diff --git a/baked_in.go b/baked_in.go
index 5c9f29c..4352a9e 100644
--- a/baked_in.go
+++ b/baked_in.go
@@ -9,12 +9,82 @@ import (
 // BakedInValidators is the map of ValidationFunc used internally
 // but can be used with any new Validator if desired
 var BakedInValidators = map[string]ValidationFunc{
-	"required": required,
-	"len":      length,
-	"min":      min,
-	"max":      max,
-	"alpha":    alpha,
-	"alphanum": alphanum,
+	"required":    required,
+	"len":         length,
+	"min":         min,
+	"max":         max,
+	"alpha":       alpha,
+	"alphanum":    alphanum,
+	"numeric":     numeric,
+	"number":      number,
+	"hexadecimal": hexadecimal,
+	"hexcolor":    hexcolor,
+	"email":       email,
+}
+
+func email(field interface{}, param string) bool {
+
+	st := reflect.ValueOf(field)
+
+	switch st.Kind() {
+
+	case reflect.String:
+		return emailRegex.MatchString(field.(string))
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Bad field type %T", field))
+	}
+}
+
+func hexcolor(field interface{}, param string) bool {
+
+	st := reflect.ValueOf(field)
+
+	switch st.Kind() {
+
+	case reflect.String:
+		return hexcolorRegex.MatchString(field.(string))
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Bad field type %T", field))
+	}
+}
+
+func hexadecimal(field interface{}, param string) bool {
+
+	st := reflect.ValueOf(field)
+
+	switch st.Kind() {
+
+	case reflect.String:
+		return hexadecimalRegex.MatchString(field.(string))
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Bad field type %T", field))
+	}
+}
+
+func number(field interface{}, param string) bool {
+
+	st := reflect.ValueOf(field)
+
+	switch st.Kind() {
+
+	case reflect.String:
+		return numberRegex.MatchString(field.(string))
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Bad field type %T", field))
+	}
+}
+
+func numeric(field interface{}, param string) bool {
+
+	st := reflect.ValueOf(field)
+
+	switch st.Kind() {
+
+	case reflect.String:
+		return numericRegex.MatchString(field.(string))
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Bad field type %T", field))
+	}
 }
 
 func alphanum(field interface{}, param string) bool {
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 1b8c68d..947cccd 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -158,6 +158,22 @@ Here is a list of the current built in validators:
 	alphanum
 		This validates that a strings value contains alphanumeric characters only
 		(Usage: alphanum)
+	numeric
+		This validates that a strings value contains a basic numeric value.
+		basic excludes exponents etc...
+		(Usage: numeric)
+	hexadecimal
+		This validates that a strings value contains a valid hexadecimal.
+		(Usage: hexadecimal)
+	hexcolor
+		This validates that a strings value contains a valid hex color including
+		hashtag (#)
+		(Usage: hexcolor)
+	email
+		This validates that a strings value contains a valid email
+		This may not conform to all possibilities of any rfc standard, but neither
+		does any email provider accept all posibilities...
+		(Usage: email)
 
 Validator notes:
 
diff --git a/regexes.go b/regexes.go
index f3be004..a858b94 100644
--- a/regexes.go
+++ b/regexes.go
@@ -5,9 +5,19 @@ import "regexp"
 const (
 	alphaRegexString        string = "^[a-zA-Z]+$"
 	alphaNumericRegexString string = "^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$"
+	numericRegexString      string = "^[-+]?[0-9]+(?:\\.[0-9]+)?$"
+	numberRegexString       string = "^[0-9]+$"
+	hexadecimalRegexString  string = "^[0-9a-fA-F]+$"
+	hexcolorRegexString     string = "^#(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{3}|[0-9a-fA-F]{6})$"
+	emailRegexString        string = "^(((([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[!#\\$%&'\\*\\+\\-\\/=\\?\\^_`{\\|}~]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])+(\\.([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[!#\\$%&'\\*\\+\\-\\/=\\?\\^_`{\\|}~]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])+)*)|((\\x22)((((\\x20|\\x09)*(\\x0d\\x0a))?(\\x20|\\x09)+)?(([\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x7f]|\\x21|[\\x23-\\x5b]|[\\x5d-\\x7e]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(\\([\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0d-\\x7f]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}]))))*(((\\x20|\\x09)*(\\x0d\\x0a))?(\\x20|\\x09)+)?(\\x22)))@((([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])([a-zA-Z]|\\d|-|\\.|_|~|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])*([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])))\\.)+(([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])([a-zA-Z]|\\d|-|\\.|_|~|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])*([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])))\\.?$"
 )
 
 var (
 	alphaRegex        = regexp.MustCompile(alphaRegexString)
 	alphaNumericRegex = regexp.MustCompile(alphaNumericRegexString)
+	numericRegex      = regexp.MustCompile(numericRegexString)
+	numberRegex       = regexp.MustCompile(numberRegexString)
+	hexadecimalRegex  = regexp.MustCompile(hexadecimalRegexString)
+	hexcolorRegex     = regexp.MustCompile(hexcolorRegexString)
+	emailRegex        = regexp.MustCompile(emailRegexString)
 )
diff --git a/validator_test.go b/validator_test.go
index 7390a55..a9e77f0 100644
--- a/validator_test.go
+++ b/validator_test.go
@@ -113,6 +113,129 @@ func AssertMapFieldError(s map[string]*validator.FieldValidationError, field str
 	c.Assert(val.ErrorTag, Equals, expectedTag)
 }
 
+func (ms *MySuite) TestEmail(c *C) {
+
+	s := "test@mail.com"
+	err := validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "email")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	s = ""
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "email")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "email")
+
+	s = "test@email"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "email")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "email")
+
+	s = "test@email."
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "email")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "email")
+
+	s = "@email.com"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "email")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "email")
+}
+
+func (ms *MySuite) TestHexColor(c *C) {
+
+	s := "#fff"
+	err := validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "hexcolor")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	s = "#c2c2c2"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "hexcolor")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	s = "fff"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "hexcolor")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "hexcolor")
+
+	s = "fffFF"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "hexcolor")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "hexcolor")
+}
+
+func (ms *MySuite) TestHexadecimal(c *C) {
+
+	s := "ff0044"
+	err := validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "hexadecimal")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	s = "abcdefg"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "hexadecimal")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "hexadecimal")
+}
+
+func (ms *MySuite) TestNumber(c *C) {
+
+	s := "1"
+	err := validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "number")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	s = "+1"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "number")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "number")
+
+	s = "-1"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "number")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "number")
+
+	s = "1.12"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "number")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "number")
+
+	s = "+1.12"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "number")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "number")
+
+	s = "-1.12"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "number")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "number")
+
+	s = "1."
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "number")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "number")
+
+	s = "1.o"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "number")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "number")
+}
+
+func (ms *MySuite) TestNumeric(c *C) {
+
+	s := "1"
+	err := validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "numeric")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	s = "+1"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "numeric")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	s = "-1"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "numeric")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	s = "1.12"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "numeric")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	s = "+1.12"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "numeric")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	s = "-1.12"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "numeric")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	s = "1."
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "numeric")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "numeric")
+
+	s = "1.o"
+	err = validator.ValidateFieldByTag(s, "numeric")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "numeric")
+}
+
 func (ms *MySuite) TestAlphaNumeric(c *C) {
 
 	s := "abcd123"