diff --git a/R/colon.R b/R/colon.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abe7a12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/colon.R
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#' @title Vector creation
+#' @description Simulates the function `colon()` and its equivalent `:` operator from Matlab, which have a similar but not quite equivalent behavior when compared to `seq()` and `:` in R.
+#' @param a initial number
+#' @param b final number
+#' @export
+colon <- function(a, b) {
+    if (a <= b) {
+        return(a:b)
+    } else {
+        return(vector(mode = "numeric"))
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/man/colon.Rd b/man/colon.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ae3857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/colon.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/colon.R
+\name{colon}
+\alias{colon}
+\title{Vector creation}
+\usage{
+colon(a, b)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{a}{initial number}
+
+\item{b}{final number}
+}
+\description{
+Simulates the function `colon()` and its equivalent `:` operator from Matlab, which have a similar but not quite equivalent behavior when compared to `seq()` and `:` in R.
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-convertedBaseFunctions.R b/tests/testthat/test-convertedBaseFunctions.R
index 3480053..9a9c9c4 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-convertedBaseFunctions.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-convertedBaseFunctions.R
@@ -60,4 +60,9 @@ test_that("times works as expected", {
         object = times(matrix(c(-1.6, 5), 1), c(8, 1)),
         expected = matrix(c(-12.8, -1.6, 40, 5), 2)
     )
+})
+
+test_that("colon works as expected (hee hee)", {
+    expect_equal(colon(1, 4), 1:4)
+    expect_length(colon(4, 1), 0)
 })
\ No newline at end of file