diff --git a/MLEM.Extended/Tiled/TiledExtensions.cs b/MLEM.Extended/Tiled/TiledExtensions.cs
index ac285c0..867b115 100644
--- a/MLEM.Extended/Tiled/TiledExtensions.cs
+++ b/MLEM.Extended/Tiled/TiledExtensions.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
 using MonoGame.Extended;
 using MonoGame.Extended.Tiled;
+using ColorExtensions = MLEM.Extensions.ColorExtensions;
 
 namespace MLEM.Extended.Tiled {
     public static class TiledExtensions {
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Extended.Tiled {
         }
 
         public static Color GetColor(this TiledMapProperties properties, string key) {
-            return ColorHelper.FromHex(properties.Get(key));
+            return ColorExtensions.FromHex(properties.Get(key));
         }
 
         public static float GetFloat(this TiledMapProperties properties, string key) {
diff --git a/MLEM/Extensions/ColorExtensions.cs b/MLEM/Extensions/ColorExtensions.cs
index a41553e..dc08131 100644
--- a/MLEM/Extensions/ColorExtensions.cs
+++ b/MLEM/Extensions/ColorExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Globalization;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
 
 namespace MLEM.Extensions {
@@ -12,6 +13,12 @@ namespace MLEM.Extensions {
             return new Color((int) (value >> 16 & 0xFF), (int) (value >> 8 & 0xFF), (int) (value >> 0 & 0xFF), (int) (value >> 24 & 0xFF));
         }
 
+        public static Color FromHex(string value) {
+            if (value.StartsWith("#"))
+                value = value.Substring(1);
+            return FromHex(uint.Parse(value, NumberStyles.HexNumber));
+        }
+
         public static Color CopyAlpha(this Color color, Color other) {
             return color * (other.A / 255F);
         }