diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bf4f7adf2..342aa1bbd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ DFHack future
 DFHack 0.40.13-r1
     Internals:
         - unified spatter structs
+        - added ruby df.print_color(color, string) method for dfhack console
     Fixes:
         - no more -e after terminating
 
diff --git a/plugins/ruby/ruby.cpp b/plugins/ruby/ruby.cpp
index ea4becd6a..93d6501f0 100644
--- a/plugins/ruby/ruby.cpp
+++ b/plugins/ruby/ruby.cpp
@@ -543,6 +543,18 @@ static VALUE rb_dfprint_str(VALUE self, VALUE s)
     return Qnil;
 }
 
+static VALUE rb_dfprint_color(VALUE self, VALUE c, VALUE s)
+{
+    if (r_console) {
+        color_value old_col = r_console->color();
+        r_console->color(color_value(rb_num2ulong(c)));
+        r_console->print("%s", rb_string_value_ptr(&s));
+        r_console->color(old_col);
+    } else
+        console_proxy->print("%s", rb_string_value_ptr(&s));
+    return Qnil;
+}
+
 static VALUE rb_dfprint_err(VALUE self, VALUE s)
 {
     printerr("%s", rb_string_value_ptr(&s));
@@ -1072,6 +1084,7 @@ static void ruby_bind_dfhack(void) {
     rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cDFHack, "get_vtable_ptr", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rb_dfget_vtable_ptr), 1);
     rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cDFHack, "dfhack_run", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rb_dfhack_run), 1);
     rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cDFHack, "print_str", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rb_dfprint_str), 1);
+    rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cDFHack, "print_color", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rb_dfprint_color), 2);
     rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cDFHack, "print_err", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rb_dfprint_err), 1);
     rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cDFHack, "malloc", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rb_dfmalloc), 1);
     rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cDFHack, "free", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rb_dffree), 1);