diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
index 6741e5ef4a..098b2d9dd9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
@@ -2857,6 +2857,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         /// <param name="face"></param>
         public void SetFaceColor(Vector3 color, int face)
         {
+            Vector3 clippedColor = Util.Clip(color, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+
             // The only way to get a deep copy/ If we don't do this, we can
             // never detect color changes further down.
             Byte[] buf = Shape.Textures.GetBytes();
@@ -2865,9 +2867,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             if (face >= 0 && face < GetNumberOfSides())
             {
                 texcolor = tex.CreateFace((uint)face).RGBA;
-                texcolor.R = Util.Clip((float)color.X, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                texcolor.G = Util.Clip((float)color.Y, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                texcolor.B = Util.Clip((float)color.Z, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+                texcolor.R = clippedColor.X;
+                texcolor.G = clippedColor.Y;
+                texcolor.B = clippedColor.Z;
                 tex.FaceTextures[face].RGBA = texcolor;
                 UpdateTextureEntry(tex.GetBytes());
                 return;
@@ -2879,15 +2881,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                     if (tex.FaceTextures[i] != null)
                     {
                         texcolor = tex.FaceTextures[i].RGBA;
-                        texcolor.R = Util.Clip((float)color.X, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                        texcolor.G = Util.Clip((float)color.Y, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                        texcolor.B = Util.Clip((float)color.Z, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+                        texcolor.R = clippedColor.X;
+                        texcolor.G = clippedColor.Y;
+                        texcolor.B = clippedColor.Z;
                         tex.FaceTextures[i].RGBA = texcolor;
                     }
                     texcolor = tex.DefaultTexture.RGBA;
-                    texcolor.R = Util.Clip((float)color.X, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                    texcolor.G = Util.Clip((float)color.Y, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                    texcolor.B = Util.Clip((float)color.Z, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+                    texcolor.R = clippedColor.X;
+                    texcolor.G = clippedColor.Y;
+                    texcolor.B = clippedColor.Z;
                     tex.DefaultTexture.RGBA = texcolor;
                 }
                 UpdateTextureEntry(tex.GetBytes());
@@ -2903,6 +2905,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         /// <param name="alpha"></param>
         public void SetFaceColorAlpha(int face, Vector3 color, double alpha)
         {
+            Vector3 clippedColor = Util.Clip(color, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+            float clippedAlpha = Util.Clip((float)alpha, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+
             // The only way to get a deep copy/ If we don't do this, we can
             // never detect color changes further down.
             Byte[] buf = Shape.Textures.GetBytes();
@@ -2911,10 +2916,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             if (face >= 0 && face < GetNumberOfSides())
             {
                 texcolor = tex.CreateFace((uint)face).RGBA;
-                texcolor.R = Util.Clip((float)color.X, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                texcolor.G = Util.Clip((float)color.Y, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                texcolor.B = Util.Clip((float)color.Z, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                texcolor.A = Util.Clip((float)alpha, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+                texcolor.R = clippedColor.X;
+                texcolor.G = clippedColor.Y;
+                texcolor.B = clippedColor.Z;
+                texcolor.A = clippedAlpha;
                 tex.FaceTextures[face].RGBA = texcolor;
                 UpdateTextureEntry(tex.GetBytes());
                 return;
@@ -2926,17 +2931,17 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                     if (tex.FaceTextures[i] != null)
                     {
                         texcolor = tex.FaceTextures[i].RGBA;
-                        texcolor.R = Util.Clip((float)color.X, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                        texcolor.G = Util.Clip((float)color.Y, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                        texcolor.B = Util.Clip((float)color.Z, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                        texcolor.A = Util.Clip((float)alpha, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+                        texcolor.R = clippedColor.X;
+                        texcolor.G = clippedColor.Y;
+                        texcolor.B = clippedColor.Z;
+                        texcolor.A = clippedAlpha;
                         tex.FaceTextures[i].RGBA = texcolor;
                     }
                     texcolor = tex.DefaultTexture.RGBA;
-                    texcolor.R = Util.Clip((float)color.X, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                    texcolor.G = Util.Clip((float)color.Y, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                    texcolor.B = Util.Clip((float)color.Z, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-                    texcolor.A = Util.Clip((float)alpha, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+                    texcolor.R = clippedColor.X;
+                    texcolor.G = clippedColor.Y;
+                    texcolor.B = clippedColor.Z;
+                    texcolor.A = clippedAlpha;
                     tex.DefaultTexture.RGBA = texcolor;
                 }
                 UpdateTextureEntry(tex.GetBytes());
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
index dbbfbd38c0..0cbb3173b4 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
@@ -7484,7 +7484,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
                             LSL_Vector color=rules.GetVector3Item(idx++);
                             double alpha=(double)rules.GetLSLFloatItem(idx++);
 
-                            part.SetFaceColorAlpha(face, new Vector3((float)color.x, (float)color.y, (float)color.z), alpha);
+                            part.SetFaceColorAlpha(face, color, alpha);
 
                             break;