diff --git a/src/ol/color/color.js b/src/ol/color/color.js
index f50c852634..79fee12f56 100644
--- a/src/ol/color/color.js
+++ b/src/ol/color/color.js
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ goog.require('goog.math');
 goog.require('goog.vec.Mat4');
 
 
+/**
+ * @define {boolean} Enable named colors.
+ * Enabling named colors adds about 3KB uncompressed / 1.5KB compressed to the
+ * final build size.
+ */
+ol.color.ENABLE_NAMED_COLORS = true;
+
+
 /**
  * A color represented as a short array [red, green, blue, alpha].
  * red, green, and blue should be integers in the range 0..255 inclusive.
@@ -153,7 +161,7 @@ ol.color.fromString = (function() {
 ol.color.fromStringInternal_ = function(s) {
 
   var isHex = false;
-  if (goog.color.names.hasOwnProperty(s)) {
+  if (ol.color.ENABLE_NAMED_COLORS && goog.color.names.hasOwnProperty(s)) {
     s = goog.color.names[s];
     isHex = true;
   }
diff --git a/src/ol/render/dragbox.js b/src/ol/render/dragbox.js
index e2fe12bd8a..90791ff619 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/dragbox.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/dragbox.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ol.render.DragBox = function(opt_style) {
     },
     image: null,
     stroke: {
-      color: 'red',
+      color: '#ff0000',
       width: 1
     },
     zIndex: 0
diff --git a/src/ol/style.js b/src/ol/style.js
index 7d996417b3..101946b000 100644
--- a/src/ol/style.js
+++ b/src/ol/style.js
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ ol.style.DEFAULT_IMAGE_STYLE = {
  * @type {ol.style.Stroke}
  */
 ol.style.DEFAULT_STROKE_STYLE = {
-  color: 'red',
+  color: '#ff0000',
   width: 3
 };