Recolored units giving me issues

Ok, I've recolored 6 lava spawns (one for each of level) using the RGB in object editor. They show up perfectly in the WE, but once in-game, they aren't colored at all! What's happening? The same happens with a metamorphed unit. The unit the hero morphs into is recolored, and the same thing happens as with the lava spawns, except when the ability ends, the HERO is recolored! (wtf) Does anybody know what could possibly be causing this to happen?
-Darkwulfv

This isn't models?

Not if he is using the object editor.

No models involved here, just recolorations using the object editor.

Something in the Lava Spawn ability.

It tints them darker the more they split or something... So tints don't work.