diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8584ecce..3723676e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-## [next] 
+## [next]
 - Adding Component#onDestroy
 - Adding Keyboard events API
 - Adding Box2DGame, an extension of BaseGame to simplify lifecycle of Box2D components
+- Adding AnimationComponent#overridePaint
+- Adding SpriteComponent#overridePaint
 
 ## 0.18.2
 - Add loop for AnimationComponent.sequenced() (thanks @wenxiangjiang)
diff --git a/lib/components/animation_component.dart b/lib/components/animation_component.dart
index b57c120e1..5030e22d7 100644
--- a/lib/components/animation_component.dart
+++ b/lib/components/animation_component.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'package:flame/animation.dart';
 
 class AnimationComponent extends PositionComponent {
   Animation animation;
+  Paint overridePaint;
   bool destroyOnFinish = false;
 
   AnimationComponent(double width, double height, this.animation,
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ class AnimationComponent extends PositionComponent {
   @override
   void render(Canvas canvas) {
     prepareCanvas(canvas);
-    animation.getSprite().render(canvas, width: width, height: height);
+    animation.getSprite().render(canvas,
+        width: width, height: height, overridePaint: overridePaint);
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/lib/components/component.dart b/lib/components/component.dart
index 9f26e7d95..2e983bfd4 100644
--- a/lib/components/component.dart
+++ b/lib/components/component.dart
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ abstract class PositionComponent extends Component {
 /// This is the most commonly used child of [Component].
 class SpriteComponent extends PositionComponent {
   Sprite sprite;
+  Paint overridePaint;
 
   SpriteComponent();
 
@@ -174,7 +175,8 @@ class SpriteComponent extends PositionComponent {
   @override
   void render(Canvas canvas) {
     prepareCanvas(canvas);
-    sprite.render(canvas, width: width, height: height);
+    sprite.render(canvas,
+        width: width, height: height, overridePaint: overridePaint);
   }
 
   @override