diff --git a/Config/src/main/java/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/disk/StringConverter.java b/Config/src/main/java/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/disk/StringConverter.java
index 4729a0c1..8cb17e30 100644
--- a/Config/src/main/java/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/disk/StringConverter.java
+++ b/Config/src/main/java/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/disk/StringConverter.java
@@ -14,18 +14,85 @@
  */
 package com.gmail.filoghost.holographicdisplays.disk;
 
+import com.gmail.filoghost.holographicdisplays.util.Utils;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 
 public class StringConverter {
-	
+
+	private static final boolean HEX_CHAT_COLORS_ENABLED = Utils.classExists("org.bukkit.entity.Strider");
+	private static final int HEX_COLOR_LENGTH = 6;
+
 	public static String toReadableFormat(String input) {
 		if (input == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
 
 		input = UnicodeSymbols.placeholdersToSymbols(input);
-		input = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', input);
+		input = addColors(input);
 		return input;
 	}
+
+	public static String addColors(String input) {
+		if (!input.contains("&")) {
+			return input;
+		}
+
+		StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder(input.length());
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
+			char current = input.charAt(i);
+
+			if (current == '&' && i + 1 < input.length()) {
+				char next = input.charAt(i + 1);
+
+				if (next == '#' && HEX_CHAT_COLORS_ENABLED && isValidHexColor(input, i + 2)) {
+					output.append(ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR);
+					output.append('x');
+
+					for (int j = 0; j < HEX_COLOR_LENGTH; j++) {
+						output.append(ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR);
+						output.append(Character.toLowerCase(input.charAt(i + 2 + j)));
+					}
+
+					i += 1 + HEX_COLOR_LENGTH; // Skip '#' and hex string, which are already converted and added
+
+				} else if (isColorCode(next)) {
+					output.append(ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR);
+					output.append(Character.toLowerCase(next));
+
+					i++; // Skip next character, which is already added
+
+				} else {
+					output.append(current);
+				}
+			} else {
+				output.append(current);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return output.toString();
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isValidHexColor(String input, int startIndex) {
+		if (input.length() - startIndex < HEX_COLOR_LENGTH) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < HEX_COLOR_LENGTH; i++) {
+			if (!isHexCode(input.charAt(startIndex + i))) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isHexCode(char c) {
+		return "0123456789AaBbCcDdEeFf".indexOf(c) > -1;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isColorCode(char c) {
+		return "0123456789AaBbCcDdEeFfKkLlMmNnOoRr".indexOf(c) > -1;
+	}
 	
 }