diff --git a/src/QD3D/3DMFParser.cpp b/src/QD3D/3DMFParser.cpp
index 0908d38..f366ebd 100644
--- a/src/QD3D/3DMFParser.cpp
+++ b/src/QD3D/3DMFParser.cpp
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ void Q3MetaFileParser::Parse_atar(uint32_t chunkSize)
 			currentMesh->vertexColors[i].b = f.Read<float>();
 			currentMesh->vertexColors[i].a = 1.0f;
 		}
+		currentMesh->hasVertexColors = true;
 	}
 	else if (isTriangleAttribute && attributeType == kQ3AttributeTypeNormal)		// face normals
 	{
diff --git a/src/QD3D/QD3D.cpp b/src/QD3D/QD3D.cpp
index 3780ead..8304db8 100644
--- a/src/QD3D/QD3D.cpp
+++ b/src/QD3D/QD3D.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ TQ3TriMeshData* Q3TriMeshData_New(int numTriangles,	int numPoints, bool perVerte
 	{
 		for (int i = 0; i < numPoints; i++)
 			mesh->vertexColors[i] = {1, 1, 1, 1};
+		mesh->hasVertexColors = true;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		mesh->hasVertexColors = false;
 	}
 
 	return mesh;