diff --git a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/knarlib/formatting/Translator.java b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/knarlib/formatting/Translator.java
index 1692c55..858910d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/knarlib/formatting/Translator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/knarlib/formatting/Translator.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public final class Translator {
     private final List<TranslatableMessage> messageCategories = new ArrayList<>();
     private Map<TranslatableMessage, String> translatedMessages;
     private Map<TranslatableMessage, String> backupTranslatedMessages;
+    private ColorConversion colorConversion = ColorConversion.RGB;
 
     /**
      * Registers all translatable messages in the given message category
@@ -44,6 +45,23 @@ public final class Translator {
         messageCategories.add(translatableMessage);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the color conversion to use for translated messages
+     *
+     * <p>See {@link net.knarcraft.knarlib.property.ColorConversion} and
+     * {@link net.knarcraft.knarlib.util.ColorHelper#translateColorCodes(String, ColorConversion)} for details, but
+     * basically, this allows setting which color codes should be converted, and which should not be.</p>
+     *
+     * @param colorConversion <p>The color conversion to be used</p>
+     */
+    public void setColorConversion(ColorConversion colorConversion) {
+        if (colorConversion != null) {
+            this.colorConversion = colorConversion;
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Color conversion cannot be null");
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Loads the languages used by this translator
      *
@@ -77,7 +95,7 @@ public final class Translator {
         } else {
             translatedMessage = translatableMessage.toString();
         }
-        return ColorHelper.translateColorCodes(translatedMessage, ColorConversion.RGB);
+        return ColorHelper.translateColorCodes(translatedMessage, colorConversion);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -115,7 +133,8 @@ public final class Translator {
 
         try {
             Bukkit.getLogger().log(Level.INFO, "Loading custom strings...");
-            return loadTranslatableMessages(language, new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(strings))));
+            return loadTranslatableMessages(language, new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
+                    new FileInputStream(strings))));
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             Bukkit.getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "Unable to load custom messages");
             return null;