diff --git a/Source/VSTheme.m b/Source/VSTheme.m
index ca8056e..d7a48d9 100644
--- a/Source/VSTheme.m
+++ b/Source/VSTheme.m
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 static BOOL stringIsEmpty(NSString *s);
-static UIColor *colorWithHexString(NSString *hexString);
+static UIColor *colorWithHexString(NSString *hexString, NSNumber *alpha);
 
 
 @interface VSTheme ()
@@ -117,7 +117,13 @@ - (UIColor *)colorForKey:(NSString *)key {
 		return cachedColor;
     
 	NSString *colorString = [self stringForKey:key];
-	UIColor *color = colorWithHexString(colorString);
+    NSNumber *number;
+    if ( [self objectForKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@Alpha", key]]) {
+        number = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:[self floatForKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@Alpha", key]]];
+    }
+
+    
+	UIColor *color = colorWithHexString(colorString, number);
 	if (color == nil)
 		color = [UIColor blackColor];
 
@@ -262,8 +268,16 @@ static BOOL stringIsEmpty(NSString *s) {
 }
 
 
-static UIColor *colorWithHexString(NSString *hexString) {
+static UIColor *colorWithHexString(NSString *hexString, NSNumber *alpha) {
 
+    float a = 1.0f;
+    if ( alpha ) {
+        a = [alpha floatValue];
+    }
+    if ( a > 1.0f || a < 0.0f ) {
+        a = 1.0f;
+    }
+    
 	/*Picky. Crashes by design.*/
 	
 	if (stringIsEmpty(hexString))
@@ -282,5 +296,5 @@ static BOOL stringIsEmpty(NSString *s) {
 	[[NSScanner scannerWithString:greenString] scanHexInt:&green];
 	[[NSScanner scannerWithString:blueString] scanHexInt:&blue];
 
-	return [UIColor colorWithRed:(CGFloat)red/255.0f green:(CGFloat)green/255.0f blue:(CGFloat)blue/255.0f alpha:1.0f];
+	return [UIColor colorWithRed:(CGFloat)red/255.0f green:(CGFloat)green/255.0f blue:(CGFloat)blue/255.0f alpha:a];
 }