diff --git a/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp.ConsoleTests/Program.cs b/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp.ConsoleTests/Program.cs
index f159b76..5e22705 100644
--- a/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp.ConsoleTests/Program.cs
+++ b/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp.ConsoleTests/Program.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace OSCADSharp.ConsoleTests
     {
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
+            Variables.Global.Add("myColor", "\"Red\"");
             Variables.Global.Add("sphereRadius", 15);
             Variables.Global.Add("cubeWidth", 10);
 
@@ -24,8 +25,10 @@ namespace OSCADSharp.ConsoleTests
             cube.Bind("Width", Variables.Global["cubeWidth"]);
             cube.Bind("Height", Variables.Global["sphereRadius"]);
             cube.Size.X = 30;
+            var cb = cube.Color(Variables.Global["myColor"]);
 
-            obj = obj + cube;
+
+            obj = obj + cb;
 
             var pos = obj.Position();
             var cyl1 = new Cylinder(1, 100, true).Translate(pos);
diff --git a/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp.UnitTests/Transforms/ColorTests.cs b/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp.UnitTests/Transforms/ColorTests.cs
index 3151a7a..5d67864 100644
--- a/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp.UnitTests/Transforms/ColorTests.cs
+++ b/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp.UnitTests/Transforms/ColorTests.cs
@@ -27,5 +27,19 @@ namespace OSCADSharp.UnitTests.Transforms
             Assert.IsTrue(script.Contains("myFavoriteColor"));
             Assert.IsTrue(script.Contains("cubeOpacity"));
         }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void Color_CanBindWithColorOverload()
+        {
+            Variable colorVar = new Variable("myFavoriteColor", "blue");
+            Variable cubeOpacity = new Variable("cubeOpacity", .6);
+
+            var obj = new Cube().Color(colorVar, cubeOpacity);
+
+            string script = obj.ToString();
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(script.Contains("myFavoriteColor"));
+            Assert.IsTrue(script.Contains("cubeOpacity"));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/OSCADObject.cs b/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/OSCADObject.cs
index 0b3dc64..c262b06 100644
--- a/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/OSCADObject.cs
+++ b/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/OSCADObject.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,18 @@ namespace OSCADSharp
         public OSCADObject Color(string colorName, double opacity = 1.0)
         {
             return new ColoredObject(this, colorName, opacity);
-        }        
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Applies Color and/or Opacity to this object with variable bindings
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="colorName">Color name variable to apply</param>
+        /// <param name="opacity">(optional)Opacity variable</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public OSCADObject Color(Variable colorName, Variable opacity = null)
+        {
+            return new ColoredObject(this, colorName, opacity);
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Mirrors the object about a plane, as specified by the normal
diff --git a/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/Transforms/ColoredObject.cs b/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/Transforms/ColoredObject.cs
index 017905c..7e892cb 100644
--- a/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/Transforms/ColoredObject.cs
+++ b/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/Transforms/ColoredObject.cs
@@ -30,14 +30,29 @@ namespace OSCADSharp.Transforms
             this.Opacity = opacity;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a colorized object with predefined bindings
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="obj">The object(s) to which color will be applied</param>
+        /// <param name="colorName"></param>
+        /// <param name="opacity"></param>
+        internal ColoredObject(OSCADObject obj, Variable colorName, Variable opacity) : base(obj)
+        {
+            this.bindings.Add<ColoredObject>(this, "color", colorName);
+            if(opacity != null)
+            {
+                this.bindings.Add<ColoredObject>(this, "opacity", opacity);
+            }
+        }
+
         public override string ToString()
         {
             string colorName = this.bindings.Contains("color") ? this.bindings.Get("color").BoundVariable.Name :
-                this.ColorName;
+                "\""+this.ColorName+"\"";
             string opacity = this.bindings.Contains("opacity") ? this.bindings.Get("opacity").BoundVariable.Name
                 : this.Opacity.ToString();
 
-            string colorCommand = String.Format("color(\"{0}\", {1})", colorName, opacity);
+            string colorCommand = String.Format("color({0}, {1})", colorName, opacity);
             var formatter = new SingleBlockFormatter(colorCommand, this.obj.ToString());            
             return formatter.ToString();
         }
@@ -64,6 +79,9 @@ namespace OSCADSharp.Transforms
             {"color", "color" },
             {"opacity", "opacity" }
         });
+        private Variable colorName;
+        private Variable opacity;
+
         public override void Bind(string property, Variable variable)
         {
             this.bindings.Add<ColoredObject>(this, property, variable);