
   primary_extension: .pas
   extensions:
   - .dpr
@@ -325,6 +343,7 @@ Diff:
 
 Dylan:
   type: programming
+  color: "#3ebc27"
   extensions:
   - .dylan
 
@@ -338,11 +357,13 @@ Ecere Projects:
 Eiffel:
   type: programming
   lexer: Text only
+  color: "#946d57"
   extensions:
   - .e
 
 Elixir:
   type: programming
+  color: "#6e4a7e"
   primary_extension: .ex
   extensions:
   - .ex
@@ -351,6 +372,7 @@ Elixir:
 Emacs Lisp:
   type: programming
   lexer: Scheme
+  color: "#c065db"
   aliases:
   - elisp
   - emacs
@@ -361,6 +383,7 @@ Emacs Lisp:
 
 Erlang:
   type: programming
+  color: "#949e0e"
   primary_extension: .erl
   extensions:
   - .erl
@@ -369,6 +392,7 @@ Erlang:
 F#:
   type: programming
   lexer: FSharp
+  color: "#b845fc"
   search_term: ocaml
   extensions:
   - .fs
@@ -378,6 +402,7 @@ F#:
 FORTRAN:
   type: programming
   lexer: Fortran
+  color: "#4d41b1"
   primary_extension: .f90
   extensions:
   - .F
@@ -399,11 +424,13 @@ FORTRAN:
 
 Factor:
   type: programming
+  color: "#636746"
   extensions:
   - .factor
 
 Fancy:
   type: programming
+  color: "#7b9db4"
   primary_extension: .fy
   extensions:
   - .fancypack
@@ -411,6 +438,7 @@ Fancy:
 
 Fantom:
   type: programming
+  color: "#dbded5"
   extensions:
   - .fan
 
@@ -449,11 +477,13 @@ Gettext Catalog:
 
 Go:
   type: programming
+  color: "#8d04eb"
   extensions:
   - .go
 
 Gosu:
   type: programming
+  color: "#82937f"
   primary_extension: .gs
   extensions:
   - .gs
@@ -477,6 +507,7 @@ Groff:
 Groovy:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: groovy
+  color: "#e69f56"
   primary_extension: .groovy
   extensions:
   - .gradle
@@ -528,6 +559,7 @@ HaXe:
   type: programming
   lexer: haXe
   ace_mode: haxe
+  color: "#346d51"
   extensions:
   - .hx
   - .hxml
@@ -541,6 +573,7 @@ Haml:
 
 Haskell:
   type: programming
+  color: "#29b544"
   extensions:
   - .hs
   - .hsc
@@ -565,11 +598,13 @@ IRC log:
 
 Io:
   type: programming
+  color: "#a9188d"
   extensions:
   - .io
 
 Ioke:
   type: programming
+  color: "#078193"
   extensions:
   - .ik
 
@@ -584,6 +619,7 @@ JSON:
 Java:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: java
+  color: "#b07219"
   extensions:
   - .java
   - .pde
@@ -600,6 +636,7 @@ Java Server Pages:
 JavaScript:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: javascript
+  color: "#f15501"
   aliases:
   - js
   - node
@@ -658,6 +695,7 @@ Logtalk:
 Lua:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: lua
+  color: "#fa1fa1"
   extensions:
   - .lua
   - .nse
@@ -690,6 +728,7 @@ Markdown:
 
 Matlab:
   type: programming
+  color: "#bb92ac"
   primary_extension: .matlab
   extensions:
   - .m
@@ -697,6 +736,7 @@ Matlab:
 
 Max/MSP:
   type: programming
+  color: "#ce279c"
   lexer: Text only
   extensions:
   - .mxt
@@ -709,6 +749,7 @@ Mirah:
   type: programming
   lexer: Ruby
   search_term: ruby
+  color: "#c7a938"
   extensions:
   - .duby
   - .mir
@@ -725,11 +766,13 @@ Myghty:
 
 Nemerle:
   type: programming
+  color: "#0d3c6e"
   extensions:
   - .n
 
 Nimrod:
   type: programming
+  color: "#37775b"
   extensions:
   - .nim
   - .nimrod
@@ -737,6 +780,7 @@ Nimrod:
 Nu:
   type: programming
   lexer: Scheme
+  color: "#c9df40"
   aliases:
   - nush
   extensions:
@@ -755,6 +799,7 @@ NumPy:
 OCaml:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: ocaml
+  color: "#3be133"
   primary_extension: .ml
   extensions:
   - .ml
@@ -770,6 +815,7 @@ ObjDump:
 
 Objective-C:
   type: programming
+  color: "#438eff"
   overrides:
   - .m
   primary_extension: .m
@@ -780,6 +826,7 @@ Objective-C:
 
 Objective-J:
   type: programming
+  color: "#ff0c5a"
   extensions:
   - .j
   - .sj
@@ -810,6 +857,7 @@ OpenEdge ABL:
 PHP:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: php
+  color: "#6e03c1"
   extensions:
   - .aw
   - .ctp
@@ -823,6 +871,7 @@ PHP:
 
 Parrot:
   type: programming
+  color: "#f3ca0a"
   lexer: Text only
   primary_extension: .parrot # Dummy extension
 
