diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/net/aufdemrand/denizen/objects/properties/entity/EntityColor.java b/plugin/src/main/java/net/aufdemrand/denizen/objects/properties/entity/EntityColor.java
index 2147fadc59..5ec2ad8eb6 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/net/aufdemrand/denizen/objects/properties/entity/EntityColor.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/net/aufdemrand/denizen/objects/properties/entity/EntityColor.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import net.aufdemrand.denizen.nms.NMSVersion;
 import net.aufdemrand.denizen.objects.dEntity;
 import net.aufdemrand.denizen.utilities.debugging.dB;
+import net.aufdemrand.denizen.utilities.entity.LlamaHelper;
 import net.aufdemrand.denizen.utilities.entity.ParrotHelper;
 import net.aufdemrand.denizen.utilities.entity.RabbitType;
 import net.aufdemrand.denizencore.objects.Element;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ else if (type == EntityType.RABBIT) {
             return ((Rabbit) colored.getBukkitEntity()).getRabbitType().name();
         }
         else if (NMSHandler.getVersion().isAtLeast(NMSVersion.v1_11_R1) && type == EntityType.LLAMA) {
-            return ((Llama) colored.getBukkitEntity()).getColor().name();
+            return LlamaHelper.llamaColorName(colored);
         }
         else if (NMSHandler.getVersion().isAtLeast(NMSVersion.v1_12_R1) && type == EntityType.PARROT) {
             return ParrotHelper.parrotColor(colored);
@@ -228,9 +229,8 @@ else if (type == EntityType.RABBIT
                     && mechanism.getValue().matchesEnum(Rabbit.Type.values())) {
                 ((Rabbit) colored.getBukkitEntity()).setRabbitType(Rabbit.Type.valueOf(mechanism.getValue().asString().toUpperCase()));
             }
-            else if (NMSHandler.getVersion().isAtLeast(NMSVersion.v1_11_R1) && type == EntityType.LLAMA
-                    && mechanism.getValue().matchesEnum(Llama.Color.values())) {
-                ((Llama) colored.getBukkitEntity()).setColor(Llama.Color.valueOf(mechanism.getValue().asString().toUpperCase()));
+            else if (NMSHandler.getVersion().isAtLeast(NMSVersion.v1_11_R1) && type == EntityType.LLAMA) {
+                LlamaHelper.setLlamaColor(colored, mechanism.getValue().asString());
             }
             else if (NMSHandler.getVersion().isAtLeast(NMSVersion.v1_12_R1) && type == EntityType.PARROT) {
                 ParrotHelper.setParrotColor(colored, mechanism);
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/net/aufdemrand/denizen/utilities/entity/LlamaHelper.java b/plugin/src/main/java/net/aufdemrand/denizen/utilities/entity/LlamaHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a0729c6d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/net/aufdemrand/denizen/utilities/entity/LlamaHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package net.aufdemrand.denizen.utilities.entity;
+
+import net.aufdemrand.denizen.objects.dEntity;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Llama;
+
+public class LlamaHelper {
+
+    public static String llamaColorName(dEntity entity) {
+        return ((Llama) entity.getBukkitEntity()).getColor().name();
+    }
+
+    public static void setLlamaColor(dEntity entity, String color) {
+        ((Llama) entity.getBukkitEntity()).setColor(Llama.Color.valueOf(color.toUpperCase()));
+    }
+}