diff --git a/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/collect_explicit_colorspace.py b/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/collect_explicit_colorspace.py
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+++ b/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/collect_explicit_colorspace.py
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+import pyblish.api
+from openpype.pipeline import registered_host
+from openpype.pipeline import publish
+from openpype.lib import EnumDef
+from openpype.pipeline import colorspace
+
+
+class CollectColorspace(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
+                        publish.OpenPypePyblishPluginMixin,
+                        publish.ColormanagedPyblishPluginMixin):
+    """Collect explicit user defined representation colorspaces"""
+
+    label = "Choose representation colorspace"
+    order = pyblish.api.CollectorOrder + 0.49
+    hosts = ["traypublisher"]
+
+    colorspace_items = [
+        (None, "Don't override")
+    ]
+    colorspace_attr_show = False
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        values = self.get_attr_values_from_data(instance.data)
+        colorspace = values.get("colorspace", None)
+        if colorspace is None:
+            return
+
+        self.log.debug("Explicit colorspace set to: {}".format(colorspace))
+
+        context = instance.context
+        for repre in instance.data.get("representations", {}):
+            self.set_representation_colorspace(
+                representation=repre,
+                context=context,
+                colorspace=colorspace
+            )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def apply_settings(cls, project_settings):
+        host = registered_host()
+        host_name = host.name
+        project_name = host.get_current_project_name()
+        config_data = colorspace.get_imageio_config(
+            project_name, host_name,
+            project_settings=project_settings
+        )
+
+        if config_data:
+            filepath = config_data["path"]
+            config_items = colorspace.get_ocio_config_colorspaces(filepath)
+            cls.colorspace_items.extend((
+                (name, name) for name in config_items.keys()
+            ))
+            cls.colorspace_attr_show = True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_attribute_defs(cls):
+        return [
+            EnumDef(
+                "colorspace",
+                cls.colorspace_items,
+                default="Don't override",
+                label="Override Colorspace",
+                hidden=not cls.colorspace_attr_show
+            )
+        ]
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/validate_colorspace.py b/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/validate_colorspace.py
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+++ b/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/validate_colorspace.py
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+import pyblish.api
+
+from openpype.pipeline import (
+    publish,
+    PublishValidationError
+)
+
+from openpype.pipeline.colorspace import (
+    get_ocio_config_colorspaces
+)
+
+
+class ValidateColorspace(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
+                         publish.OpenPypePyblishPluginMixin,
+                         publish.ColormanagedPyblishPluginMixin):
+    """Validate representation colorspaces"""
+
+    label = "Validate representation colorspace"
+    order = pyblish.api.ValidatorOrder
+    hosts = ["traypublisher"]
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+
+        config_colorspaces = {}  # cache of colorspaces per config path
+        for repre in instance.data.get("representations", {}):
+
+            colorspace_data = repre.get("colorspaceData", {})
+            if not colorspace_data:
+                # Nothing to validate
+                continue
+
+            config_path = colorspace_data["config"]["path"]
+            if config_path not in config_colorspaces:
+                colorspaces = get_ocio_config_colorspaces(config_path)
+                config_colorspaces[config_path] = set(colorspaces)
+
+            colorspace = colorspace_data["colorspace"]
+            self.log.debug(
+                f"Validating representation '{repre['name']}' "
+                f"colorspace '{colorspace}'"
+            )
+            if colorspace not in config_colorspaces[config_path]:
+                message = (
+                    f"Representation '{repre['name']}' colorspace "
+                    f"'{colorspace}' does not exist in OCIO config: "
+                    f"{config_path}"
+                )
+
+                raise PublishValidationError(
+                    title="Representation colorspace",
+                    message=message,
+                    description=message
+                )