diff --git a/src/main/java/uppaal/ColorUtil.java b/src/main/java/uppaal/ColorUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b44de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/uppaal/ColorUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package uppaal;
+
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+
+class ColorUtil {
+    /**
+     * Tries to find the color of the XML `element`.
+     * Returns `null` if a color is not found.
+     * @param element The XML element with a possible `color` attribute.
+     * @return Color
+     */
+    static Color findColor(Element element) {
+        String color = element.getAttributeValue("color");
+        try {
+            return Color.decode(color);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException | NullPointerException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts a `Color` to a hexadecimal color string (`#RRGGBB`)
+     * @param color The Color to convert.
+     * @return String
+     * @throws NullPointerException if `color` is `null`
+     */
+    static String toHexString(Color color) throws NullPointerException {
+        String hexColor = Integer.toHexString(color.getRGB() & 0xffffff);
+        if (hexColor.length() < 6) {
+            hexColor = "000000".substring(0, 6 - hexColor.length()) + hexColor;
+        }
+        return "#" + hexColor;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/uppaal/Location.java b/src/main/java/uppaal/Location.java
index b764815..4426725 100644
--- a/src/main/java/uppaal/Location.java
+++ b/src/main/java/uppaal/Location.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package uppaal;
 
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ protected static int getNewID(){
 	private ExponentialRate expRate;
 	private Name name;
 	private LocationType type;
+	private Color color;
 	/*
 	 * todo: ideally, a separate type should be made for branchpoints
 	 */
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ public Location(Automaton automaton) {
 	public Location(Automaton automaton, Element locationElement) {
 		super(locationElement); // get coordinates
 		type = getLocationType(locationElement);
+		color = ColorUtil.findColor(locationElement);
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 		List<Element> children = locationElement.getChildren();
 		for(Element child: children){
@@ -153,7 +156,12 @@ public Element generateXMLElement() {
 			default:
 				break;
 			}
-		}		
+		}
+
+		if (color!=null) {
+			result.setAttribute("color", ColorUtil.toHexString(color));
+		}
+
 		return result;
 	}
 	
@@ -192,7 +200,11 @@ public Name getName() {
 	public LocationType getType() {
 		return type;
 	}
-	
+
+	public Color getColor() {
+		return color;
+	}
+
 	public void setBranchPointLocation(boolean isBranchPoint) {
 		this.branchPointLocation = isBranchPoint;
 	}
@@ -249,6 +261,10 @@ public void setType(LocationType type) {
 		this.type = type;
 	}
 
+	public void setColor(Color color) {
+		this.color = color;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String toString(){
 		return name.toString();
diff --git a/src/main/java/uppaal/Transition.java b/src/main/java/uppaal/Transition.java
index 33cedd7..75aea6f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/uppaal/Transition.java
+++ b/src/main/java/uppaal/Transition.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package uppaal;
 
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ public void setPositioned(boolean positioned) {
 	
 	private List<Nail> nails = new ArrayList<Nail>();
 	private Update update;
-	
+	private Color color;
+
 	public int removeStumpAngles(double angleThreshold, double lengthThreshold){
 		// dot product: Ax * Bx + Ay * By
 		// angle = acos(dot(v1, v2))
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ public Transition(Automaton automaton, Element transitionElement) {
 		assert dbg_matchresult;
 		destination = automaton.id_locationMap.get("id" + matcher.group(1));
 		destination.addIncomingTransition(this);
+		color = ColorUtil.findColor(transitionElement);
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 		List<Element> children = transitionElement.getChildren();
 		for(Element child: children){
@@ -216,8 +219,15 @@ public void addUpdate(Update update){
 		else
 			this.update.add(update);
 	}
-	
-	
+
+	public Color getColor() {
+		return color;
+	}
+
+	public void setColor(Color color) {
+		this.color = color;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates an XML Element object corresponding to the Transition object
 	 * @return XML Element
@@ -247,7 +257,9 @@ Element generateXMLElement(){
 			result.addContent(this.update.generateXMLElement());
 		if(prob!=null)
 			result.addContent(this.prob.generateXMLElement());
-		
+		if (color!=null)
+			result.setAttribute("color", ColorUtil.toHexString(color));
+
 		for (Nail nail : nails) {
 			result.addContent(nail.generateXMLElement());
 		}