diff --git a/SCHNApps/include/colorComboBox.h b/SCHNApps/include/colorComboBox.h
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+#ifndef _COLORCOMBOBOX_H
+#define _COLORCOMBOBOX_H
+
+#include <QComboBox>
+
+class QColor;
+class QWidget;
+
+class ColorComboBox : public QComboBox
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+	Q_PROPERTY(QColor color READ color WRITE setColor USER true)
+
+public:
+	QColor color() const;
+	void setColor(QColor c);
+
+public:
+	ColorComboBox(QWidget *widget = 0);
+
+private:
+	void populateList();
+
+public slots:
+	void slotHighlight(int index);
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/SCHNApps/src/colorComboBox.cpp b/SCHNApps/src/colorComboBox.cpp
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+#include <QtGui>
+
+#include "colorComboBox.h"
+
+ColorComboBox::ColorComboBox(QWidget *widget) : QComboBox(widget)
+{
+	//connect( this, SIGNAL(highlighted(int)), this, SLOT(slotHighlight(int)) );
+	populateList();
+}
+
+QColor ColorComboBox::color() const
+{
+	return qvariant_cast<QColor>(itemData(currentIndex(), Qt::DecorationRole));
+}
+
+void ColorComboBox::setColor(QColor color)
+{
+	setCurrentIndex(findData(color, int(Qt::DecorationRole)));
+}
+
+void ColorComboBox::populateList()
+{
+	//QStringList colorNames = QColor::colorNames();
+	QStringList colorNames;
+	colorNames <<
+		"red" <<
+		"green" <<
+		"blue" <<
+		"cyan "<<
+		"magenta" <<
+		"yellow" <<
+		"gray" <<
+		"white" <<
+		"black";
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < colorNames.size(); ++i)
+	{
+		QColor color(colorNames[i]);
+		insertItem(i, colorNames[i]);
+		setItemData(i, color, Qt::DecorationRole);
+	}
+}
+
+void ColorComboBox::slotHighlight(int index)
+{
+	const QStringList colorNames = QColor::colorNames();
+	QColor color(colorNames.at(index));
+
+	QPalette palette = this->palette();
+	palette.setColor(QPalette::Highlight, color);
+	setPalette(palette);
+}