diff --git a/src/board/color.rs b/src/board/color.rs
index 6e828a6..828b1cf 100644
--- a/src/board/color.rs
+++ b/src/board/color.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use super::{Direction, Rank};
+use super::{Direction, FromFen, Rank};
+use crate::error::Error;
 
 /// An enum representing the color of a player.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
@@ -106,6 +107,20 @@ impl Color {
     }
 }
 
+/// Convert a side to move segment of a FEN string to a [Color].
+impl FromFen for Color {
+    type Err = Error;
+
+    fn from_fen(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let res = match s {
+            "w" => Color::White,
+            "b" => Color::Black,
+            _ => return Err(Error::InvalidFen),
+        };
+        Ok(res)
+    }
+}
+
 impl std::ops::Not for Color {
     type Output = Color;