def METHOD_NAME(self):
    color_value, value_type = self._vmt.get_vector('$color', [1, 1, 1])
    divider = 255 if value_type is int else 1
    color_value = list(map(lambda a: a / divider, color_value))
    if len(color_value) == 1:
        color_value = [color_value[0], color_value[0], color_value[0]]
    elif len(color_value) > 3:
        color_value = color_value[:3]
    return color_value