@@ -847,6 +896,7 @@ Parrot Assembly:
 Perl:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: perl
+  color: "#0298c3"
   overrides:
   - .pl
   - .t
@@ -873,6 +923,7 @@ PowerShell:
 
 Prolog:
   type: programming
+  color: "#74283c"
   extensions:
   - .pl
   - .pro
@@ -880,6 +931,7 @@ Prolog:
 
 Puppet:
   type: programming
+  color: "#cc5555"
   extensions:
   - .pp
   filenames:
@@ -887,6 +939,7 @@ Puppet:
 
 Pure Data:
   type: programming
+  color: "#91de79"
   lexer: Text only
   extensions:
   - .pd
@@ -894,6 +947,7 @@ Pure Data:
 Python:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: python
+  color: "#3581ba"
   primary_extension: .py
   extensions:
   - .py
@@ -911,6 +965,7 @@ Python traceback:
 
 R:
   type: programming
+  color: "#198ce7"
   lexer: S
   overrides:
   - .r
@@ -928,6 +983,7 @@ RHTML:
 Racket:
   type: programming
   lexer: Scheme
+  color: "#ae17ff"
   primary_extension: .rkt
   extensions:
   - .rkt
@@ -945,6 +1001,7 @@ Raw token data:
 Rebol:
   type: programming
   lexer: REBOL
+  color: "#358a5b"
   extensions:
   - .r
   - .r2
@@ -958,6 +1015,7 @@ Redcode:
 Ruby:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: ruby
+  color: "#701516"
   aliases:
   - jruby
   - macruby
@@ -990,6 +1048,7 @@ Ruby:
 
 Rust:
   type: programming
+  color: "#dea584"
   lexer: Text only
   extensions:
   - .rs
@@ -1024,6 +1083,7 @@ Sass:
 Scala:
   type: programming
   ace_mode: scala
+  color: "#7dd3b0"
   primary_extension: .scala
   extensions:
   - .sbt
@@ -1031,6 +1091,7 @@ Scala:
 
 Scheme:
   type: programming
+  color: "#1e4aec"
   primary_extension: .scm
   extensions:
   - .scm
@@ -1047,6 +1108,7 @@ Scilab:
 
 Self:
   type: programming
+  color: "#0579aa"
   lexer: Text only
   extensions:
   - .self
@@ -1055,6 +1117,7 @@ Shell:
   type: programming
   lexer: Bash
   search_term: bash
+  color: "#5861ce"
   aliases:
   - sh
   - bash
@@ -1076,6 +1139,7 @@ Shell:
 
 Smalltalk:
   type: programming
+  color: "#596706"
   extensions:
   - .st
 
@@ -1085,6 +1149,7 @@ Smarty:
 
 Standard ML:
   type: programming
+  color: "#dc566d"
   aliases:
   - sml
   primary_extension: .sml
@@ -1094,12 +1159,14 @@ Standard ML:
 
 SuperCollider:
   type: programming
+  color: "#46390b"
   lexer: Text only
   extensions:
   - .sc
 
 Tcl:
   type: programming
+  color: "#e4cc98"
   extensions:
   - .tcl
 
@@ -1148,6 +1215,7 @@ Textile:
 
 Turing:
   type: programming
+  color: "#45f715"
   lexer: Text only
   extensions:
   - .t
@@ -1163,12 +1231,14 @@ Twig:
 VHDL:
   type: programming
   lexer: vhdl
+  color: "#543978"
   extensions:
   - .vhd
   - .vhdl
 
 Vala:
   type: programming
+  color: "#ee7d06"
   extensions:
   - .vala
   - .vapi
@@ -1176,6 +1246,7 @@ Vala:
 Verilog:
   type: programming
   lexer: verilog
+  color: "#848bf3"
   overrides:
   - .v
   extensions:
@@ -1183,6 +1254,7 @@ Verilog:
 
 VimL:
   type: programming
+  color: "#199c4b"
   search_term: vim
   aliases:
   - vim
@@ -1197,6 +1269,7 @@ VimL:
 Visual Basic:
   type: programming
   lexer: VB.net
+  color: "#945db7"
   primary_extension: .vb
   extensions:
   - .bas
@@ -1234,6 +1307,7 @@ XML:
 
 XQuery:
   type: programming
+  color: "#2700e2"
   extensions:
   - .xq
   - .xqm
@@ -1270,6 +1344,7 @@ mupad:
 ooc:
   type: programming
   lexer: Ooc
+  color: "#b0b77e"
   extensions:
   - .ooc
 
diff --git a/test/test_language.rb b/test/test_language.rb
index 0c9d401c..b3f996d5 100644
--- a/test/test_language.rb
+++ b/test/test_language.rb
@@ -309,6 +309,17 @@ class TestLanguage < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_color
+    assert_equal '#701516', Language['Ruby'].color
+    assert_equal '#3581ba', Language['Python'].color
+    assert_equal '#f15501', Language['JavaScript'].color
+  end
+
+  def test_colors
+    assert Language.colors.include?(Language['Ruby'])
+    assert Language.colors.include?(Language['Python'])
+  end
+
   def test_ace_mode
     assert_equal 'c_cpp', Language['C++'].ace_mode
     assert_equal 'coffee', Language['CoffeeScript'].ace_mode