diff --git a/include/MSTK_private.h b/include/MSTK_private.h
index 4cc3b9c..dc4316a 100644
--- a/include/MSTK_private.h
+++ b/include/MSTK_private.h
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ typedef enum MDelType {MDELREGION=-40, MDELFACE=-30, MDELEDGE=-20, MDELVERTEX=-1
   int        MESH_PartitionWithZoltan(Mesh_ptr mesh, int nparts, int **part, 
                                       int noptions, char **options,
                                       MSTK_Comm comm);
+  int        MESH_PartitionWithColoringFile(Mesh_ptr mesh, int nparts, int **part);
   int        FixColumnPartitions(Mesh_ptr mesh, int *part, MSTK_Comm comm);
   int        FixColumnPartitions_IsSide(Mesh_ptr mesh, MRegion_ptr mr, MFace_ptr rf);
   int        FixColumnPartitions_UpDown(Mesh_ptr mesh, MRegion_ptr mr, MFace_ptr* up, MFace_ptr* dn);
diff --git a/src/par/MESH_Get_Partitioning.c b/src/par/MESH_Get_Partitioning.c
index 446c904..68b9a2f 100644
--- a/src/par/MESH_Get_Partitioning.c
+++ b/src/par/MESH_Get_Partitioning.c
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ int MESH_Get_Partitioning(Mesh_ptr mesh, int method, int **part, MSTK_Comm comm)
 
     break;
   }
+  case 3: {
+    /* This reads a coloring file */
+    if (rank == 0) {
+      ok = MESH_PartitionWithColoringFile(mesh, num, part);
+    }
+
+    break;
+  }
   default:
     MSTK_Report("MESH_Get_Partition","Unknown partitioning method",MSTK_FATAL);
   }
diff --git a/src/par/MESH_PartitionWithColoringFile.c b/src/par/MESH_PartitionWithColoringFile.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bd9574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/par/MESH_PartitionWithColoringFile.c
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/* 
+Copyright 2019 Triad National Security, LLC. All rights reserved.
+
+This file is part of the MSTK project. Please see the license file at
+the root of this repository or at
+https://github.com/MeshToolkit/MSTK/blob/master/LICENSE
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "MSTK.h"
+
+/* Get the partitioning of mesh by reading a coloring file -
+   Doesn't actually do anything to the mesh */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+
+int MESH_PartitionWithColoringFile(Mesh_ptr mesh, int nparts, int **part) {
+  int ncells;
+  FILE* fid;
+  size_t count;
+
+  ncells = MESH_Num_Regions(mesh);
+  *part = (int *) malloc(ncells*sizeof(int));
+
+  fid = fopen("coloring.bin", "rb");
+  if (fid == NULL) {
+    fprintf(stderr,"Nonexistent coloring file \"coloring.bin\"\n");
+    exit(-1);
+  }
+
+  count = fread(*part, sizeof(int), (size_t) ncells, fid);
+  fprintf(stderr,"read %zu of %i region colors from coloring.bin\n", count, ncells);
+  if (count != (size_t) ncells) {
+    fprintf(stderr,"Error reading coloring file \"coloring.bin\"\n");
+    exit(-1);
+  }
+  fclose(fid);
+  return 1;
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+  }
+#endif
diff --git a/utils/meshconvert/src/meshconvert.c b/utils/meshconvert/src/meshconvert.c
index eb8250e..46583dc 100644
--- a/utils/meshconvert/src/meshconvert.c
+++ b/utils/meshconvert/src/meshconvert.c
@@ -57,10 +57,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
   if (argc < 3) {
     fprintf(stderr,"\n");
-    fprintf(stderr,"usage: meshconvert <--classify=0|n|1|y|2> <--partition=y|1|n|0> <--partition-method=0|1|2> <--parallel-check=y|1|n|0> <--weave=y|1|n|0> <--num-ghost-layers=?> <--check-topo=y|1|n|0> infilename outfilename\n\n");
+    fprintf(stderr,"usage: meshconvert <--classify=0|n|1|y|2> <--partition=y|1|n|0> <--partition-method=0|1|2|3> <--parallel-check=y|1|n|0> <--weave=y|1|n|0> <--num-ghost-layers=?> <--check-topo=y|1|n|0> infilename outfilename\n\n");
     fprintf(stderr,"partition-method = 0, METIS\n");
     fprintf(stderr,"                 = 1, ZOLTAN with GRAPH partioning\n");
     fprintf(stderr,"                 = 2, ZOLTAN with RCB partitioning\n");
+    fprintf(stderr,"                 = 3, read partitioning from coloring.bin file\n");
     fprintf(stderr,"Choose 2 if you want to avoid partitioning models\n");
     fprintf(stderr,"with high aspect ratio along the short directions\n");
     fprintf(stderr,"\n");