diff --git a/ogre2/src/Ogre2ParticleEmitter.cc b/ogre2/src/Ogre2ParticleEmitter.cc
index 9a4d2e2b6..d62595408 100644
--- a/ogre2/src/Ogre2ParticleEmitter.cc
+++ b/ogre2/src/Ogre2ParticleEmitter.cc
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ void Ogre2ParticleEmitter::SetColorRange(
     const gz::math::Color &_colorStart,
     const gz::math::Color &_colorEnd)
 {
+  // see https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/issues/902
+  gzwarn << "ParticleEmitter SetColorRange is currently disabled." << std::endl;
+  return;
+
   // Color interpolator affector.
   if (!this->dataPtr->colorInterpolatorAffector)
   {
diff --git a/test/common_test/ParticleEmitter_TEST.cc b/test/common_test/ParticleEmitter_TEST.cc
index 909fe44d3..adce32612 100644
--- a/test/common_test/ParticleEmitter_TEST.cc
+++ b/test/common_test/ParticleEmitter_TEST.cc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ using namespace gz;
 using namespace rendering;
 
 /// \brief The test fixture.
-class ParticleEmitterTest : public CommonRenderingTest 
+class ParticleEmitterTest : public CommonRenderingTest
 {
   /// \brief A directory under test/ with some textures.
   protected: const std::string TEST_MEDIA_PATH =
@@ -124,8 +124,10 @@ TEST_F(ParticleEmitterTest, ParticleEmitter)
   EXPECT_EQ(expectedMaterial,         particleEmitter->Material());
   EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(expectedMinVel,    particleEmitter->MinVelocity());
   EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(expectedMaxVel,    particleEmitter->MaxVelocity());
-  EXPECT_EQ(expectedColorStart,       particleEmitter->ColorStart());
-  EXPECT_EQ(expectedColorEnd,         particleEmitter->ColorEnd());
+  // ColorRange test is currently disabled, see
+  // https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/issues/902
+  // EXPECT_EQ(expectedColorStart,       particleEmitter->ColorStart());
+  // EXPECT_EQ(expectedColorEnd,         particleEmitter->ColorEnd());
   EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(expectedScaleRate, particleEmitter->ScaleRate());
   EXPECT_EQ(expectedColorRangeImage,  particleEmitter->ColorRangeImage());
   EXPECT_FLOAT_EQ(expectedScatterRatio,