diff --git a/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/protocol/ClientboundMapItemDataPacket.php b/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/protocol/ClientboundMapItemDataPacket.php
index 6c716ffaa..f9a4802d2 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/protocol/ClientboundMapItemDataPacket.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/protocol/ClientboundMapItemDataPacket.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use pocketmine\network\BadPacketException;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\handler\SessionHandler;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\types\DimensionIds;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\types\MapTrackedObject;
+use pocketmine\utils\Binary;
 use pocketmine\utils\Color;
 use function assert;
 use function count;
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ class ClientboundMapItemDataPacket extends DataPacket implements ClientboundPack
 				$this->decorations[$i]["yOffset"] = $this->getByte();
 				$this->decorations[$i]["label"] = $this->getString();
 
-				$this->decorations[$i]["color"] = Color::fromABGR($this->getUnsignedVarInt());
+				$this->decorations[$i]["color"] = Color::fromRGBA(Binary::flipIntEndianness($this->getUnsignedVarInt()));
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ class ClientboundMapItemDataPacket extends DataPacket implements ClientboundPack
 
 			for($y = 0; $y < $this->height; ++$y){
 				for($x = 0; $x < $this->width; ++$x){
-					$this->colors[$y][$x] = Color::fromABGR($this->getUnsignedVarInt());
+					$this->colors[$y][$x] = Color::fromRGBA(Binary::flipIntEndianness($this->getUnsignedVarInt()));
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ class ClientboundMapItemDataPacket extends DataPacket implements ClientboundPack
 				$this->putString($decoration["label"]);
 
 				assert($decoration["color"] instanceof Color);
-				$this->putUnsignedVarInt($decoration["color"]->toABGR());
+				$this->putUnsignedVarInt(Binary::flipIntEndianness($decoration["color"]->toRGBA()));
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -193,7 +194,8 @@ class ClientboundMapItemDataPacket extends DataPacket implements ClientboundPack
 
 			for($y = 0; $y < $this->height; ++$y){
 				for($x = 0; $x < $this->width; ++$x){
-					$this->putUnsignedVarInt($this->colors[$y][$x]->toABGR());
+					//if mojang had any sense this would just be a regular LE int
+					$this->putUnsignedVarInt(Binary::flipIntEndianness($this->colors[$y][$x]->toRGBA()));
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/utils/Color.php b/src/pocketmine/utils/Color.php
index 69a6ff852..19289f7d8 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/utils/Color.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/utils/Color.php
@@ -163,11 +163,14 @@ class Color{
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns a little-endian ARGB 32-bit colour value.
-	 * @return int
+	 * Returns a Color from the supplied RGBA colour code (32-bit)
+	 *
+	 * @param int $c
+	 *
+	 * @return Color
 	 */
-	public function toBGRA() : int{
-		return ($this->b << 24) | ($this->g << 16) | ($this->r << 8) | $this->a;
+	public static function fromRGBA(int $c) : Color{
+		return new Color(($c >> 24) & 0xff, ($c >> 16) & 0xff, ($c >> 8) & 0xff, $c & 0xff);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -177,16 +180,4 @@ class Color{
 	public function toRGBA() : int{
 		return ($this->r << 24) | ($this->g << 16) | ($this->b << 8) | $this->a;
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns a little-endian RGBA colour value.
-	 * @return int
-	 */
-	public function toABGR() : int{
-		return ($this->a << 24) | ($this->b << 16) | ($this->g << 8) | $this->r;
-	}
-
-	public static function fromABGR(int $code){
-		return new Color($code & 0xff, ($code >> 8) & 0xff, ($code >> 16) & 0xff, ($code >> 24) & 0xff);
-	}
 }