  We explore the masses of neutral and charged $\rho$ mesons in strong abelian
magnetic field in $SU(3)$ gluodynamics. The behaviour of the ground state
energy of these particles in the external magnetic field depends on its spin
projection $s_z$ on the axis of external magnetic field. The masses of $\rho^0$
meson with $s_z=\pm 1$ increase with the field. The masses of $\rho^{\pm}$
mesons with zero spin also grow with the magnetic field. The ground state
energies of $\rho^{-}$ meson with $s_z=-1$ and $\rho^{+}$ meson with $s_z=+1$
diminish as a function of the field, while the energies of $\rho^{+}$ meson
with $s_z=-1$ and $\rho^{-}$ meson with $s_z=+1$ rise with the field value.
