diff --git a/app/models/color.rb b/app/models/color.rb
index 37f09e7b..75f58516 100644
--- a/app/models/color.rb
+++ b/app/models/color.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ class Color < ActiveRecord::Base
   scope :basic, where(:basic => true)
   scope :standard, where(:standard => true)
   scope :nonstandard, where(:standard => false)
+
+  validates :name, presence: true
   
   def as_json(options={})
     {:id => id, :name => human_name}
diff --git a/lib/tasks/colors.rake b/lib/tasks/colors.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efe22f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/colors.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+namespace :colors do
+  desc 'Create a color'
+  task :create, [:id, :name, :standard, :basic, :prank] => :environment do |t, args|
+    args.with_defaults(standard: true, basic: false, prank: false)
+    # TIL: ActiveRecord will convert strings to booleans automatically. Cool.
+    color = Color.new
+    color.id = args[:id]
+    color.name = args[:name]
+    color.standard = args[:standard]
+    color.basic = args[:basic]
+    color.prank = args[:prank]
+    color.save!
+    puts "Color #{color.inspect} created"
+  end
+end