diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 6ab1c9a..feb0b87 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -729,3 +729,14 @@ test("tetrad", function() {
   var combination = tinycolor("red").tetrad();
   equal(colorsToHexString(combination), "ff0000,80ff00,00ffff,7f00ff", "Correct Combination");
 });
+
+
+test("NumberHex", function () {
+  equal( tinycolor(0x0).toString(), "#000000") 
+
+  equal( tinycolor("rgb(18, 0, 0)").toString(), tinycolor(0x120000).toString()) 
+  equal( tinycolor("rgb(0, 52, 0)").toString(), tinycolor(0x3400).toString()) 
+  equal( tinycolor("rgb(0, 0, 86)").toString(), tinycolor(0x56).toString()) 
+
+  equal( tinycolor("rgb(1, 1, 1)").toNumber(), (1<<16)+(1<<8)+1) 
+})
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diff --git a/tinycolor.js b/tinycolor.js
index 4af951c..2393403 100644
--- a/tinycolor.js
+++ b/tinycolor.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function tinycolor (color, opts) {
 
     color = (color) ? color : '';
     opts = opts || { };
-
+    
     // If input is already a tinycolor, return itself
     if (color instanceof tinycolor) {
        return color;
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ tinycolor.prototype = {
 
         return "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient("+gradientType+"startColorstr="+hex8String+",endColorstr="+secondHex8String+")";
     },
+    toNumber: function() {
+        return (mathRound(this._r)<<16) + (mathRound(this._g)<<8) + (mathRound(this._b));
+    },
     toString: function(format) {
         var formatSet = !!format;
         format = format || this._format;
@@ -304,7 +307,10 @@ function inputToRGB(color) {
     var ok = false;
     var format = false;
 
-    if (typeof color == "string") {
+    if (typeof color == "number") {
+        color = numberInputToObject(color);
+    }
+    else if (typeof color == "string") {
         color = stringInputToObject(color);
     }
 
@@ -1064,6 +1070,17 @@ var matchers = (function() {
     };
 })();
 
+
+// `numberInputToObject`
+// Take in a number
+function numberInputToObject(color) {
+    return {
+        r: color >> 16, 
+        g: (color&0xff00) >> 8,
+        b: color&0xff
+    };
+}
+
 // `stringInputToObject`
 // Permissive string parsing.  Take in a number of formats, and output an object
 // based on detected format.  Returns `{ r, g, b }` or `{ h, s, l }` or `{ h, s, v}`