diff --git a/html/admin/js/graphViewer/graph/colourMapper.js b/html/admin/js/graphViewer/graph/colourMapper.js
index 78a92fe3ef..6273a0a969 100644
--- a/html/admin/js/graphViewer/graph/colourMapper.js
+++ b/html/admin/js/graphViewer/graph/colourMapper.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ function ColourMapper() {
   
   var mapCreated = false,
   mapping = {},
+  reverseMapping = {},
   colours = [],
   nextColour = 0;
   
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@ function ColourMapper() {
   this.getColour = function(value) {
     if (mapping[value] === undefined) {
       mapping[value] = colours[nextColour];
+      if (reverseMapping[colours[nextColour]] === undefined) {
+        reverseMapping[colours[nextColour]] = [];
+      }
+      reverseMapping[colours[nextColour]].push(value);
       nextColour++;
       if (nextColour === colours.length) {
         nextColour = 0;
@@ -69,7 +74,13 @@ function ColourMapper() {
   
   this.reset = function() {
     mapping = {};
+    reverseMapping = {};
     nextColour = 0;
   };
   
+  this.getList = function() {
+    return reverseMapping;
+  };
+  
+  this.reset();
 }
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diff --git a/html/admin/js/graphViewer/graph/nodeShaper.js b/html/admin/js/graphViewer/graph/nodeShaper.js
index d79ce75f87..da7c769f75 100644
--- a/html/admin/js/graphViewer/graph/nodeShaper.js
+++ b/html/admin/js/graphViewer/graph/nodeShaper.js
@@ -456,6 +456,10 @@ function NodeShaper(parent, flags, idfunc) {
     shapeNodes();
   };
   
+  self.getColourMapping = function() {
+    return colourMapper.getList();
+  }; 
+  
 }
 
 NodeShaper.shapes = Object.freeze({
diff --git a/html/admin/js/graphViewer/jasmine_test/specColourMapper/colourMapperSpec.js b/html/admin/js/graphViewer/jasmine_test/specColourMapper/colourMapperSpec.js
index 5bca387538..aa89c7b749 100644
--- a/html/admin/js/graphViewer/jasmine_test/specColourMapper/colourMapperSpec.js
+++ b/html/admin/js/graphViewer/jasmine_test/specColourMapper/colourMapperSpec.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /*jslint indent: 2, nomen: true, maxlen: 100, white: true  plusplus: true */
 /*global beforeEach, afterEach */
-/*global describe, it, expect */
+/*global describe, it, expect, jasmine */
 /*global document */
-/*global $, d3*/
+/*global $, d3, _*/
 /*global ColourMapper*/
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -116,6 +116,20 @@
       expect(colours[0]).toEqual(cNew);
     });
     
+    it('should be able to return the colour mapping list', function() {
+      mapper.getColour("1");
+      mapper.getColour("2");
+      mapper.getColour("3");
+      
+      var colorList = mapper.getList();
+      
+      expect(_.keys(colorList).length).toEqual(3);
+      _.each(_.values(colorList), function(v) {
+        expect(v).toEqual(jasmine.any(Array));
+        expect(v.length).toEqual(1);
+      });
+      
+    });
   });
   
 }());
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diff --git a/html/admin/js/graphViewer/jasmine_test/specNodeShaper/nodeShaperSpec.js b/html/admin/js/graphViewer/jasmine_test/specNodeShaper/nodeShaperSpec.js
index 72c58e56cd..1e8f171a42 100644
--- a/html/admin/js/graphViewer/jasmine_test/specNodeShaper/nodeShaperSpec.js
+++ b/html/admin/js/graphViewer/jasmine_test/specNodeShaper/nodeShaperSpec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*jslint indent: 2, nomen: true, maxlen: 100, white: true  plusplus: true */
 /*global beforeEach, afterEach */
-/*global describe, it, expect */
+/*global describe, it, expect, jasmine */
 /*global window, eb, loadFixtures, document */
 /*global $, _, d3*/
 /*global helper*/
@@ -277,6 +277,49 @@
         expect(c3s).toEqual("#654321");
       });
       
+      it('should be able to receive the color <-> label mapping', function() {
+        var nodes = [
+          {
+            _id: 1,
+            _data: {
+              label: "lbl1"
+            }
+          }, {
+            _id: 2,
+            _data: {
+              label: "lbl2"
+            }
+          }, {
+            _id: 3,
+            _data: {
+              label: "lbl3"
+            }
+          }, {
+            _id: 4,
+            _data: {
+              label: "lbl1"
+            }
+          }],
+        shaper = new NodeShaper(d3.select("svg"),
+        {
+          color: {
+            type: "attribute",
+            key: "label"
+          }
+        }),
+        colorList;
+        
+        shaper.drawNodes(nodes);
+        
+        colorList = shaper.getColourMapping();
+        
+        expect(_.keys(colorList)).toEqual(3);
+        _.each(_.values(colorList), function(v) {
+          expect(v).toEqual(jasmine.any(Array));
+          expect(v.length).toEqual(1);
+        });
+      });
+      
     });
 
     describe('when nodes are already drawn', function() {