diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 50f941f8..ae2eb018 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ MyOpenhabRule()
 - Added HABApp.util.RateLimiter
 - Added CompressedMidnightRotatingFileHandler
 - Updated dependencies
+- Small improvement for RGB and HSB types
 
 #### 23.11.0 (2023-11-23)
 - Fix for very small float values (#425)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9bcc4000..aa857f7a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Packages for source formatting
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-pre-commit  >= 3.5,     < 3.6
-ruff        >= 0.1.6,   < 0.2
+pre-commit  >= 3.6,     < 4
+ruff        >= 0.1.8,   < 0.2
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Packages for other developement tasks
diff --git a/requirements_setup.txt b/requirements_setup.txt
index 8264b60c..a634b771 100644
--- a/requirements_setup.txt
+++ b/requirements_setup.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 aiohttp     == 3.9.1
 pydantic    == 2.5.2
-msgspec     == 0.18.4
+msgspec     == 0.18.5
 pendulum    == 2.1.2
 bidict      == 0.22.1
 watchdog    == 3.0.0
-ujson       == 5.8.0
+ujson       == 5.9.0
 aiomqtt     == 1.2.1
 
 immutables  == 0.20
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ colorama    == 0.4.6
 
 voluptuous == 0.14.1
 
-typing-extensions == 4.8.0
+typing-extensions == 4.9.0
 
 aiohttp-sse-client == 0.2.1
 
diff --git a/requirements_tests.txt b/requirements_tests.txt
index 34746f45..c6dc925e 100644
--- a/requirements_tests.txt
+++ b/requirements_tests.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 packaging       == 23.2
 pytest          == 7.4.3
-pytest-asyncio  == 0.21.1
+pytest-asyncio  == 0.23.2
diff --git a/src/HABApp/core/types/color.py b/src/HABApp/core/types/color.py
index 52d4be76..66dec2e4 100644
--- a/src/HABApp/core/types/color.py
+++ b/src/HABApp/core/types/color.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from colorsys import hsv_to_rgb as _hsv_to_rgb
 from colorsys import rgb_to_hsv as _rgb_to_hsv
-from typing import Tuple, Union, Optional
+from typing import Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 from typing_extensions import Self
 
@@ -90,19 +90,30 @@ def __str__(self):
     def __eq__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, self.__class__):
             return self._r == other._r and self._g == other._g and self._b == other._b
-        elif isinstance(other, HSB):
+        if isinstance(other, HSB):
             return self == self.__class__.from_hsb(other)
-        else:
-            return NotImplemented
-
-    def __getitem__(self, item: int) -> int:
-        if item == 0:
-            return self._r
-        if item == 1:
-            return self._g
-        if item == 2:
-            return self._b
-        raise IndexError()
+        return NotImplemented
+
+    def __getitem__(self, item: Union[int, str]) -> int:
+        if isinstance(item, int):
+            if item == 0:
+                return self._r
+            if item == 1:
+                return self._g
+            if item == 2:
+                return self._b
+            raise IndexError()
+
+        if isinstance(item, str):
+            if item in ('r', 'red'):
+                return self._r
+            if item in ('g', 'green'):
+                return self._g
+            if item in ('b', 'blue'):
+                return self._b
+            raise KeyError()
+
+        raise TypeError()
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Conversions
@@ -227,17 +238,28 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
             return self._hue == other._hue and \
                 self._saturation == other._saturation and \
                 self._brightness == other._brightness
-        else:
-            return NotImplemented
-
-    def __getitem__(self, item: int) -> float:
-        if item == 0:
-            return self._hue
-        if item == 1:
-            return self._saturation
-        if item == 2:
-            return self._brightness
-        raise IndexError()
+        return NotImplemented
+
+    def __getitem__(self, item: Union[int, str]) -> float:
+        if isinstance(item, int):
+            if item == 0:
+                return self._hue
+            if item == 1:
+                return self._saturation
+            if item == 2:
+                return self._brightness
+            raise IndexError()
+
+        if isinstance(item, str):
+            if item in ('h', 'hue'):
+                return self._hue
+            if item in ('s', 'saturation'):
+                return self._saturation
+            if item in ('b', 'brightness'):
+                return self._brightness
+            raise KeyError()
+
+        raise TypeError()
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Conversions
diff --git a/tests/test_core/test_types/test_color.py b/tests/test_core/test_types/test_color.py
index f464a86a..375b04f5 100644
--- a/tests/test_core/test_types/test_color.py
+++ b/tests/test_core/test_types/test_color.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 
-from HABApp.core.types.color import RGB, HSB
+from HABApp.core.types.color import HSB, RGB
 
 
 def test_rgb():
@@ -10,8 +10,16 @@ def test_rgb():
     assert rgb.b == rgb.blue == 3
 
     assert rgb[0] == 1
+    assert rgb['r'] == 1
+    assert rgb['red'] == 1
+
     assert rgb[1] == 2
+    assert rgb['g'] == 2
+    assert rgb['green'] == 2
+
     assert rgb[2] == 3
+    assert rgb['b'] == 3
+    assert rgb['blue'] == 3
 
     r, g, b = rgb
     assert r == rgb.r
@@ -69,8 +77,16 @@ def test_hsb():
     assert hsb.b == hsb.brightness == 3
 
     assert hsb[0] == 1
+    assert hsb['h'] == 1
+    assert hsb['hue'] == 1
+
     assert hsb[1] == 2
+    assert hsb['s'] == 2
+    assert hsb['saturation'] == 2
+
     assert hsb[2] == 3
+    assert hsb['b'] == 3
+    assert hsb['brightness'] == 3
 
     h, s, b = hsb
     assert h == hsb.h