diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp
index a8c21125b5..336178542a 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp
@@ -603,11 +603,16 @@ void Batch::_glColor4f(GLfloat red, GLfloat green, GLfloat blue, GLfloat alpha)
     DO_IT_NOW(_glColor4f, 4);
 }
 void GLBackend::do_glColor4f(Batch& batch, uint32 paramOffset) {
-    // TODO Replace this with a proper sticky Input attribute buffer with frequency 0
-   glVertexAttrib4f( gpu::Stream::COLOR,
+
+    glm::vec4 newColor(
         batch._params[paramOffset + 3]._float,
         batch._params[paramOffset + 2]._float,
         batch._params[paramOffset + 1]._float,
-        batch._params[paramOffset + 0]._float);
+        batch._params[paramOffset + 0]._float); 
+
+    if (_input._colorAttribute != newColor) {
+        _input._colorAttribute = newColor;
+        glVertexAttrib4fv(gpu::Stream::COLOR, &_input._colorAttribute.r);
+    }
     (void) CHECK_GL_ERROR();
 }
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h
index 6d806a7f06..dabc69dedb 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ protected:
         Offsets _bufferStrides;
         std::vector<GLuint> _bufferVBOs;
 
+        glm::vec4 _colorAttribute{ 0.0f };
+
         BufferPointer _indexBuffer;
         Offset _indexBufferOffset;
         Type _indexBufferType;