diff --git a/effects/mousemark.cpp b/effects/mousemark.cpp
index 254b886d85..04e5ee64ed 100644
--- a/effects/mousemark.cpp
+++ b/effects/mousemark.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ MouseMarkEffect::MouseMarkEffect()
 
     KConfigGroup conf = EffectsHandler::effectConfig("MouseMark");
     width = conf.readEntry( "LineWidth", 3 );
+    color = conf.readEntry( "Color", QColor( Qt::red ));
     }
 
 void MouseMarkEffect::paintScreen( int mask, QRegion region, ScreenPaintData& data )
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ void MouseMarkEffect::paintScreen( int mask, QRegion region, ScreenPaintData& da
     if( marks.isEmpty() && drawing.isEmpty())
         return;
     glPushAttrib( GL_ENABLE_BIT | GL_CURRENT_BIT | GL_LINE_BIT );
-    glColor4f( 1, 0, 0, 1 ); // red
+    glColor4f( color.redF(), color.greenF(), color.blueF(), 1 );
     glEnable( GL_LINE_SMOOTH );
     glLineWidth( width );
     foreach( const Mark& mark, marks )
diff --git a/effects/mousemark.h b/effects/mousemark.h
index 1d79038a97..4348390766 100644
--- a/effects/mousemark.h
+++ b/effects/mousemark.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class MouseMarkEffect
         QVector< Mark > marks;
         Mark drawing;
         int width;
+        QColor color;
     };
 
 } // namespace
diff --git a/effects/mousemark_config.cpp b/effects/mousemark_config.cpp
index 245026339d..9ad38ed977 100644
--- a/effects/mousemark_config.cpp
+++ b/effects/mousemark_config.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ MouseMarkEffectConfig::MouseMarkEffectConfig(QWidget* parent, const QVariantList
 
     connect(m_ui->editor, SIGNAL(keyChange()), this, SLOT(changed()));
     connect(m_ui->spinWidth, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)), this, SLOT(changed()));
+    connect(m_ui->comboColors, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged(int)), this, SLOT(changed()));
 
     // Shortcut config
     KGlobalAccel::self()->overrideMainComponentData(componentData());
@@ -69,9 +70,9 @@ void MouseMarkEffectConfig::load()
     KConfigGroup conf = EffectsHandler::effectConfig("MouseMark");
 
     int width = conf.readEntry("LineWidth", 3);
-    QColor color = conf.readEntry("Color", QColor(255, 0, 0));
+    QColor color = conf.readEntry("Color", QColor(Qt::red));
     m_ui->spinWidth->setValue(width);
-    //m_ui->spinHeight->setValue(height);
+    m_ui->comboColors->setColor(color);
 
     emit changed(false);
     }
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ void MouseMarkEffectConfig::save()
     KConfigGroup conf = EffectsHandler::effectConfig("MouseMark");
 
     conf.writeEntry("LineWidth", m_ui->spinWidth->value());
-    //conf.writeEntry("Color", m_ui->spinHeight->value());
+    conf.writeEntry("Color", m_ui->comboColors->color());
 
     conf.sync();
 
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ void MouseMarkEffectConfig::defaults()
     {
     kDebug() ;
     m_ui->spinWidth->setValue(3);
-    //m_ui->spinHeight->setValue(200);
+    m_ui->comboColors->setColor(Qt::red);
     emit changed(true);
     }
 
diff --git a/effects/mousemark_config.ui b/effects/mousemark_config.ui
index a97cd72cf4..d53d32f7dc 100644
--- a/effects/mousemark_config.ui
+++ b/effects/mousemark_config.ui
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="1" >
-       <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboColors" />
+       <widget class="KColorCombo" name="comboColors" />
       </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@
    <header location="global" >kwineffects.h</header>
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>KColorCombo</class>
+   <extends>QComboBox</extends>
+   <header location="global" >kcolorcombo.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>