diff --git a/package/cpp/api/JsiSkColor.h b/package/cpp/api/JsiSkColor.h
index 3edda89563..5e1892ab25 100644
--- a/package/cpp/api/JsiSkColor.h
+++ b/package/cpp/api/JsiSkColor.h
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ class JsiSkColor : public RNJsi::JsiHostObject {
   static SkColor fromValue(jsi::Runtime &runtime, const jsi::Value &obj) {
     const auto &object = obj.asObject(runtime);
     jsi::ArrayBuffer buffer =
-        object
-            .getProperty(runtime, jsi::PropNameID::forAscii(runtime, "buffer"))
-            .asObject(runtime)
-            .getArrayBuffer(runtime);
+        object.getPropertyAsObject(runtime, "buffer").getArrayBuffer(runtime);
     auto bfrPtr = reinterpret_cast<float *>(buffer.data(runtime));
     if (bfrPtr[0] > 1 || bfrPtr[1] > 1 || bfrPtr[2] > 1 || bfrPtr[3] > 1) {
       return SK_ColorBLACK;
@@ -76,9 +73,24 @@ class JsiSkColor : public RNJsi::JsiHostObject {
         return JsiSkColor::toValue(
             runtime, SkColorSetARGB(color.a * 255, color.r, color.g, color.b));
       } else if (arguments[0].isObject()) {
-        return arguments[0].getObject(runtime);
+        auto obj = arguments[0].getObject(runtime);
+        if (obj.isArray(runtime)) {
+          auto array = obj.asArray(runtime);
+          // turn the array into a Float32Array
+          return runtime.global()
+              .getPropertyAsFunction(runtime, "Float32Array")
+              .callAsConstructor(runtime, array)
+              .getObject(runtime);
+        } else if (obj.hasProperty(runtime, "buffer") &&
+                   obj.getPropertyAsObject(runtime, "buffer")
+                       .isArrayBuffer(runtime)) {
+          return obj;
+        }
       }
-      return jsi::Value::undefined();
+      throw jsi::JSError(runtime,
+                         "Skia.Color expected number, Float32Array, number[], "
+                         "or string and got: " +
+                             arguments[0].toString(runtime).utf8(runtime));
     };
   }
 };
diff --git a/package/src/renderer/__tests__/e2e/Colors.spec.tsx b/package/src/renderer/__tests__/e2e/Colors.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..231a907eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/src/renderer/__tests__/e2e/Colors.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { surface } from "../setup";
+
+describe("Colors", () => {
+  it("should support int, string, array, and Float32Array", async () => {
+    const result = await surface.eval((Skia) => {
+      const areEqualFloat32Arrays = (...arrays: Float32Array[]) => {
+        // Check if all arrays have the same length
+        const allSameLength = arrays.every(
+          (array) => array.length === arrays[0].length
+        );
+        if (!allSameLength) {
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        // Compare elements across all arrays for each index
+        for (let i = 0; i < arrays[0].length; i++) {
+          if (!arrays.every((array) => array[i] === arrays[0][i])) {
+            return false;
+          }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+      };
+
+      const c1 = Skia.Color("cyan");
+      const c2 = Skia.Color([0, 1, 1, 1]);
+      const c3 = Skia.Color(0xff00ffff);
+      const c4 = Skia.Color(Float32Array.of(0, 1, 1, 1));
+
+      const r = areEqualFloat32Arrays(c1, c2, c3, c4);
+      if (!r) {
+        console.log({ c1, c2, c3, c4 });
+      }
+      return r;
+    });
+    expect(result).toBe(true);
+  });
+  it("should render the same color regardless of constructor input types", async () => {
+    // given (different inputs representing the same color
+    const colors = [
+      { kind: "string" as const, value: "red" },
+      { kind: "float32Array" as const, value: [1, 0, 0, 1] },
+      { kind: "number" as const, value: 0xffff0000 },
+      { kind: "array" as const, value: [1, 0, 0, 1] },
+    ];
+
+    // when (for each input we draw a colored canvas and encode it to bytes)
+    const buffers = await Promise.all(
+      colors.map((color) =>
+        surface
+          .drawOffscreen(
+            (Skia, canvas, ctx) => {
+              const c =
+                ctx.color.kind === "float32Array"
+                  ? // we cannot pass in a Float32Array via ctx, need to construct it inside
+                    new Float32Array(ctx.color.value)
+                  : ctx.color.value;
+              canvas.drawColor(Skia.Color(c));
+            },
+            { color }
+          )
+          .then((image) => image.encodeToBytes())
+      )
+    );
+
+    // then (expect the encoded bytes are equal)
+    for (let i = 1; i < buffers.length; i++) {
+      const prev = buffers[i - 1];
+      const curr = buffers[i];
+      expect(prev.length).toBe(curr.length);
+      for (let j = 0; j < prev.length; j++) {
+        expect(prev[j]).toBe(curr[j]);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/package/src/skia/web/JsiSkColor.ts b/package/src/skia/web/JsiSkColor.ts
index 9ab43036e5..1b8258a1ff 100644
--- a/package/src/skia/web/JsiSkColor.ts
+++ b/package/src/skia/web/JsiSkColor.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { SkColor, Color as InputColor } from "../types";
+import type { Color as InputColor, SkColor } from "../types";
 
 const alphaf = (c: number) => ((c >> 24) & 255) / 255;
 const red = (c: number) => (c >> 16) & 255;
@@ -329,12 +329,17 @@ export const Color = (color: InputColor): SkColor => {
       rgba[2] / 255,
       rgba[3]
     );
-  } else {
+  } else if (typeof color === "number") {
     return Float32Array.of(
       red(color) / 255,
       green(color) / 255,
       blue(color) / 255,
       alphaf(color)
     );
+  } else {
+    // Exhaustive case (though not possible on the type level, could be possible at runtime)
+    throw new Error(
+      `Skia.Color expected number, Float32Array, number[], or string and got: ${color}`
+    );
   }
 };