diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/computercraft/lua/rom/apis/colors b/src/main/resources/assets/computercraft/lua/rom/apis/colors
index 80edbe32a..75981dddf 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/computercraft/lua/rom/apis/colors
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/computercraft/lua/rom/apis/colors
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ function rgb8( r, g, b )
     if type(r) == "number" and g == nil and b == nil then
         return bit32.band( bit32.rshift( r, 16 ), 0xFF ) / 255, bit32.band( bit32.rshift( r, 8 ), 0xFF ) / 255, bit32.band( r, 0xFF ) / 255
     elseif type(r) == "number" and type(g) == "number" and type(b) == "number" then
-        return r / 255, g / 255, b / 255
+        return 
+            bit32.lshift( bit32.band(r * 255, 0xFF), 16 ) +
+            bit32.lshift( bit32.band(g * 255, 0xFF), 8 ) +
+            bit32.band(b * 255 0xFF)
     else
-        return nil
+        error( "Expected 1 or 3 numbers" )
     end
-end
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+end