diff --git a/src/plotmanager.cpp b/src/plotmanager.cpp
--- a/src/plotmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plotmanager.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright © 2016 Hasan Yavuz Özderya
+  Copyright © 2017 Hasan Yavuz Özderya
 
   This file is part of serialplot.
 
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 */
 
 #include <QtDebug>
+#include "qwt_symbol.h"
 
 #include "plot.h"
 #include "plotmanager.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "setting_defines.h"
 
-PlotManager::PlotManager(QWidget* plotArea, QObject *parent) :
+PlotManager::PlotManager(QWidget* plotArea, ChannelInfoModel* infoModel, QObject *parent) :
     QObject(parent),
     _plotArea(plotArea),
     showGridAction("&Grid", this),
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ PlotManager::PlotManager(QWidget* plotAr
     _yMin = 0;
     _yMax = 1;
     isDemoShown = false;
+    _infoModel = infoModel;
 
     // initalize layout and single widget
     isMulti = false;
@@ -85,6 +87,21 @@ PlotManager::PlotManager(QWidget* plotAr
             this, &PlotManager::showLegend);
     connect(&showMultiAction, SELECT<bool>::OVERLOAD_OF(&QAction::triggered),
             this, &PlotManager::setMulti);
+
+    // connect to channel info model
+    if (_infoModel != NULL)     // TODO: remove when snapshots have infomodel
+    {
+        connect(_infoModel, &QAbstractItemModel::dataChanged,
+                this, &PlotManager::onChannelInfoChanged);
+
+        connect(_infoModel, &QAbstractItemModel::modelReset,
+                [this]()
+                {
+                    onChannelInfoChanged(_infoModel->index(0, 0), // start
+                                         _infoModel->index(_infoModel->rowCount()-1, 0), // end
+                                         {}); // roles ignored
+                });
+    }
 }
 
 PlotManager::~PlotManager()
@@ -103,6 +120,46 @@ PlotManager::~PlotManager()
     if (scrollArea != NULL) delete scrollArea;
 }
 
+void PlotManager::onChannelInfoChanged(const QModelIndex &topLeft,
+                                       const QModelIndex &bottomRight,
+                                       const QVector<int> &roles)
+{
+    int start = topLeft.row();
+    int end = bottomRight.row();
+
+    for (int ci = start; ci <= end; ci++)
+    {
+        QString name = topLeft.sibling(ci, ChannelInfoModel::COLUMN_NAME).data(Qt::EditRole).toString();
+        QColor color = topLeft.sibling(ci, ChannelInfoModel::COLUMN_NAME).data(Qt::ForegroundRole).value<QColor>();
+        bool visible = topLeft.sibling(ci, ChannelInfoModel::COLUMN_VISIBILITY).data(Qt::CheckStateRole).toBool();
+
+        curves[ci]->setTitle(name);
+        curves[ci]->setPen(color);
+        curves[ci]->setVisible(visible);
+        curves[ci]->setItemAttribute(QwtPlotItem::Legend, visible);
+
+        // replot only updated widgets
+        if (isMulti)
+        {
+            plotWidgets[ci]->updateSymbols(); // required for color change
+            plotWidgets[ci]->updateLegend(curves[ci]);
+            plotWidgets[ci]->setVisible(visible);
+            if (visible)
+            {
+                plotWidgets[ci]->replot();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // replot single widget
+    if (!isMulti)
+    {
+        plotWidgets[0]->updateSymbols();
+        plotWidgets[0]->updateLegend();
+        replot();
+    }
+}
+
 void PlotManager::setMulti(bool enabled)
 {
     if (enabled == isMulti) return;
@@ -219,7 +276,8 @@ void PlotManager::_addCurve(QwtPlotCurve
     curves.append(curve);
 
     unsigned index = curves.size()-1;
-    curve->setPen(Plot::makeColor(index));
+    auto color = _infoModel->color(index);
+    curve->setPen(color);
 
     // create the plot for the curve if we are on multi display
     Plot* plot;