diff --git a/app/imports/api/properties/Actions.js b/app/imports/api/properties/Actions.js
index 8f8007d3..caa3c51e 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/properties/Actions.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/properties/Actions.js
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ const ComputedOnlyActionSchema = createPropertySchema({
   'resources.itemsConsumed.$.itemColor': {
     type: String,
     optional: true,
-    max: STORAGE_LIMITS.color,
+    regEx: /^#([a-f0-9]{3}){1,2}\b$/i,
     removeBeforeCompute: true,
   },
   'resources.attributesConsumed': {
diff --git a/app/imports/api/properties/subSchemas/ItemConsumedSchema.js b/app/imports/api/properties/subSchemas/ItemConsumedSchema.js
index 1bf08904..2290649d 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/properties/subSchemas/ItemConsumedSchema.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/properties/subSchemas/ItemConsumedSchema.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const ComputedOnlyItemConsumedSchema = new SimpleSchema({
   itemColor: {
     type: String,
     optional: true,
-    max: STORAGE_LIMITS.color,
+    regEx: /^#([a-f0-9]{3}){1,2}\b$/i,
   },
 });
 
diff --git a/app/imports/constants/STORAGE_LIMITS.js b/app/imports/constants/STORAGE_LIMITS.js
index 11cc55d0..f2bd1e1f 100644
--- a/app/imports/constants/STORAGE_LIMITS.js
+++ b/app/imports/constants/STORAGE_LIMITS.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ const STORAGE_LIMITS = Object.freeze({
   // String lengths
   calculation: 1024,
   collectionName: 64,
-  color: 10000,
   description: 49473, //the length of the Bee Movie script
   inlineCalculationField: 49473,
   errorMessage: 256,