diff --git a/src/style/Color.js b/src/style/Color.js
index 6cf4d737..66293277 100644
--- a/src/style/Color.js
+++ b/src/style/Color.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ var Color = Base.extend(new function() {
                     }
                 } else if (i < 3) {
                     // RGB color values to 0..1
-                    value /= 255;
+                    value /= /%$/.test(component) ? 100 : 255;
                 }
                 components[i] = value;
             }
diff --git a/test/tests/Color.js b/test/tests/Color.js
index 363cdcc8..bf572e29 100644
--- a/test/tests/Color.js
+++ b/test/tests/Color.js
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ test('Creating Colors', function() {
     equals(new Color('rgba( 255, 0, 0, 0.5 )'), new Color(1, 0, 0, 0.5),
             'Color from rgba() string 2nd test');
 
+    equals(new Color('rgb(100%, 50%, 0%)'), new Color(1, 0.5, 0),
+            'Color from rgb() percenst string');
+
     equals(new Color('hsl(180deg, 20%, 40%)'),
             new Color({ hue: 180, saturation: 0.2, lightness: 0.4 }),
             'Color from hsl() string');