diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/color/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/color/mod.rs
index ad07ab9eac2308..14c9adf4f2c6aa 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/color/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/color/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use bevy_math::{Vec3, Vec4};
 use bevy_reflect::{FromReflect, Reflect, ReflectDeserialize};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::ops::{Add, AddAssign, Mul, MulAssign};
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Reflect, FromReflect)]
 #[reflect(PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -1170,10 +1171,12 @@ impl MulAssign<[f32; 3]> for Color {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum HexColorError {
+    #[error("Unexpected length of hex string")]
     Length,
-    Hex(hex::FromHexError),
+    #[error("Error parsing hex value")]
+    Hex(#[from] hex::FromHexError),
 }
 
 fn decode_rgb(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Color, HexColorError> {