diff --git a/src/PyColor.cpp b/src/PyColor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17b4a3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PyColor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include "PyColor.h"
+
+
+PyColor::PyColor()
+{
+}
+
+PyObject* PyTexture::pyObject()
+{
+    PyObject* obj = PyType_GenericAlloc(&mcrfpydef::PyColorType, 0);
+    try {
+        ((PyTextureObject*)obj)->data = shared_from_this();
+    }
+    catch (std::bad_weak_ptr& e)
+    {
+        std::cout << "Bad weak ptr: shared_from_this() failed in PyTexture::pyObject(); did you create a PyTexture outside of std::make_shared? enjoy your segfault, soon!" << std::endl;
+    }
+    // TODO - shared_from_this will raise an exception if the object does not have a shared pointer. Constructor should be made private; write a factory function
+    return obj;
+}
+
+Py_hash_t PyTexture::hash(PyObject* obj)
+{
+    auto self = (PyTextureObject*)obj;
+    return reinterpret_cast<Py_hash_t>(self->data.get());
+}
+
+int PyTexture::init(PyTextureObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwds)
+{
+    static const char* keywords[] = { "filename", "sprite_width", "sprite_height", nullptr };
+    char* filename;
+    int sprite_width, sprite_height;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "sii", const_cast<char**>(keywords), &filename, &sprite_width, &sprite_height))
+        return -1;
+    self->data = std::make_shared<PyTexture>(filename, sprite_width, sprite_height);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+PyObject* PyTexture::pynew(PyTypeObject* type, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwds)
+{
+    return (PyObject*)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+}
diff --git a/src/PyColor.h b/src/PyColor.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..067c323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PyColor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "Common.h"
+#include "Python.h"
+
+class PyColor;
+
+typedef struct {
+    sf::Color* target; // color target to set/get
+    std::weak_ptr<UIDrawable> parent; // lifetime management: parent must still exist
+    int index; // specific to the parent class, which color is it?
+} _PyColorData;
+
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+    _PyColorData data;
+} PyTextureObject;
+
+class PyColor
+{
+private:
+    _PyColorData data;
+public:
+    PyObject* pyObject();
+    static Py_hash_t hash(PyObject*);
+    static int init(PyColorObject*, PyObject*, PyObject*);
+    static PyObject* pynew(PyTypeObject* type, PyObject* args=NULL, PyObject* kwds=NULL);
+};
+
+namespace mcrfpydef {
+    static PyTypeObject PyColorType = {
+        .tp_name = "mcrfpy.Color",
+        .tp_basicsize = sizeof(PyColorObject),
+        .tp_itemsize = 0,
+        .tp_hash = PyColor::hash,
+        .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,
+        .tp_doc = PyDoc_STR("SFML Color Object"),
+        .tp_init = (initproc)PyColor::init,
+        .tp_new = PyTColor::pynew,
+    };
+}