diff --git a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/core/BOPVanillaCompat.java b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/core/BOPVanillaCompat.java
index 541ebc804..f28822233 100644
--- a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/core/BOPVanillaCompat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/core/BOPVanillaCompat.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public class BOPVanillaCompat
 
 			        biomeEssence.setTagCompound(new NBTTagCompound());
 			        biomeEssence.getTagCompound().setString("biome", biome.biomeName);
+			        biomeEssence.getTagCompound().setInteger("color", biome.color);
 
 			        desertTemple.addItem(new WeightedRandomChestContent(biomeEssence, 1, 1, 1));
 			        dungeon.addItem(new WeightedRandomChestContent(biomeEssence, 1, 1, 1));
diff --git a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/items/ItemBOPBiomeEssence.java b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/items/ItemBOPBiomeEssence.java
index 8794aac7d..36ffd7104 100644
--- a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/items/ItemBOPBiomeEssence.java
+++ b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/items/ItemBOPBiomeEssence.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import net.minecraft.item.Item;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagList;
 import biomesoplenty.BiomesOPlenty;
+import biomesoplenty.api.BOPBlockHelper;
 
 public class ItemBOPBiomeEssence extends Item
 {
@@ -34,6 +35,21 @@ public class ItemBOPBiomeEssence extends Item
         }
     }
     
+	@Override
+	@SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
+	public int getColorFromItemStack(ItemStack itemStack, int par2)
+	{
+		if (itemStack.hasTagCompound())
+        {
+            if (itemStack.getTagCompound().hasKey("color"))
+            {
+            	return itemStack.getTagCompound().getInteger("color");
+            }
+        }
+		
+		return 16777215;
+	}
+    
 	@Override
 	public boolean hasEffect(ItemStack itemStack, int pass)
 	{