diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/VariableString.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/VariableString.java
index 16b4d4d090b..f9764c907d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/VariableString.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/VariableString.java
@@ -591,6 +591,13 @@ public List<MessageComponent> getMessageComponents(Event e) {
 				MessageComponent plain = ChatMessages.plainText(text);
 				if (!message.isEmpty()) { // Copy styles from previous component
 					ChatMessages.copyStyles(message.get(message.size() - 1), plain);
+				} else if (Utils.HEX_SUPPORTED && text.contains("§x")) { // Try to parse hex colors
+					int start = text.lastIndexOf("§x");
+					if (start + 14 < text.length()) {
+						String replace = text.substring(start + 2, start + 14);
+						plain.color = Utils.parseHexColor(replace.replace("&", "").replace("§", ""));
+						plain.text = text.replace("§x" + replace, "");
+					}
 				}
 				message.add(plain);
 			} else {