diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_end/building.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_end/building.lua
index 7a3cdfd1d..3c7edb50f 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_end/building.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_end/building.lua
@@ -59,16 +59,18 @@ minetest.register_node("mcl_end:purpur_pillar", {
 	_mcl_hardness = 1.5,
 })
 
-minetest.register_node("mcl_end:end_rod", {
+local end_rod_name = "mcl_end:end_rod"
+local end_rod_side_tex = "mcl_end_end_rod_side.png"
+local end_rod_def = {
 	description = S("End Rod"),
 	_doc_items_longdesc = S("End rods are decorative light sources."),
 	tiles = {
 		"mcl_end_end_rod_top.png",
 		"mcl_end_end_rod_bottom.png",
-		"mcl_end_end_rod_side.png",
-		"mcl_end_end_rod_side.png",
-		"mcl_end_end_rod_side.png",
-		"mcl_end_end_rod_side.png",
+		end_rod_side_tex,
+		end_rod_side_tex,
+		end_rod_side_tex,
+		end_rod_side_tex,
 	},
 	drawtype = "nodebox",
 	is_ground_content = false,
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ minetest.register_node("mcl_end:end_rod", {
 	paramtype2 = "facedir",
 	light_source = minetest.LIGHT_MAX,
 	sunlight_propagates = true,
-	groups = { dig_immediate=3, deco_block=1, destroy_by_lava_flow=1, },
+	groups = { dig_immediate=3, deco_block=1, destroy_by_lava_flow=1, end_rod=1 },
 	node_box = {
 		type = "fixed",
 		fixed = {
@@ -132,7 +134,62 @@ minetest.register_node("mcl_end:end_rod", {
 
 	sounds = mcl_sounds.node_sound_glass_defaults(),
 	_mcl_blast_resistance = 0,
-})
+}
+minetest.register_node(end_rod_name, end_rod_def)
+
+-- register colored end_rods
+local colored_end_rods = {
+	{"white",      S("White End Rod"),      	"white"},
+	{"grey",       S("Grey End Rod"),       	"dark_grey"},
+	{"silver",     S("Light Grey End Rod"),		"grey"},
+	{"black",      S("Black End Rod"),      	"black"},
+	{"red",        S("Red End Rod"),        	"red"},
+	{"yellow",     S("Yellow End Rod"),     	"yellow"},
+	{"green",      S("Green End Rod"),      	"dark_green"},
+	{"cyan",       S("Cyan End Rod"),       	"cyan"},
+	{"blue",       S("Blue End Rod"),       	"blue"},
+	{"magenta",    S("Magenta End Rod"),    	"magenta"},
+	{"orange",     S("Orange End Rod"),     	"orange"},
+	{"purple",     S("Purple End Rod"),     	"violet"},
+	{"brown",      S("Brown End Rod"),      	"brown"},
+	{"pink",       S("Pink End Rod"),       	"pink"},
+	{"lime",       S("Lime End Rod"),       	"green"},
+	{"lightblue",  S("Light Blue End Rod"), 	"lightblue"},
+}
+local top_mask = "^[mask:mobs_mc_empty.png\\^[fill\\:2x2\\:7,7\\:white"
+local side_mask = "^[mask:mobs_mc_empty.png\\^[fill\\:16x15\\:0,0\\:white"
+for num, row in ipairs(colored_end_rods) do
+	local name = row[1]
+	local desc = row[2]
+	local dye = row[3]
+	local def = table.copy(end_rod_def)
+	def.description = desc
+	def._doc_items_longdesc = nil
+	def._doc_items_create_entry = false
+	if name == "pink" then
+		def.tiles[1] = def.tiles[1] .. "^(" .. def.tiles[1] .. top_mask .. "^[multiply:" .. name .. "^[hsl:0:300)"
+	elseif num > 4 then
+		def.tiles[1] = def.tiles[1] .. "^(" .. def.tiles[1] .. top_mask .. "^[multiply:" .. name .. "^[hsl:0:300^[opacity:120)"
+	else
+		def.tiles[1] = def.tiles[1] .. "^(" .. def.tiles[1] .. top_mask .. "^[multiply:" .. name .. "^[hsl:0:-100^[opacity:170)"
+	end
+	for i=3, 6 do
+		if name == "pink" then
+			def.tiles[i] = end_rod_side_tex .. "^(" .. end_rod_side_tex .. side_mask .. "^[multiply:" .. name .. "^[hsl:0:300)"
+		elseif num > 4 then
+			def.tiles[i] = end_rod_side_tex .. "^(" .. end_rod_side_tex .. side_mask .. "^[multiply:" .. name .. "^[hsl:0:300^[opacity:120)"
+		else
+			def.tiles[i] = end_rod_side_tex .. "^(" .. end_rod_side_tex .. side_mask .. "^[multiply:" .. name .. "^[hsl:0:-100^[opacity:170)"
+		end
+	end
+	minetest.register_node(end_rod_name.."_"..name, def)
+	minetest.register_craft({
+		type = "shapeless",
+		output = end_rod_name.."_"..name,
+		recipe = {"group:end_rod", "mcl_dye:"..dye}
+	})
+end
+
 
 minetest.register_node("mcl_end:dragon_egg", {
 	description = S("Dragon Egg"),