diff --git a/src/mesh/Mesh.js b/src/mesh/Mesh.js
index 0e95c05..3cd5263 100644
--- a/src/mesh/Mesh.js
+++ b/src/mesh/Mesh.js
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@
      */
     this.shader = null;
 
+
+    /**
+     * The tint applied to the mesh. This is a [r,g,b] value. A value of [1,1,1] will remove any tint effect.
+     *
+     * @member {number}
+     * @memberof PIXI.mesh.Mesh#
+     */
+    this.tintRgb = new Float32Array([1, 1, 1]);
+
     this._glDatas = [];
 }
 
@@ -137,6 +146,21 @@
                 }
             }
         }
+    },
+    /**
+     * The tint applied to the mesh. This is a hex value. A value of 0xFFFFFF will remove any tint effect.
+     *
+     * @member {number}
+     * @memberof PIXI.mesh.Mesh#
+     * @default 0xFFFFFF
+     */
+    tint: {
+        get: function() {
+            return core.utils.rgb2hex(this.tintRgb);
+        },
+        set: function(value) {
+            this.tintRgb = core.utils.hex2rgb(value, this.tintRgb);
+        }
     }
 });
 
@@ -198,10 +222,10 @@
 
     glData.shader.uniforms.translationMatrix = this.worldTransform.toArray(true);
     glData.shader.uniforms.alpha = this.worldAlpha;
+    glData.shader.uniforms.tint = this.tintRgb;
 
     var drawMode = this.drawMode === Mesh.DRAW_MODES.TRIANGLE_MESH ? gl.TRIANGLE_STRIP : gl.TRIANGLES;
 
-
     glData.vao.bind()
     .draw(drawMode, this.indices.length)
     .unbind();

diff --git a/src/mesh/Mesh.js b/src/mesh/Mesh.js
index 0e95c05..3cd5263 100644
--- a/src/mesh/Mesh.js
+++ b/src/mesh/Mesh.js
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@
      */
     this.shader = null;
 
+
+    /**
+     * The tint applied to the mesh. This is a [r,g,b] value. A value of [1,1,1] will remove any tint effect.
+     *
+     * @member {number}
+     * @memberof PIXI.mesh.Mesh#
+     */
+    this.tintRgb = new Float32Array([1, 1, 1]);
+
     this._glDatas = [];
 }
 
@@ -137,6 +146,21 @@
                 }
             }
         }
+    },
+    /**
+     * The tint applied to the mesh. This is a hex value. A value of 0xFFFFFF will remove any tint effect.
+     *
+     * @member {number}
+     * @memberof PIXI.mesh.Mesh#
+     * @default 0xFFFFFF
+     */
+    tint: {
+        get: function() {
+            return core.utils.rgb2hex(this.tintRgb);
+        },
+        set: function(value) {
+            this.tintRgb = core.utils.hex2rgb(value, this.tintRgb);
+        }
     }
 });
 
@@ -198,10 +222,10 @@
 
     glData.shader.uniforms.translationMatrix = this.worldTransform.toArray(true);
     glData.shader.uniforms.alpha = this.worldAlpha;
+    glData.shader.uniforms.tint = this.tintRgb;
 
     var drawMode = this.drawMode === Mesh.DRAW_MODES.TRIANGLE_MESH ? gl.TRIANGLE_STRIP : gl.TRIANGLES;
 
-
     glData.vao.bind()
     .draw(drawMode, this.indices.length)
     .unbind();
diff --git a/src/mesh/webgl/MeshShader.js b/src/mesh/webgl/MeshShader.js
index 3ea61c3..0acda45 100644
--- a/src/mesh/webgl/MeshShader.js
+++ b/src/mesh/webgl/MeshShader.js
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@
         [
             'varying vec2 vTextureCoord;',
             'uniform float alpha;',
+            'uniform vec3 tint;',
 
             'uniform sampler2D uSampler;',
 
             'void main(void){',
-            '   gl_FragColor = texture2D(uSampler, vTextureCoord) * alpha ;',
+            '   gl_FragColor = texture2D(uSampler, vTextureCoord) * vec4(tint * alpha, alpha);',
            // '   gl_FragColor = vec4(1.0);',
             '}'
         ].join('\n')