diff --git a/src/mol-plugin/ui/controls/parameters.tsx b/src/mol-plugin/ui/controls/parameters.tsx
index ad5116ba188376a185411a9c8a39795260d75ae9..bfaff131f548ccdb73cd6add74e849067d3efc85 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin/ui/controls/parameters.tsx
+++ b/src/mol-plugin/ui/controls/parameters.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { ParamDefinition as PD } from 'mol-util/param-definition';
 import { camelCaseToWords } from 'mol-util/string';
-import { ColorNames } from 'mol-util/color/tables';
+import { ColorNames, ColorNamesValueMap } from 'mol-util/color/tables';
 import { Color } from 'mol-util/color';
 import { Slider, Slider2 } from './slider';
 
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ function ColorOptions() {
     return _colors;
 }
 
+function ColorValueOption(color: Color) {
+    return !ColorNamesValueMap.has(color) ? <option key={Color.toHexString(color)} value={color} style={{ background: `${Color.toStyle(color)}` }} >
+        {Color.toHexString(color)}
+    </option> : null
+}
+
+
 export class ColorControl extends SimpleParam<PD.Color> {
     onChange = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLSelectElement>) => {
         this.update(Color(parseInt(e.target.value)));
@@ -179,6 +186,7 @@ export class ColorControl extends SimpleParam<PD.Color> {
 
     renderControl() {
         return <select value={this.props.value} onChange={this.onChange} style={{ borderLeft: `16px solid ${Color.toStyle(this.props.value)}` }}>
+            {ColorValueOption(this.props.value)}
             {ColorOptions()}
         </select>;
     }
diff --git a/src/mol-util/color/tables.ts b/src/mol-util/color/tables.ts
index 758fe153507c286071972d72d88fd2340e960322..b4380176ccfb35ad09a8681d2893aa0988ba9b96 100644
--- a/src/mol-util/color/tables.ts
+++ b/src/mol-util/color/tables.ts
@@ -259,4 +259,13 @@ export const ColorNames = ColorMap({
     whitesmoke: 0xf5f5f5,
     yellow: 0xffff00,
     yellowgreen: 0x9acd32
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})
+export type ColorNames = typeof ColorNames
+export type ColorName = keyof ColorNames
+export const ColorNamesValueMap = (function(){
+    const map = new Map<Color, ColorName>()
+    Object.keys(ColorNames).forEach(name => {
+        map.set(ColorNames[name as ColorName], name as ColorName)
+    })
+    return map
+})()