diff --git a/src/plotmanager.cpp b/src/plotmanager.cpp
--- a/src/plotmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plotmanager.cpp
@@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ void PlotManager::_addCurve(QwtPlotCurve
     curves.append(curve);
 
     unsigned index = curves.size()-1;
-    curve->setPen(Plot::makeColor(index));
+    auto color = _infoModel->index(index, ChannelInfoModel::COLUMN_NAME)\
+        .data(Qt::ForegroundRole).value<QColor>();
+    curve->setPen(color);
 
     // create the plot for the curve if we are on multi display
     Plot* plot;
diff --git a/src/snapshot.cpp b/src/snapshot.cpp
--- a/src/snapshot.cpp
+++ b/src/snapshot.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ void Snapshot::setName(QString name)
     emit nameChanged(this);
 }
 
+ChannelInfoModel* Snapshot::infoModel()
+{
+    return &cInfoModel;
+}
+
 QString Snapshot::channelName(unsigned channel)
 {
     return cInfoModel.data(cInfoModel.index(channel, ChannelInfoModel::COLUMN_NAME),
diff --git a/src/snapshot.h b/src/snapshot.h
--- a/src/snapshot.h
+++ b/src/snapshot.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public:
 
     QString name();
     QString displayName(); ///< `name()` plus '*' if snapshot is not saved
+    ChannelInfoModel* infoModel();
     void setName(QString name);
     QString channelName(unsigned channel);
 
diff --git a/src/snapshotview.cpp b/src/snapshotview.cpp
--- a/src/snapshotview.cpp
+++ b/src/snapshotview.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SnapshotView::SnapshotView(QWidget *pare
 
     ui->setupUi(this);
 
-    plotMan = new PlotManager(ui->plotArea);
+    plotMan = new PlotManager(ui->plotArea, snapshot->infoModel());
 
     ui->menuSnapshot->insertAction(ui->actionClose, snapshot->deleteAction());
     this->setWindowTitle(snapshot->displayName());