diff --git a/Test.java b/Test.java
index 2966c98..993609e 100644
--- a/Test.java
+++ b/Test.java
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import com.danitheskunk.skunkworks.*;
+import com.danitheskunk.skunkworks.gfx.Color;
 
 public class Test {
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
@@ -26,8 +27,9 @@ public class Test {
 		var tileset = window.loadTextureArray("C:\\stream\\coding\\rlc\\tilemap.png", new Vec2i(16, 16));
 		var font = window.loadFontTileset("EGA8x14.png");
 		var font2 = window.loadFontTTF("fonts\\LiberationSans-Regular.ttf", 16*8.f);
+		var font3 = window.loadFontTTF("fonts\\LiberationSans-Regular.ttf", 16);
 		var tex = window.loadTexture(img);
-		var slice = window.loadNineSlice("demoassets\\9slice-1.png");
+		var slice = window.loadNineSlice("demoassets\\9slice-2.png");
 		//window.setDebug(true);
 
 		while(!window.shouldClose()) {
@@ -50,11 +52,12 @@ public class Test {
 				true
 			);
 
-			renderContext.drawString(new Vec2i(100, 100), "hello world mew", font);
 			renderContext.drawString(new Vec2i(710, 140), "hello world mew", font2);
 
 
-			renderContext.drawNineSlice(slice, new Recti(100, 100, 200, 50));
+			renderContext.drawNineSlice(slice, new Recti(100, 100, 75, 23));
+			//renderContext.drawString(new Vec2i(118, 117), "Meow", font3, new Color(0,0,0));
+			renderContext.drawString(new Vec2i(122, 105), "Meow", font, new Color(0,0,0));
 			window.renderFinish(renderContext);
 		}
 
diff --git a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/backends/gl/RenderContext.java b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/backends/gl/RenderContext.java
index 04c7243..e8fcc4b 100644
--- a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/backends/gl/RenderContext.java
+++ b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/backends/gl/RenderContext.java
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ class RenderContext extends BaseRenderContext implements IRenderContext {
 	private final int texCoordIndex;
 	private final int texOffsetIndex;
 	private final int texSizeIndex;
+	private final int tintIndex;
 
-	public RenderContext(TextureAtlas atlas, int texCoordIndex, int texOffsetIndex, int texSizeIndex) {
+	public RenderContext(TextureAtlas atlas, int texCoordIndex, int texOffsetIndex, int texSizeIndex, int tintIndex) {
 		this.atlas = atlas;
 		this.texCoordIndex = texCoordIndex;
 		this.texOffsetIndex = texOffsetIndex;
 		this.texSizeIndex = texSizeIndex;
+		this.tintIndex = tintIndex;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -154,11 +156,12 @@ class RenderContext extends BaseRenderContext implements IRenderContext {
 			tbr = Vec2i.sub(tex.getTexArea().getBottomRight(), topleft);
 		}
 
-		glColor4f(
+		glUniform3f(
+			tintIndex,
 			color.getR() / 255.0f,
 			color.getG() / 255.0f,
-			color.getB() / 255.0f,
-			color.getA() / 255.0f
+			color.getB() / 255.0f
+			//color.getA() / 255.0f
 		);
 
 		glUniform2i(texOffsetIndex, topleft.getX(), topleft.getY());
diff --git a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/backends/gl/Window.java b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/backends/gl/Window.java
index b03ccfb..e734629 100644
--- a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/backends/gl/Window.java
+++ b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/backends/gl/Window.java
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ public class Window extends BaseWindow {
 			textureAtlas,
 			program.getAttribLocation("texCoord"),
 			program.getUniformLocation("texOffset"),
-			program.getUniformLocation("texSize")
+			program.getUniformLocation("texSize"),
+			program.getUniformLocation("tint")
 		);
 		glProgramUniform2f(program.program, program.getUniformLocation("windowSize"), size.getX(), size.getY());
 
@@ -159,11 +160,12 @@ public class Window extends BaseWindow {
   		layout(binding = 0) uniform sampler2D tex;
   		layout(location = 3) uniform ivec2 texOffset;
   		layout(location = 4) uniform ivec2 texSize;
+  		layout(location = 5) uniform vec3 tint;
   		out vec4 color;
   		void main() {
   			//color = vec4(vec2(texCoord).x/1000.f, 0.2f, 0.7f, 1.0f);
   			//color = texture(tex, texCoord);
-  			color = texelFetch(tex, ivec2(mod(texCoord, texSize)) + texOffset, 0);
+  			color = texelFetch(tex, ivec2(mod(texCoord, texSize)) + texOffset, 0) * vec4(tint, 1.0f);
   		}
 		""";
 }
diff --git a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/gfx/BaseRenderContext.java b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/gfx/BaseRenderContext.java
index 002348f..8da7921 100644
--- a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/gfx/BaseRenderContext.java
+++ b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/gfx/BaseRenderContext.java
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import java.nio.IntBuffer;
 
 abstract public class BaseRenderContext implements IRenderContext {
 	public void drawString(Vec2i pos, String string, IFont font) {
+		drawString(pos, string, font, Color.WHITE);
+	}
+
+	public void drawString(Vec2i pos, String string, IFont font, Color color) {
 		int x = pos.getX();
 		int y = pos.getY();
 		IntBuffer buf;
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ abstract public class BaseRenderContext implements IRenderContext {
 			int ch = buf.get(i);
 			var tex = font.getTexture(ch);
 			var off = font.getOffset(ch);
-			drawTextureRectangle(new Recti(Vec2i.add(new Vec2i(x, y), off), tex.getSize()), tex, true);
+			drawTextureRectangle(new Recti(Vec2i.add(new Vec2i(x, y), off), tex.getSize()), tex, color, true);
 			x += font.getXAdvance(ch);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/gfx/IRenderContext.java b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/gfx/IRenderContext.java
index a73793a..a5b30ee 100644
--- a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/gfx/IRenderContext.java
+++ b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/gfx/IRenderContext.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ public interface IRenderContext {
 	void drawNineSlice(NineSlice slice, Recti rect); //todo: add rounding mode
 	void drawRectangle(Recti rect, Color color);
 	void drawString(Vec2i pos, String string, IFont font);
+	void drawString(Vec2i pos, String string, IFont font, Color color);
 	void drawTexture(Vec2i pos, ITexture texture);
 	void drawTexture(Vec2i pos, ITexture texture, Color color);
 	void drawTextureRectangle(Recti rect, ITexture texture, boolean repeat);
diff --git a/demoassets/9slice-1.png b/demoassets/9slice-1.png
index b1c8ba8..6bbcd8d 100644
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diff --git a/demoassets/9slice-2.png b/demoassets/9slice-2.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e26ebe0
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