diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 3b7229ff..c807726b 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import random
 from contextlib import closing
 
 from discord import Colour
@@ -49,6 +50,12 @@ colors = {
 # Grabbing the list of colours
 colour_list = [c for c in colors.values()]
 
+
+def rndColour():
+    """Generate a random hex colour"""
+    return "#{:06x}".format(random.randint(0, 0xFFFFFF))
+
+
 # Store guildID's and modlog channel within a cached dictionary
 modlogs = {}