diff --git a/imgui.cpp b/imgui.cpp
index 98262469..ca38cc8e 100644
--- a/imgui.cpp
+++ b/imgui.cpp
@@ -1212,6 +1212,12 @@ ImU32 ImGui::GetColorU32(const ImVec4& col)
     return ColorConvertFloat4ToU32(c); 
 }
 
+const ImVec4& ImGui::GetStyleColorVec4(ImGuiCol idx)
+{ 
+    ImGuiStyle& style = GImGui->Style;
+    return style.Colors[idx];
+}
+
 ImU32 ImGui::GetColorU32(ImU32 col)
 { 
     float style_alpha = GImGui->Style.Alpha;
diff --git a/imgui.h b/imgui.h
index 1c36d89f..de4a913f 100644
--- a/imgui.h
+++ b/imgui.h
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ namespace ImGui
     IMGUI_API void          PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar idx, float val);
     IMGUI_API void          PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar idx, const ImVec2& val);
     IMGUI_API void          PopStyleVar(int count = 1);
+    IMGUI_API const ImVec4& GetStyleColorVec4(ImGuiCol idx);                                    // retrieve style color as stored in ImGuiStyle structure. use to feed back into PushStyleColor(), otherwhise use GetColorU32() to get style color + style alpha.
     IMGUI_API ImFont*       GetFont();                                                          // get current font
     IMGUI_API float         GetFontSize();                                                      // get current font size (= height in pixels) of current font with current scale applied
     IMGUI_API ImVec2        GetFontTexUvWhitePixel();                                           // get UV coordinate for a while pixel, useful to draw custom shapes via the ImDrawList API