diff --git a/src/App/Material.h b/src/App/Material.h
index 2a2540982..ddde2cb8b 100644
--- a/src/App/Material.h
+++ b/src/App/Material.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 # include <stdint.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <QColor>
+
 namespace App
 {
 
@@ -48,6 +50,11 @@ public:
      */
     Color(uint32_t rgba)
     { setPackedValue( rgba ); }
+    /**
+     * creates FC Color from Qt QColor
+     */
+    Color(QColor q)
+    { set(q.redF(),q.greenF(),q.blueF()); }
     /** Copy constructor. */
     Color(const Color& c)
       :r(c.r),g(c.g),b(c.b),a(c.a){}
@@ -55,9 +62,9 @@ public:
     bool operator==(const Color& c) const
     {
         return getPackedValue() == c.getPackedValue();
-        //return (c.r==r && c.g==g && c.b==b && c.a==a); 
+        //return (c.r==r && c.g==g && c.b==b && c.a==a);
     }
-    bool operator!=(const Color& c) const 
+    bool operator!=(const Color& c) const
     {
         return !operator==(c);
     }
@@ -101,7 +108,14 @@ public:
                 (uint32_t)(b*255.0f + 0.5f) << 8  |
                 (uint32_t)(a*255.0f + 0.5f));
     }
-
+    /**
+    * returns Qt color equivalent to FC color
+    *
+    */
+    QColor asQColor()
+    {
+        return(QColor(int(r*255.0),int(g*255.0),int(b*255.0)));
+    }
     /// color values, public accesible
     float r,g,b,a;
 };
@@ -111,7 +125,7 @@ public:
 class AppExport Material
 {
 public:
-    enum MaterialType { 
+    enum MaterialType {
         BRASS,
         BRONZE,
         COPPER,
@@ -182,7 +196,7 @@ public:
      */
     void set(const char* MatName);
     /**
-     * This method is provided for convenience which does basically the same as the method above unless that it accepts a MaterialType 
+     * This method is provided for convenience which does basically the same as the method above unless that it accepts a MaterialType
      * as argument.
      */
     void setType(const MaterialType MatType);
@@ -208,4 +222,4 @@ private:
 
 } //namespace App
 
-#endif // APP_MATERIAL_H
+#endif // APP_MATERIAL_H