diff --git a/jsk_recognition_utils/CMakeLists.txt b/jsk_recognition_utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 34a91570a2..ba6c576e76 100644
--- a/jsk_recognition_utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/jsk_recognition_utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ add_executable(echo_tf_lookup_transform test/echo_tf_lookup_transform.cpp)
 
 catkin_add_gtest(test_cv_utils src/tests/test_cv_utils.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(test_cv_utils ${PROJECT_NAME} ${OpenCV_LIBRARIES})
+catkin_add_gtest(test_rgb_colors src/tests/test_rgb_colors.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(test_rgb_colors ${PROJECT_NAME} ${OpenCV_LIBRARIES})
 
 install(TARGETS jsk_recognition_utils
   RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_BIN_DESTINATION}
diff --git a/jsk_recognition_utils/src/tests/test_rgb_colors.cpp b/jsk_recognition_utils/src/tests/test_rgb_colors.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2145a2625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsk_recognition_utils/src/tests/test_rgb_colors.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include "jsk_recognition_utils/rgb_colors.h"
+#include <opencv2/opencv.hpp>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+
+TEST(RGBColors, testGetRGBColor){
+  cv::Vec3d color;
+  // red
+  color = jsk_recognition_utils::getRGBColor(jsk_recognition_utils::RED);
+  EXPECT_EQ(1, color[0]);
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, color[1]);
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, color[2]);
+  // gray
+  color = jsk_recognition_utils::getRGBColor(jsk_recognition_utils::GRAY);
+  EXPECT_EQ(0.502, color[0]);
+  EXPECT_EQ(0.502, color[1]);
+  EXPECT_EQ(0.502, color[2]);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv){
+  testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
+  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}