diff --git a/src/Mod/Image/Gui/AppImageGuiPy.cpp b/src/Mod/Image/Gui/AppImageGuiPy.cpp
index d1ff60403..f9fef2a3b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Image/Gui/AppImageGuiPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Image/Gui/AppImageGuiPy.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ open(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
             }
         }
         else
-            Py_Error(Base::BaseExceptionFreeCADError,"Could not load image");
+            Py_Error(PyExc_IOError, "Could not load image file");
 
         // Displaying the image in a view.
         // This ImageView object takes ownership of the pixel data (in 'pointImageTo') so we don't need to delete it here
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ open(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 
     } PY_CATCH;
 
-    Py_Return; 
+    Py_Return;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp b/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp
index fcf515de1..941393eff 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ private:
     {
         Gui::ViewProvider* vp = Gui::Application::Instance->getViewProvider(part);
         if (vp && vp->isDerivedFrom(PartGui::ViewProviderPartExt::getClassTypeId())) {
+            static_cast<PartGui::ViewProviderPartExt*>(vp)->ShapeColor.setValue(colors.front());
             static_cast<PartGui::ViewProviderPartExt*>(vp)->DiffuseColor.setValues(colors);
         }
     }