diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResScalarValue.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResScalarValue.java
index 5ae395fc..466cb769 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResScalarValue.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResScalarValue.java
@@ -70,11 +70,13 @@ public abstract class ResScalarValue extends ResValue implements
 		String body = encodeAsResXmlValue();
 
 		// check for resource reference
-		if (body.contains("@")) {
-			if (!res.getFilePath().contains("string")) {
-				item = true;
-			}
-		}
+        if (!type.equalsIgnoreCase("color")) {
+            if (body.contains("@")) {
+                if (!res.getFilePath().contains("string")) {
+                    item = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
 		// check for using attrib as node or item
 		String tagName = item ? "item" : type;
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/res/values-mcc001/colors.xml b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/res/values-mcc001/colors.xml
index 016df589..4d29077f 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/res/values-mcc001/colors.xml
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/res/values-mcc001/colors.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <resources>
     <color name="test_color1">#ff123456</color>
-    <item type="color" name="test_color2">@*android:color/white</item>
+    <color name="test_color2">@*android:color/white</color>
+    <color name="test_color3">#00000000</color>
 </resources>