diff --git a/src/channelinfomodel.cpp b/src/channelinfomodel.cpp
--- a/src/channelinfomodel.cpp
+++ b/src/channelinfomodel.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,21 @@ ChannelInfoModel::ChannelInfo::ChannelIn
     color = colors[index % NUMOF_COLORS];
 }
 
+QString ChannelInfoModel::name(unsigned i)
+{
+    return infos[i].name;
+}
+
+QColor ChannelInfoModel::color(unsigned i)
+{
+    return infos[i].color;
+}
+
+bool ChannelInfoModel::isVisible(unsigned i)
+{
+    return infos[i].visibility;
+}
+
 int ChannelInfoModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const
 {
     return _numOfChannels;
diff --git a/src/channelinfomodel.h b/src/channelinfomodel.h
--- a/src/channelinfomodel.h
+++ b/src/channelinfomodel.h
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ public:
     ChannelInfoModel(const ChannelInfoModel& other);
     explicit ChannelInfoModel(const QStringList& channelNames);
 
+    QString name     (unsigned i);
+    QColor  color    (unsigned i);
+    bool    isVisible(unsigned i);
+
     // implemented from QAbstractItemModel
     int           rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const;
     int           columnCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const;
diff --git a/src/plotmanager.cpp b/src/plotmanager.cpp
--- a/src/plotmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plotmanager.cpp
@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ void PlotManager::_addCurve(QwtPlotCurve
     curves.append(curve);
 
     unsigned index = curves.size()-1;
-    auto color = _infoModel->index(index, ChannelInfoModel::COLUMN_NAME)\
-        .data(Qt::ForegroundRole).value<QColor>();
+    auto color = _infoModel->color(index);
     curve->setPen(color);
 
     // create the plot for the curve if we are on multi display
diff --git a/src/snapshot.cpp b/src/snapshot.cpp
--- a/src/snapshot.cpp
+++ b/src/snapshot.cpp
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ ChannelInfoModel* Snapshot::infoModel()
 
 QString Snapshot::channelName(unsigned channel)
 {
-    return cInfoModel.data(cInfoModel.index(channel, ChannelInfoModel::COLUMN_NAME),
-                           Qt::DisplayRole).toString();
+    return cInfoModel.name(channel);
 }
 
 void Snapshot::save(QString fileName)