diff --git a/doc/c3nav.puml b/doc/c3nav.puml
index 4b800d89..ff40c91f 100644
--- a/doc/c3nav.puml
+++ b/doc/c3nav.puml
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ abstract class Location {
     public: bool
     can_search: bool
     can_describe: bool
-    color: str
 }
 
 abstract class SpecificLocation {
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ class LocationGroupCategory {
 }
 
 class LocationGroup {
-
+    color: str
 }
 LocationGroup --|> Location
 SpecificLocation "*" --o "*" LocationGroup: groups
diff --git a/src/c3nav/mapdata/migrations/0026_remove_specificlocation_color.py b/src/c3nav/mapdata/migrations/0026_remove_specificlocation_color.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b048128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c3nav/mapdata/migrations/0026_remove_specificlocation_color.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.11.2 on 2017-07-13 11:10
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from itertools import chain
+
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.utils import translation
+
+
+def move_all_color_into_groups(apps, schema_editor):
+    LocationGroupCategory = apps.get_model('mapdata', 'LocationGroupCategory')
+    category = LocationGroupCategory.objects.get(name='groups')
+
+    colors = {}
+    for model_name in ('Level', 'Space', 'Area', 'POI'):
+        model = apps.get_model('mapdata', model_name)
+        for obj in model.objects.filter(color__isnull=False):
+            colors.setdefault(obj.color, []).append(obj)
+
+    from c3nav.mapdata.models import Location
+    for color, objects in colors.items():
+        titles = {lang: [] for lang in set(chain(*(obj.titles.keys() for obj in objects)))}
+        for obj in objects:
+            for lang in titles.keys():
+                translation.activate(lang)
+                titles[lang].append(Location(titles=obj.titles).title)
+                translation.deactivate_all()
+        titles = {lang: ', '.join(values) for lang, values in titles.items()}
+        group = category.groups.create(can_search=False, can_describe=False, color=color, titles=titles)
+        for obj in objects:
+            obj.groups.add(group)
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('mapdata', '0025_remove_area_stuffed'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(move_all_color_into_groups),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='area',
+            name='color',
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='level',
+            name='color',
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='poi',
+            name='color',
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='space',
+            name='color',
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/c3nav/mapdata/models/locations.py b/src/c3nav/mapdata/models/locations.py
index 935e1a75..879feb7d 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/mapdata/models/locations.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/mapdata/models/locations.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ class LocationSlug(SerializableMixin, models.Model):
 class Location(LocationSlug, TitledMixin, models.Model):
     can_search = models.BooleanField(default=True, verbose_name=_('can be searched'))
     can_describe = models.BooleanField(default=True, verbose_name=_('can be used to describe a position'))
-    color = models.CharField(null=True, blank=True, max_length=16, verbose_name=_('background color'))
     public = models.BooleanField(verbose_name=_('public'), default=True)
 
     class Meta:
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ class Location(LocationSlug, TitledMixin, models.Model):
         result = super()._serialize(**kwargs)
         result['can_search'] = self.can_search
         result['can_describe'] = self.can_search
-        result['color'] = self.color
         result['public'] = self.public
         return result
 
@@ -118,8 +116,6 @@ class Location(LocationSlug, TitledMixin, models.Model):
         return super().title
 
     def get_color(self, instance=None):
-        if self.color:
-            return self.color
         # dont filter in the query here so prefetch_related works
         if instance is None:
             instance = self
@@ -180,6 +176,7 @@ class LocationGroup(Location, models.Model):
     category = models.ForeignKey(LocationGroupCategory, related_name='groups', on_delete=models.PROTECT,
                                  verbose_name=_('Category'))
     priority = models.IntegerField(default=0, db_index=True)
+    color = models.CharField(null=True, blank=True, max_length=16, verbose_name=_('background color'))
 
     objects = LocationGroupManager()
 
@@ -192,6 +189,7 @@ class LocationGroup(Location, models.Model):
     def _serialize(self, **kwargs):
         result = super()._serialize(**kwargs)
         result['category'] = self.category_id
+        result['color'] = self.color
         return result
 
     @property