diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 315b55c..e12acf0 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -433,6 +433,50 @@ test("Readability", function () {
     equal (tinycolor.mostReadable("#f00", ["#d00", "#0d0"]).toHexString(), "#00dd00", "pick most readable color");
 });
 
+test("ScanForColors", function () {
+    var blackHex = tinycolor.fromRatio({ r: 0, g: 0, b: 0 }, {format: "hex"}),
+        single_line_single_result = "background-color: #000000;",
+        results = tinycolor.scanForColors(single_line_single_result);
+    equal (results.length, 1);
+    equal (results[0], blackHex.toString());
+
+    var single_line_multiple_results = "{ content: '#000'; background: orange; }";
+        results = tinycolor.scanForColors(single_line_multiple_results);
+    equal (results.length, 2);
+
+		equal (results[0], blackHex.toString());
+		equal (results[1], "orange");
+
+		var multiple_lines_single_results = "body { \n  font-size: 12px;\n\n  text-color: rgba (255, 0, 0, .5) }";
+				results = tinycolor.scanForColors(multiple_lines_single_results);
+		equal (results.length, 1);
+		equal (results[0].toRgbString(), "rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5)");
+
+		var multiple_lines_multiple_results = "body { \n  background-color: hsl 0 1.0 0.5;\n\n  text-color: rgba (255, 0, 0, .5) }";
+				results = tinycolor.scanForColors(multiple_lines_multiple_results);
+		equal (results.length, 2);
+		equal (results[0].toHslString(), "hsl(0, 100%, 50%)");
+		equal (results[1].toRgbString(), "rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5)");
+
+    equal (tinycolor.scanForColors("body {").length, 0);
+
+    var negativeMatchThreeHex = "background-position: 100% 50%;",
+    		results = tinycolor.scanForColors(negativeMatchThreeHex);
+		equal (results.length, 0);
+
+    var positiveMatchThreeHex = "background-position: #100% 50%;",
+    		results = tinycolor.scanForColors(positiveMatchThreeHex);
+		equal (results.length, 1);
+
+    var negativeMatchString = "margin: 0 !important;",
+    		results = tinycolor.scanForColors(negativeMatchString);
+		equal (results.length, 0);
+
+    var negativeMatchFourHex = "color: #fade;",
+    		results = tinycolor.scanForColors(negativeMatchFourHex);
+		equal (results.length, 0);
+});
+
 test("Filters", function () {
 
 	equal (tinycolor("red").toFilter(), "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#ffff0000,endColorstr=#ffff0000)");
diff --git a/tinycolor.js b/tinycolor.js
index a37833c..b5c8943 100644
--- a/tinycolor.js
+++ b/tinycolor.js
@@ -605,6 +605,53 @@ tinycolor.mostReadable = function(baseColor, colorList) {
     return bestColor;
 };
 
+tinycolor.constructMatcherRegExp = function() {
+  if (tinycolor.joinedMatcherRegExp !== undefined)
+    return tinycolor.joinedMatcherRegExp;
+
+  var joinedMatcherRegExp = [], name = null, match = null;
+
+  for (name in names) {
+    if (names.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
+      // "\\b" prevents words like imporTANt
+      joinedMatcherRegExp.push("\\b" + name + "\\b");
+    }
+  }
+
+  // construct a giant regexp of the color matchers
+  for (match in matchers) {
+    if (matchers.hasOwnProperty(match)) {
+      var matchAsString = String(matchers[match]);
+      if (/^hex/.test(match))
+          matchAsString = "#" + matchAsString;
+
+      joinedMatcherRegExp.push("(?:\\s*|\\b)" + matchAsString.replace(/\^|\$|\//g, '') + "\\b");
+    }
+  }
+
+  this.joinedMatcherRegExp = new RegExp(joinedMatcherRegExp.join("|"), "gi");
+  return this.joinedMatcherRegExp;
+};
+
+// `scanForColors`
+// Given a string, determines if it has a valid color.
+// Returns an array of matched objects if it does, or an empty array otherwise.
+tinycolor.scanForColors = function(text) {
+    var joinedMatcherRegExp = this.constructMatcherRegExp(), results = [], match = null, lines = text.split("\n");
+
+    // for each line, try to find a match. if it's found, turn it into a tinycolor
+    // and append it to the results
+    for (var l = 0, size = lines.length; l < size; l++) {
+      match = lines[l].match(joinedMatcherRegExp);
+      if (match === null)
+        continue;
+      while (match.length > 0) {
+        results.push(tinycolor(match.shift()));
+      }
+    }
+
+    return results;
+};
 
 // Big List of Colors
 // ------------------