diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Map/PlayerReference.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Map/PlayerReference.cs
index dde221c2df..905b6b0bf8 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Map/PlayerReference.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Map/PlayerReference.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 #endregion
 
+using System.Drawing;
 namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 {
 	public class PlayerReference
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 		public readonly string Race;
 		public readonly bool OwnsWorld = false;
 		public readonly bool NonCombatant = false;
+		public readonly Color Color = Color.FromArgb(238,238,238);
+		public readonly Color Color2 = Color.FromArgb(44,28,24);
 		
 		public PlayerReference(MiniYaml my)
 		{
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Player.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Player.cs
index 2d087df1da..5a2e766986 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Player.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Player.cs
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			
 			Index = index;
 			Palette = "player"+index;
-			Color = Util.ArrayToColor(new int[] {93,194,165});
-			Color2 = Util.ArrayToColor(new int[] {0,32,32});
+			Color = pr.Color;
+			Color2 = pr.Color2;
 			
 			PlayerName = InternalName = pr.Name;
 			NonCombatant = pr.NonCombatant;
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			
 			Index = client.Index;
 			Palette = "player"+client.Index;
-			Color = Util.ArrayToColor(new int[] {93,194,165});
-			Color2 = Util.ArrayToColor(new int[] {0,32,32});
+			Color = client.Color1;
+			Color2 = client.Color2;
 			PlayerName = client.Name;
 			InternalName = "Multi{0}".F(client.Index);
 			Country = world.GetCountries()
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			var info = Rules.Info["world"].Traits.Get<PlayerColorPaletteInfo>();
 			var newpal = new Palette(world.WorldRenderer.GetPalette(info.BasePalette),
 			                 new PlayerColorRemap(Color, Color2, info.SplitRamp));
-			world.WorldRenderer.AddPalette(palette, newpal);	
+			world.WorldRenderer.AddPalette(palette, newpal);
 		}
 		
 		public void GiveAdvice(string advice)
diff --git a/mods/ra/maps/shellmap/map.yaml b/mods/ra/maps/shellmap/map.yaml
index 50d68c3c7f..58f7b371ff 100644
--- a/mods/ra/maps/shellmap/map.yaml
+++ b/mods/ra/maps/shellmap/map.yaml
@@ -19,23 +19,23 @@ BottomRight: 118,93
 Players:
 	PlayerReference@Neutral:
 		Name: Neutral
-		Palette: neutral
 		Race: allies
 		OwnsWorld: True
 		NonCombatant: True
 	PlayerReference@GoodGuy:
 		Name: GoodGuy
-		Palette: player1
+		Color: 85,130,204
+		Color2: 17,33,71
 		Race: allies
 		OwnsWorld: False
 		NonCombatant: False
 	PlayerReference@Greece:
 		Name: Greece
-		Palette: player4
+		Color: 255,20,0
+		Color2: 56,0,0
 		Race: soviet
 		OwnsWorld: False
 		NonCombatant: False
-
 Actors:
 	ActorReference@Actor0:
 		Id: Actor0