diff --git a/drawing.cpp b/drawing.cpp
index d25a8808..f9133dd6 100644
--- a/drawing.cpp
+++ b/drawing.cpp
@@ -598,10 +598,17 @@ void dqi_poly::gldraw() {
 #endif
   
   if(tinf) {
-    glhr::be_textured();
+    bool col = isize(tinf->colors);
+    if(col)
+      glhr::be_color_textured();
+    else
+      glhr::be_textured();
     if(flags & POLY_SHADE_TEXTURE) current_display->next_shader_flags |= GF_TEXTURE_SHADED;
     glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, tinf->texture_id);
-    glhr::vertices_texture(v, tinf->tvertices, offset, offset_texture);
+    if(isize(tinf->colors))
+      glhr::vertices_texture_color(v, tinf->tvertices, tinf->colors, offset, offset_texture);
+    else
+      glhr::vertices_texture(v, tinf->tvertices, offset, offset_texture);
     ioffset = 0;
     }
   else { 
diff --git a/geometry.cpp b/geometry.cpp
index d5b87c72..1ccfb1a8 100644
--- a/geometry.cpp
+++ b/geometry.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct escher_floorshape : floorshape {
 struct basic_textureinfo {
   int texture_id;
   vector<glvertex> tvertices; 
+  vector<glvertex> colors; 
   };
 
 /** basic geometry parameters */
diff --git a/glhr.cpp b/glhr.cpp
index 8f2af5b2..3b7cb92c 100644
--- a/glhr.cpp
+++ b/glhr.cpp
@@ -729,6 +729,29 @@ EX void vertices_texture(const vector<glvertex>& v, const vector<glvertex>& t, i
   #endif
   }
 
+EX void vertices_texture_color(const vector<glvertex>& v, const vector<glvertex>& t, const vector<glvertex>& c, int vshift IS(0), int tshift IS(0)) {
+  #if CAP_VERTEXBUFFER
+  int q = min(isize(v)-vshift, isize(t)-tshift);
+  vector<ct_vertex> tv(q);
+  for(int i=0; i<q; i++)
+    tv[i].coords = v[vshift+i],
+    tv[i].texture[0] = t[tshift+i][0],
+    tv[i].texture[1] = t[tshift+i][1],
+    tv[i].color = c[tshift+i];
+  prepare(tv);
+  #else
+  vertices(v, vshift);
+  WITHSHADER({
+    glVertexAttribPointer(aTexture, SHDIM, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, sizeof(glvertex), &t[tshift]);
+    glVertexAttribPointer(aColor, 4, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, sizeof(glvertex), &c[tshift]);
+    }, {
+    glTexCoordPointer(SHDIM, GL_FLOAT, 0, &t[tshift]);
+    glColorPointer(4, GL_FLOAT, sizeof(colored_vertex), &c[0]);
+    }
+    )
+  #endif
+  }
+
 EX void prepare(vector<colored_vertex>& v) {
   #if CAP_VERTEXBUFFER
   bindbuffer(v);
@@ -835,6 +858,7 @@ EX void switch_to_text(const vector<glvertex>& v, const vector<glvertex>& t) {
 
 EX void be_nontextured() { current_display->next_shader_flags = 0; }
 EX void be_textured() { current_display->next_shader_flags = GF_TEXTURE; }
+EX void be_color_textured() { current_display->next_shader_flags = GF_TEXTURE | GF_VARCOLOR; }
 
 EX }