How about new LUA color system

[NanoCat]

Hello there!
I've wrote a little code that can replace current LUA "Color()" function.
Why? My function will work much faster that current one, because it's using bitwise operations.
It will take only one number instead of whole table of 4 numbers.
So, here's the code:

--[[

New Gmod experimental color system
(C) NanoCat, 2013

]]

local bor, band, lshift, rshift = bit.bor, bit.band, bit.lshift, bit.rshift

function Color( r, g, b, a )
	return bor( lshift( band( r or 0, 0xFF ), 24 ), lshift( band( g or 0, 0xFF ), 16 ), lshift( band( b or 0, 0xFF ), 8 ), band( a or 255, 0xFF ) )
end

function Red( color )
	return rshift( color, 24 )
end

function Green( color )
	return band( rshift( color, 16 ), 0xFF )
end

function Blue( color )
	return band( rshift( color, 8 ), 0xFF )
end

function Alpha( color )
	return band( color, 0xFF )
end

function RGBA( color )
	return Red( color ), Green( color ), Blue( color ), Alpha( color )
end

--[[

	Uncomment to test it :)
	
	print( RGBA( Color( 167, 122, 64, 243 ) ) )

]]

Say what you think about it :3
P.S. Sorry for my bad english :c

[MakeR]

I didn't even realise the Color stuff needed any optimisation.

[Lexic]

Have you actually benchmarked it, or are you just assuming it's faster?
Plus, you don't have any modifier functions. How would I write color.g = color.g / 2 with your system?