diff --git a/packages/discord.js/src/errors/Messages.js b/packages/discord.js/src/errors/Messages.js
index 5c6e3ac71fa9..2819f17f71b1 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/src/errors/Messages.js
+++ b/packages/discord.js/src/errors/Messages.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const Messages = {
     `Calculated invalid shard ${shard} for guild ${guild} with ${count} shards.`,
 
   [DjsErrorCodes.ColorRange]: 'Color must be within the range 0 - 16777215 (0xFFFFFF).',
-  [DjsErrorCodes.ColorConvert]: 'Unable to convert color to a number.',
+  [DjsErrorCodes.ColorConvert]: color => `Unable to convert "${color}" to a number.`,
 
   [DjsErrorCodes.InviteOptionsMissingChannel]:
     'A valid guild channel must be provided when GuildScheduledEvent is EXTERNAL.',
diff --git a/packages/discord.js/src/util/Util.js b/packages/discord.js/src/util/Util.js
index b238a22c8834..38b0f7fbb8d1 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/src/util/Util.js
+++ b/packages/discord.js/src/util/Util.js
@@ -278,19 +278,26 @@ function verifyString(
  * @returns {number} A color
  */
 function resolveColor(color) {
+  let resolvedColor;
+
   if (typeof color === 'string') {
     if (color === 'Random') return Math.floor(Math.random() * (0xffffff + 1));
     if (color === 'Default') return 0;
     if (/^#?[\da-f]{6}$/i.test(color)) return parseInt(color.replace('#', ''), 16);
-    color = Colors[color];
+    resolvedColor = Colors[color];
   } else if (Array.isArray(color)) {
-    color = (color[0] << 16) + (color[1] << 8) + color[2];
+    resolvedColor = (color[0] << 16) + (color[1] << 8) + color[2];
+  }
+
+  if (resolvedColor < 0 || resolvedColor > 0xffffff) {
+    throw new DiscordjsRangeError(ErrorCodes.ColorRange);
   }
 
-  if (color < 0 || color > 0xffffff) throw new DiscordjsRangeError(ErrorCodes.ColorRange);
-  if (typeof color !== 'number' || Number.isNaN(color)) throw new DiscordjsTypeError(ErrorCodes.ColorConvert);
+  if (typeof resolvedColor !== 'number' || Number.isNaN(resolvedColor)) {
+    throw new DiscordjsTypeError(ErrorCodes.ColorConvert, color);
+  }
 
-  return color;
+  return resolvedColor;
 }
 
 /**