diff --git a/ui/ui.cpp b/ui/ui.cpp
index ad46013..cb4bf5e 100644
--- a/ui/ui.cpp
+++ b/ui/ui.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "scroll_bar.h"
 #include "select.h"
 #include "button.h"
+#include "colour.h"
 
 UI::UI() : selectedElement(0) {
     font = fontmanager.grab("FreeSans.ttf", 12);
@@ -233,3 +234,17 @@ UIElement* UI::click(const MouseCursor& cursor) {
 
     return selected;
 }
+
+UIColour* UI::getActiveColour() {
+
+    std::list<UIElement*> found;
+    elementsByType(found, UI_COLOUR);
+
+    foreach(UIElement* e, found) {
+        UIColour* c = (UIColour*)e;
+
+        if(c->active) return c;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/ui/ui.h b/ui/ui.h
index db1db13..9f89ed3 100644
--- a/ui/ui.h
+++ b/ui/ui.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <list>
 
 class UIElement;
+class UIColour;
 
 class UI {
     UIElement* selectedElement;
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ class UI {
     virtual vec4 getTextColour();
     virtual vec4 getAlpha();
 
+    UIColour* getActiveColour();
+
     void update(float dt);
 
     void draw();