diff --git a/src/ol/style/expressions.js b/src/ol/style/expressions.js
index 8000271db5..f1f51dcb2b 100644
--- a/src/ol/style/expressions.js
+++ b/src/ol/style/expressions.js
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ import {asArray, isStringColor} from '../color.js';
  *   * `['between', value1, value2, value3]` returns `1` if `value1` is contained between `value2` and `value3`
  *     (inclusively), or `0` otherwise.
  *
+ * * Conversion operators:
+ *   * `['array', value1, ...valueN]` creates a numerical array from `number` values; please note that the amount of
+ *     values can currently only be 2, 3 or 4.
+ *   * `['color', red, green, blue, alpha]` creates a `color` value from `number` values; the `alpha` parameter is
+ *     optional; if not specified, it will be set to 1.
+ *     Note: `red`, `green` and `blue` components must be values between 0 and 255; `alpha` between 0 and 1.
+ *
  * Values can either be literals or another operator, as they will be evaluated recursively.
  * Literal values can be of the following types:
  * * `number`
@@ -265,6 +272,11 @@ function assertArgsMinCount(args, count) {
     throw new Error(`At least ${count} arguments were expected, got ${args.length} instead`);
   }
 }
+function assertArgsMaxCount(args, count) {
+  if (args.length > count) {
+    throw new Error(`At most ${count} arguments were expected, got ${args.length} instead`);
+  }
+}
 function assertArgsEven(args) {
   if (args.length % 2 !== 0) {
     throw new Error(`An even amount of arguments was expected, got ${args} instead`);
@@ -492,6 +504,42 @@ Operators['between'] = {
     return `(${value} >= ${min} && ${value} <= ${max})`;
   }
 };
+Operators['array'] = {
+  getReturnType: function(args) {
+    return ValueTypes.NUMBER_ARRAY;
+  },
+  toGlsl: function(context, args) {
+    assertArgsMinCount(args, 2);
+    assertArgsMaxCount(args, 4);
+    for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+      assertNumber(args[i]);
+    }
+    const parsedArgs = args.map(function(val) {
+      return expressionToGlsl(context, val, ValueTypes.NUMBER);
+    });
+    return `vec${args.length}(${parsedArgs.join(', ')})`;
+  }
+};
+Operators['color'] = {
+  getReturnType: function(args) {
+    return ValueTypes.COLOR;
+  },
+  toGlsl: function(context, args) {
+    assertArgsMinCount(args, 3);
+    assertArgsMaxCount(args, 4);
+    for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+      assertNumber(args[i]);
+    }
+    const array = /** @type {number[]} */(args);
+    if (args.length === 3) {
+      array.push(1);
+    }
+    const parsedArgs = args.map(function(val, i) {
+      return expressionToGlsl(context, val, ValueTypes.NUMBER) + (i < 3 ? ' / 255.0' : '');
+    });
+    return `vec${args.length}(${parsedArgs.join(', ')})`;
+  }
+};
 Operators['interpolate'] = {
   getReturnType: function(args) {
     let type = ValueTypes.COLOR | ValueTypes.NUMBER;
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/style/expressions.test.js b/test/spec/ol/style/expressions.test.js
index 9a0519d9b8..d2aa7bf273 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/style/expressions.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/style/expressions.test.js
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ describe('ol.style.expressions', function() {
       expect(getValueType(['==', 10, ['get', 'attr4']])).to.eql(ValueTypes.BOOLEAN);
       expect(getValueType(['between', ['get', 'attr4'], -4.0, 5.0])).to.eql(ValueTypes.BOOLEAN);
       expect(getValueType(['!', ['get', 'attr4']])).to.eql(ValueTypes.BOOLEAN);
-      expect(getValueType(['interpolate', ['get', 'attr4'], [255, 255, 255, 1], 'transparent'])).to.eql(ValueTypes.COLOR);
+      expect(getValueType(['array', ['get', 'attr4'], 1, 2, 3])).to.eql(ValueTypes.NUMBER_ARRAY);
+      expect(getValueType(['color', ['get', 'attr4'], 1, 2])).to.eql(ValueTypes.COLOR);
     });
 
   });
@@ -171,6 +172,8 @@ describe('ol.style.expressions', function() {
       expect(expressionToGlsl(context, ['==', 10, ['get', 'attr4']])).to.eql('(10.0 == a_attr4)');
       expect(expressionToGlsl(context, ['between', ['get', 'attr4'], -4.0, 5.0])).to.eql('(a_attr4 >= -4.0 && a_attr4 <= 5.0)');
       expect(expressionToGlsl(context, ['!', ['get', 'attr4']])).to.eql('(!a_attr4)');
+      expect(expressionToGlsl(context, ['array', ['get', 'attr4'], 1, 2, 3])).to.eql('vec4(a_attr4, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0)');
+      expect(expressionToGlsl(context, ['color', ['get', 'attr4'], 1, 2, 0.5])).to.eql('vec4(a_attr4 / 255.0, 1.0 / 255.0, 2.0 / 255.0, 0.5)');
     });
 
     it('correctly adapts output for fragment shaders', function() {
@@ -201,17 +204,39 @@ describe('ol.style.expressions', function() {
       } catch (e) {
         thrown = true;
       }
+      expect(thrown).to.be(true);
+
+      thrown = false;
       try {
         expressionToGlsl(context, ['<', 0, 'aa']);
       } catch (e) {
         thrown = true;
       }
+      expect(thrown).to.be(true);
+
+      thrown = false;
       try {
         expressionToGlsl(context, ['+', true, ['get', 'attr']]);
       } catch (e) {
         thrown = true;
       }
       expect(thrown).to.be(true);
+
+      thrown = false;
+      try {
+        expressionToGlsl(context, ['color', 1, 2, 'red']);
+      } catch (e) {
+        thrown = true;
+      }
+      expect(thrown).to.be(true);
+
+      thrown = false;
+      try {
+        expressionToGlsl(context, ['array', 1, '2', 3]);
+      } catch (e) {
+        thrown = true;
+      }
+      expect(thrown).to.be(true);
     });
 
     it('throws with the wrong number of arguments', function() {
@@ -221,31 +246,43 @@ describe('ol.style.expressions', function() {
       } catch (e) {
         thrown = true;
       }
+      expect(thrown).to.be(true);
+
+      thrown = false;
       try {
         expressionToGlsl(context, ['<', 4]);
       } catch (e) {
         thrown = true;
       }
+      expect(thrown).to.be(true);
+
+      thrown = false;
       try {
         expressionToGlsl(context, ['+']);
       } catch (e) {
         thrown = true;
       }
       expect(thrown).to.be(true);
+
+      thrown = false;
+      try {
+        expressionToGlsl(context, ['array', 1]);
+      } catch (e) {
+        thrown = true;
+      }
+      expect(thrown).to.be(true);
+
+      thrown = false;
+      try {
+        expressionToGlsl(context, ['color', 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
+      } catch (e) {
+        thrown = true;
+      }
+      expect(thrown).to.be(true);
     });
 
     it('throws on invalid expressions', function() {
       let thrown = false;
-      try {
-        expressionToGlsl(context, true);
-      } catch (e) {
-        thrown = true;
-      }
-      try {
-        expressionToGlsl(context, [123, 456]);
-      } catch (e) {
-        thrown = true;
-      }
       try {
         expressionToGlsl(context, null);
       } catch (e) {