diff --git a/packages/osc/src/models.ts b/packages/osc/src/models.ts
index 169fdf4..e931011 100644
--- a/packages/osc/src/models.ts
+++ b/packages/osc/src/models.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
-export type OSCType = 's' | 'i' | 'f' | 'b' | 'T' | 'F' | 't';
+export type OSCType = 's' | 'i' | 'f' | 'b' | 'T' | 'F' | 't' | 'r';
 export type OSCArg = {
   type: OSCType;
-  value: string | number | Uint8Array | boolean | OSCTimeTag;
+  value: string | number | Uint8Array | boolean | OSCTimeTag | OSCColor;
 };
 
 export type OSCTimeTag = [number, number];
 
+export type OSCColor = {
+  r: number;
+  g: number;
+  b: number;
+  a: number;
+};
+
 export type OSCBundle = {
   timeTag: OSCTimeTag;
   contents: (OSCBundle | OSCMessage)[];
@@ -17,6 +24,8 @@ export type OSCMessage = {
 };
 
 export type OSCTypeConverter = {
-  toBuffer: (value: string | number | Uint8Array | boolean | OSCTimeTag) => Uint8Array | undefined;
-  fromBuffer: (buffer: Uint8Array) => [string | number | Uint8Array | boolean | OSCTimeTag | undefined, Uint8Array];
+  toBuffer: (value: string | number | Uint8Array | boolean | OSCTimeTag | OSCColor) => Uint8Array | undefined;
+  fromBuffer: (
+    buffer: Uint8Array
+  ) => [string | number | Uint8Array | boolean | OSCTimeTag | OSCColor | undefined, Uint8Array];
 };
diff --git a/packages/osc/src/osc-types.ts b/packages/osc/src/osc-types.ts
index 0d8f86f..3b72953 100644
--- a/packages/osc/src/osc-types.ts
+++ b/packages/osc/src/osc-types.ts
@@ -171,4 +171,49 @@ export const oscTypeConverterMap: { [key: string]: OSCTypeConverter } = {
       return [undefined, bytesAfterFractional];
     },
   },
+  r: {
+    toBuffer: (color) => {
+      if (typeof color === 'object' && 'r' in color && 'g' in color && 'b' in color && 'a' in color) {
+        const view = new DataView(new ArrayBuffer(4));
+
+        view.setUint8(0, color.r);
+        view.setUint8(1, color.g);
+        view.setUint8(2, color.b);
+        view.setUint8(3, color.a);
+
+        return new Uint8Array(view.buffer);
+      }
+      throw new TypeError('osc type r called with non OSCColor object');
+    },
+    fromBuffer: (buffer) => {
+      if (buffer.length < 4) {
+        throw new Error('osc color must be at least 4 bytes');
+      }
+
+      const red = buffer[0];
+      const green = buffer[1];
+      const blue = buffer[2];
+      const alpha = buffer[3];
+
+      if (red !== undefined && green !== undefined && blue !== undefined && alpha !== undefined) {
+        if (
+          typeof red === 'number' &&
+          typeof green === 'number' &&
+          typeof blue === 'number' &&
+          typeof alpha === 'number'
+        ) {
+          return [
+            {
+              r: red,
+              g: green,
+              b: blue,
+              a: alpha,
+            },
+            buffer.subarray(4),
+          ];
+        }
+      }
+      throw new Error('problem converting osc ');
+    },
+  },
 };
diff --git a/packages/osc/tests/message-decode.test.js b/packages/osc/tests/message-decode.test.js
index 5dd97a1..8ebf0a4 100644
--- a/packages/osc/tests/message-decode.test.js
+++ b/packages/osc/tests/message-decode.test.js
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ const tests = [
     bytes: new Uint8Array([47, 104, 101, 108, 108, 111, 0, 0, 44, 70, 0, 0]),
     expected: { address: '/hello', args: [{ type: 'F', value: false }] },
   },
+  {
+    description: 'simple address color arg',
+    bytes: new Uint8Array([47, 104, 101, 108, 108, 111, 0, 0, 44, 114, 0, 0, 20, 21, 22, 10]),
+    expected: { address: '/hello', args: [{ type: 'r', value: { r: 20, g: 21, b: 22, a: 10 } }] },
+  },
   {
     description: 'osc 1.0 spec example 1',
     bytes: new Uint8Array([
diff --git a/packages/osc/tests/message-encode.test.js b/packages/osc/tests/message-encode.test.js
index 139b884..bb5b94f 100644
--- a/packages/osc/tests/message-encode.test.js
+++ b/packages/osc/tests/message-encode.test.js
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ const tests = [
     message: { address: '/hello', args: [{ type: 'F', value: false }] },
     expected: new Uint8Array([47, 104, 101, 108, 108, 111, 0, 0, 44, 70, 0, 0]),
   },
+  {
+    description: 'simple address color arg',
+    message: { address: '/hello', args: [{ type: 'r', value: { r: 20, g: 21, b: 22, a: 10 } }] },
+    expected: new Uint8Array([47, 104, 101, 108, 108, 111, 0, 0, 44, 114, 0, 0, 20, 21, 22, 10]),
+  },
   {
     description: 'osc 1.0 spec example 1',
     message: { address: '/oscillator/4/frequency', args: [{ type: 'f', value: 440 }] },