diff --git a/src/EffectsEngine/EffectSettingValue.cpp b/src/EffectsEngine/EffectSettingValue.cpp
index d8fe9aba0e0ce34f1daea78ca42ecd6883c6f0f0..265d79518e63cdfda48b8495408eb36906571d8b 100644
--- a/src/EffectsEngine/EffectSettingValue.cpp
+++ b/src/EffectsEngine/EffectSettingValue.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ EffectSettingValue::get()
             f0r_param_color_t   tmp;
             m_effectInstance->effect()->m_f0r_get_param_value( m_effectInstance->m_instance,
                                                                &tmp, m_index );
-            m_val = QColor( tmp.r, tmp.g, tmp.b );
+            m_val.setValue( QColor::fromRgbF( tmp.r, tmp.g, tmp.b ) );
             break ;
         }
     case Position:
diff --git a/src/Gui/settings/ColorWidget.cpp b/src/Gui/settings/ColorWidget.cpp
index 02b51cdde7ba08ac53935197b1649987afc850fb..86735c7625a0e3cd9698d9c8e03b67d937337123 100644
--- a/src/Gui/settings/ColorWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/settings/ColorWidget.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ColorWidget::ColorWidget( SettingValue *s, QWidget *parent ) :
     m_button = new QPushButton( parent );
     m_button->setPalette( QPalette(  m_color ) );
     connect( m_button, SIGNAL( clicked() ), this, SLOT( buttonClicked() ) );
-    changed( s->get() );
+    changed( m_color );
 }
 
 QWidget*