diff --git a/addons/optionsmenu/functions/fnc_exportSettings.sqf b/addons/optionsmenu/functions/fnc_exportSettings.sqf
index 9d6437495d..172a95808e 100644
--- a/addons/optionsmenu/functions/fnc_exportSettings.sqf
+++ b/addons/optionsmenu/functions/fnc_exportSettings.sqf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "script_component.hpp"
 
-private ["_compiledConfig", "_name", "_typeName", "_isClientSetable", "_localizedName", "_localizedDescription", "_possibleValues", "_defaultValue", "_value", "_compiledConfigEntry"];
+private ["_compiledConfig", "_name", "_typeName", "_isClientSetable", "_localizedName", "_localizedDescription", "_possibleValues", "_defaultValue", "_value", "_compiledConfigEntry", "_formatedValue"];
 
 {
      /*_settingData = [
@@ -40,25 +40,39 @@ private ["_compiledConfig", "_name", "_typeName", "_isClientSetable", "_localize
 
     if (GVAR(ClientSettingsExportIncluded) || !_isClientSetable) then {
         _value = missionNamespace getvariable [_name, _defaultValue];
-        if (_typeName == "STRING") then {
-            _value = format['"%1"', _value];
-        };
-        if (_typeName == "BOOL") then {
-            _value = if (typeName _value == "BOOL" && {_value}) then {1} else {0};
+        _formatedValue = switch (toLower _typeName) do {
+            case ("scalar"): {
+                format['value = %1;', _value];
+            };
+            case ("string"): {
+                format['value = "%1";', _value];
+            };
+            case ("bool"): {
+                if (typeName _value != "BOOL") then {ERROR("weird bool typename??");};
+                _value = if (((typeName _value) == "BOOL") && {_value}) then {1} else {0};
+                format ['value = %1;', _value];
+            };
+            case ("color"): {
+                _value params [["_r",1], ["_b",0], ["_g",1], ["_a",1]];
+                format ["value[] = {%1, %2, %3, %4};", _r, _b, _g, _a];
+            };
+            default {
+                ERROR("unknown typeName");
+                ""
+            };
+
         };
         _compiledConfigEntry = format ["
 class %1 {
-    value = %2;
+    %2
     typeName = %3;
     force = 1;
-};", _name, _value, format['"%1"', _typeName]];
+};", _name, _formatedValue, format['"%1"', _typeName]];
 
         "ace_clipboard" callExtension _compiledConfigEntry;
     };
 } forEach EGVAR(common,settings);
 
- "ace_clipboard" callExtension "--COMPLETE--";
+"ace_clipboard" callExtension "--COMPLETE--";
 
 [LSTRING(settingsExported)] call EFUNC(common,displayTextStructured);
-
-