diff --git a/src/grammar/brightscript.tmLanguage.spec.ts b/src/grammar/brightscript.tmLanguage.spec.ts
index 8d8fc925..5ac7572c 100644
--- a/src/grammar/brightscript.tmLanguage.spec.ts
+++ b/src/grammar/brightscript.tmLanguage.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,73 @@ import { standardizePath as s } from 'brighterscript';
 const brightscriptTmlanguagePath = s`${__dirname}/../../syntaxes/brightscript.tmLanguage.json`;
 
 describe('brightscript.tmlanguage.json', () => {
+    it('colors numerics correctly', async () => {
+        await testGrammar(`
+            var = 1
+           '      ^ constant.numeric.brs
+           '^^^ entity.name.variable.local.brs
+       `);
+
+        await testGrammar(`
+            var = 1.1
+           '        ^ constant.numeric.brs
+           '      ^ constant.numeric.brs
+           '^^^ entity.name.variable.local.brs
+       `);
+
+        await testGrammar(`
+            var = .1
+           '       ^ constant.numeric.brs
+           '^^^ entity.name.variable.local.brs
+       `);
+
+        await testGrammar(`
+            var = 0x2
+           '      ^^^ constant.numeric.brs
+           '^^^ entity.name.variable.local.brs
+       `);
+
+        await testGrammar(`
+            var = 1.8e+308
+           '      ^^^^^^^^ constant.numeric.brs
+           '^^^ entity.name.variable.local.brs
+       `);
+
+        await testGrammar(`
+            var = 0x2
+           '      ^^^ constant.numeric.brs
+           '^^^ entity.name.variable.local.brs
+       `);
+
+        await testGrammar(`
+            var = 0%
+           '       ^ source.brs
+           '      ^ constant.numeric.brs
+           '^^^ entity.name.variable.local.brs
+       `);
+
+        await testGrammar(`
+            var = 0!
+           '       ^ source.brs
+           '      ^ constant.numeric.brs
+           '^^^ entity.name.variable.local.brs
+       `);
+
+        await testGrammar(`
+            var = 0#
+           '       ^ source.brs
+           '      ^ constant.numeric.brs
+           '^^^ entity.name.variable.local.brs
+       `);
+
+        await testGrammar(`
+            var = 0&
+           '       ^ source.brs
+           '      ^ constant.numeric.brs
+           '^^^ entity.name.variable.local.brs
+       `);
+    });
+
     it('colors m, m.top, m.global, and super correctly', async () => {
         await testGrammar(`
             super.doSomething()
diff --git a/syntaxes/brightscript.tmLanguage.json b/syntaxes/brightscript.tmLanguage.json
index 88c02d7a..86f5b6a2 100644
--- a/syntaxes/brightscript.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/syntaxes/brightscript.tmLanguage.json
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
                 {
                     "include": "#function_call"
                 },
+                {
+                    "include": "#numeric_literal"
+                },
                 {
                     "include": "#object_properties"
                 },
@@ -581,8 +584,7 @@
                     ]
                 },
                 {
-                    "match": "\\b((0(x|X)[0-9a-fA-F]*)|(([0-9]+\\.?[0-9]*)|(\\.[0-9]+))((e|E)(\\+|-)?[0-9]+)?)(L|l|UL|ul|u|U|F|f)?\\b",
-                    "name": "constant.numeric.brs"
+                    "include": "#numeric_literal"
                 },
                 {
                     "patterns": [
@@ -606,6 +608,14 @@
                 }
             ]
         },
+        "numeric_literal": {
+            "patterns": [
+                {
+                    "match": "\\b((0(x|X)[0-9a-fA-F]*)|(([0-9]+\\.?[0-9]*)|(\\.[0-9]+))((e|E)(\\+|-)?[0-9]+)?)(L|l|UL|ul|u|U|F|f)?\\b",
+                    "name": "constant.numeric.brs"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
         "comment": {
             "patterns": [
                 {