diff --git a/arcade/sprite/base.py b/arcade/sprite/base.py
index 4d3272a43..41d2c2f33 100644
--- a/arcade/sprite/base.py
+++ b/arcade/sprite/base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterable, List, TypeVar, Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterable, List, TypeVar, Any, Tuple
 
 import arcade
 from arcade.types import Point, Color, RGBA255, RGBOrA255, PointList
@@ -337,6 +337,44 @@ def visible(self, value: bool):
         for sprite_list in self.sprite_lists:
             sprite_list._update_color(self)
 
+    @property
+    def rgb(self) -> Tuple[int, int, int]:
+        """Get or set only the sprite's RGB color components.
+
+        If a 4-color RGBA tuple is passed:
+
+        * The new color's alpha value will be ignored
+        * The old alpha value will be preserved
+
+        """
+        return self._color[:3]
+
+    @rgb.setter
+    def rgb(self, color: RGBOrA255):
+
+        # Fast validation of size by unpacking channel values
+        try:
+            r, g, b, *_a = color
+            if len(_a) > 1:  # Alpha's only used to validate here
+                raise ValueError()
+
+        except ValueError as _:  # It's always a length issue
+            raise ValueError((
+                f"{self.__class__.__name__},rgb takes 3 or 4 channel"
+                f" colors, but got {len(color)} channels"))
+
+        # Unpack to avoid index / . overhead & prep for repack
+        current_r, current_b, current_g, a = self._color
+
+        # Do nothing if equivalent to current color
+        if current_r == r and current_g == g and current_b == b:
+            return
+
+        # Preserve the current alpha value & update sprite lists
+        self._color = Color(r, g, b, a)
+        for sprite_list in self.sprite_lists:
+            sprite_list._update_color(self)
+
     @property
     def color(self) -> Color:
         """
diff --git a/arcade/types.py b/arcade/types.py
index 36f2dc8db..b8e328fa4 100644
--- a/arcade/types.py
+++ b/arcade/types.py
@@ -159,6 +159,26 @@ def b(self) -> int:
     def a(self) -> int:
         return self[3]
 
+    @property
+    def rgb(self) -> Tuple[int, int, int]:
+        """Return only a color's RGB components.
+
+        This is syntactic sugar for slice indexing as below:
+
+        .. code-block:: python
+
+            >>> from arcade.color import WHITE
+            >>> WHITE[:3]
+            (255, 255, 255)
+            # Equivalent but slower than the above
+            >>> (WHITE.r, WHITE.g, WHITE.b)
+            (255, 255, 255)
+
+        To reorder the channels as you retrieve them, see
+        :meth:`.swizzle`.
+        """
+        return self[:3]
+
     @classmethod
     def from_iterable(cls, iterable: Iterable[int]) -> Self:
         """
diff --git a/tests/unit/color/test_color_type.py b/tests/unit/color/test_color_type.py
index cdf063930..7bf5dc11f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/color/test_color_type.py
+++ b/tests/unit/color/test_color_type.py
@@ -190,6 +190,16 @@ def test_color_normalized_property():
     assert colors.GRAY.normalized == (128 / 255, 128 / 255, 128 / 255, 1.0)
 
 
+def test_color_rgb_property():
+    # Try some bounds
+    assert colors.WHITE.rgb == (255, 255, 255)
+    assert colors.BLACK.rgb == (0, 0, 0)
+
+    # Spot check unique colors
+    assert colors.COBALT.rgb == (0, 71, 171)
+    assert Color(1,3,5,7).rgb == (1, 3, 5)
+
+
 def test_deepcopy_color_values():
     expected_color = Color(255, 255, 255, 255)
     assert deepcopy(expected_color) == expected_color
diff --git a/tests/unit/sprite/test_sprite.py b/tests/unit/sprite/test_sprite.py
index 1e88f6221..9e33b27c4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/sprite/test_sprite.py
+++ b/tests/unit/sprite/test_sprite.py
@@ -336,6 +336,54 @@ def test_visible():
     assert sprite.alpha == 100
 
 
+def test_sprite_rgb_property_basics():
+    sprite = arcade.Sprite(":resources:images/animated_characters/female_person/femalePerson_idle.png")
+
+    # Initial multiply tint is white
+    assert sprite.rgb == (255, 255, 255)
+
+    # Values which are too short are not allowed
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        sprite.rgb = (1,2)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        sprite.rgb = (0,)
+
+    # Nor are values which are too long
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        sprite.rgb = (100,100,100,100,100)
+
+    # Test color setting + .rgb report when .visible == True
+    sprite.rgb = (1, 3, 5, 7)
+    assert sprite.color.r == 1
+    assert sprite.color.g == 3
+    assert sprite.color.b == 5
+    assert sprite.rgb[0] == 1
+    assert sprite.rgb[1] == 3
+    assert sprite.rgb[2] == 5
+
+    # Test alpha preservation
+    assert sprite.color.a == 255
+    assert sprite.alpha == 255
+
+    # Test .rgb sets rgb chanels when visible == False as with .color,
+    # but also still preserves original alpha values.
+    sprite.visible = False
+    sprite.color = (9, 11, 13, 15)
+    sprite.rgb = (17, 21, 23, 25)
+
+    # Check the color channels
+    assert sprite.color.r == 17
+    assert sprite.color.g == 21
+    assert sprite.color.b == 23
+    assert sprite.rgb[0] == 17
+    assert sprite.rgb[1] == 21
+    assert sprite.rgb[2] == 23
+
+    # Alpha preserved?
+    assert sprite.color.a == 15
+    assert sprite.alpha == 15
+
+
 def test_sprite_scale_xy(window):
     sprite = arcade.SpriteSolidColor(20, 20, color=arcade.color.WHITE)