diff --git a/code/_globalvars/_regexes.dm b/code/_globalvars/_regexes.dm
index 63d9c73c451..934296fe1bc 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/_regexes.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/_regexes.dm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_email, /regex, regex("\[a-z0-9_-]+@\[a-z0-9_-]+.\[a-z0-9_-]
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_alphanumeric, /regex, regex("\[a-z0-9]+", "i"))
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_punctuation, /regex, regex("\[.!?]+", "i"))
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_color, /regex, regex("^#\[0-9a-fA-F]{6}$"))
+GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_alpha_color, /regex, regex("^#\[0-9a-fA-F]{8}$"))
 
 //finds text strings recognized as links on discord. Mainly used to stop embedding.
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(has_discord_embeddable_links, /regex, regex("(https?://\[^\\s|<\]{2,})"))
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/greyscale_modify_menu.dm b/code/modules/admin/greyscale_modify_menu.dm
index c9cf8252007..fd6dc442981 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/greyscale_modify_menu.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/greyscale_modify_menu.dm
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@
 	/// Whether the menu is currently locked down to prevent abuse from players. Currently is only unlocked when opened from vv.
 	var/unlocked = FALSE
 
-	/// If defined, this ui state will be used instead of the target's
-	var/datum/ui_state/specific_ui_state
+	/// If defined, the always state will be used, and the user will be able to set the alpha channel of the colors too.
+	var/vv_mode = FALSE
 
-/datum/greyscale_modify_menu/New(atom/target, client/user, list/allowed_configs, datum/callback/apply_callback, starting_icon_state="", starting_config, starting_colors, datum/ui_state/specific_ui_state)
+/datum/greyscale_modify_menu/New(atom/target, client/user, list/allowed_configs, datum/callback/apply_callback, starting_icon_state="", starting_config, starting_colors, vv_mode = FALSE)
 	src.target = target
 	src.user = user
 	src.apply_callback = apply_callback || CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(DefaultApply))
 	icon_state = starting_icon_state
-	src.specific_ui_state = specific_ui_state
+	src.vv_mode = vv_mode
 
 	SetupConfigOwner()
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 	return ..()
 
 /datum/greyscale_modify_menu/ui_state(mob/user)
-	return specific_ui_state || target.ui_state(user)
+	return vv_mode ? GLOB.always_state : GLOB.greyscale_menu_state
 
 /datum/greyscale_modify_menu/ui_close()
 	qdel(src)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 /datum/greyscale_modify_menu/ui_interact(mob/user, datum/tgui/ui)
 	ui = SStgui.try_update_ui(user, src, ui)
 	if(!ui)
-		ui = new(user, target, "GreyscaleModifyMenu")
+		ui = new(user, src, "GreyscaleModifyMenu")
 		ui.open()
 
 /datum/greyscale_modify_menu/ui_data(mob/user)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 		if("recolor")
 			var/index = text2num(params["color_index"])
 			var/new_color = lowertext(params["new_color"])
-			if(split_colors[index] != new_color && findtext(new_color, GLOB.is_color))
+			if(split_colors[index] != new_color && (findtext(new_color, GLOB.is_color) || (vv_mode && findtext(new_color, GLOB.is_alpha_color))))
 				split_colors[index] = new_color
 				queue_refresh()
 
@@ -225,11 +225,11 @@ This is highly likely to cause massive amounts of lag as every object in the gam
 			config.EnableAutoRefresh(config_owner_type)
 
 /datum/greyscale_modify_menu/proc/ReadColorsFromString(colorString)
-	var/list/raw_colors = splittext(colorString, "#")
-	var/new_split_colors = list()
-	for(var/index in 2 to length(raw_colors))
-		var/color = "[raw_colors[index]]"
-		if(!findtext(color, GLOB.is_color))
+	var/list/new_split_colors = list()
+	var/list/colors = splittext(colorString, "#")
+	for(var/index in 2 to length(colors))
+		var/color = "#[colors[index]]"
+		if(!findtext(color, GLOB.is_color) && (!vv_mode || !findtext(color, GLOB.is_alpha_color)))
 			return FALSE
 		new_split_colors += color
 	split_colors = new_split_colors
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ This is highly likely to cause massive amounts of lag as every object in the gam
 
 /datum/greyscale_modify_menu/proc/refresh_preview()
 	for(var/i in length(split_colors) + 1 to config.expected_colors)
-		split_colors += rgb(100, 100, 100)
+		LAZYADD(split_colors, rgb(100, 100, 100))
 	var/list/used_colors = split_colors.Copy(1, config.expected_colors+1)
 
 	sprite_data = list()
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/view_variables/topic_basic.dm b/code/modules/admin/view_variables/topic_basic.dm
index df350d53e32..9804b3ed88b 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/view_variables/topic_basic.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/view_variables/topic_basic.dm
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 	if(href_list[VV_HK_MODIFY_GREYSCALE])
 		if(!check_rights(NONE))
 			return
-		var/datum/greyscale_modify_menu/menu = new(target, usr, SSgreyscale.configurations, specific_ui_state = GLOB.always_state)
+		var/datum/greyscale_modify_menu/menu = new(target, usr, SSgreyscale.configurations, vv_mode = TRUE)
 		menu.Unlock()
 		menu.ui_interact(usr)
 	if(href_list[VV_HK_CALLPROC])
diff --git a/code/modules/tgui/states/greyscale_menu.dm b/code/modules/tgui/states/greyscale_menu.dm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..58936f807d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/modules/tgui/states/greyscale_menu.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/**
+ * tgui state: greyscale menu
+ *
+ * Checks that the target var of the greyscale menu meets the default can_use_topic criteria
+ */
+
+GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(greyscale_menu_state, /datum/ui_state/greyscale_menu_state, new)
+
+/datum/ui_state/greyscale_menu_state/can_use_topic(src_object, mob/user)
+	var/datum/greyscale_modify_menu/menu = src_object
+	return GLOB.default_state.can_use_topic(menu.target, user)
diff --git a/tgstation.dme b/tgstation.dme
index ca7fd824ab0..bb527c7ac44 100644
--- a/tgstation.dme
+++ b/tgstation.dme
@@ -5197,6 +5197,7 @@
 #include "code\modules\tgui\states\deep_inventory.dm"
 #include "code\modules\tgui\states\default.dm"
 #include "code\modules\tgui\states\fun.dm"
+#include "code\modules\tgui\states\greyscale_menu.dm"
 #include "code\modules\tgui\states\hands.dm"
 #include "code\modules\tgui\states\human_adjacent.dm"
 #include "code\modules\tgui\states\inventory.dm"