diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagenavigator/src/internal/QmitkImageNavigatorView.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagenavigator/src/internal/QmitkImageNavigatorView.cpp
index b8c7837d90..aba253039b 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagenavigator/src/internal/QmitkImageNavigatorView.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagenavigator/src/internal/QmitkImageNavigatorView.cpp
@@ -1,407 +1,423 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkImageNavigatorView.h"
 
 #include <QmitkStepperAdapter.h>
 #include <QmitkRenderWindow.h>
 
 #include <mitkTimeGeometry.h>
 
 #include <berryConstants.h>
 #include <mitkPlaneGeometry.h>
 
 const std::string QmitkImageNavigatorView::VIEW_ID = "org.mitk.views.imagenavigator";
 
 
 QmitkImageNavigatorView::QmitkImageNavigatorView()
   : m_AxialStepper(0)
   , m_SagittalStepper(0)
   , m_FrontalStepper(0)
   , m_TimeStepper(0)
   , m_Parent(0)
   , m_IRenderWindowPart(0)
 {
 }
 
 QmitkImageNavigatorView::~QmitkImageNavigatorView()
 {
 }
 
 void QmitkImageNavigatorView::CreateQtPartControl(QWidget *parent)
 {
   // create GUI widgets
   m_Parent = parent;
   m_Controls.setupUi(parent);
   m_Controls.m_SliceNavigatorAxial->SetInverseDirection(true);
 
   connect(m_Controls.m_XWorldCoordinateSpinBox, SIGNAL(valueChanged(double)), this, SLOT(OnMillimetreCoordinateValueChanged()));
   connect(m_Controls.m_YWorldCoordinateSpinBox, SIGNAL(valueChanged(double)), this, SLOT(OnMillimetreCoordinateValueChanged()));
   connect(m_Controls.m_ZWorldCoordinateSpinBox, SIGNAL(valueChanged(double)), this, SLOT(OnMillimetreCoordinateValueChanged()));
 
   m_Parent->setEnabled(false);
 
   mitk::IRenderWindowPart* renderPart = this->GetRenderWindowPart();
   this->RenderWindowPartActivated(renderPart);
 }
 
 void QmitkImageNavigatorView::SetFocus ()
 {
   m_Controls.m_XWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setFocus();
 }
 
 void QmitkImageNavigatorView::RenderWindowPartActivated(mitk::IRenderWindowPart* renderWindowPart)
 {
   if (this->m_IRenderWindowPart != renderWindowPart)
   {
     this->m_IRenderWindowPart = renderWindowPart;
     this->m_Parent->setEnabled(true);
 
     QmitkRenderWindow* renderWindow = renderWindowPart->GetQmitkRenderWindow("axial");
     if (renderWindow)
     {
       if (m_AxialStepper) m_AxialStepper->deleteLater();
       m_AxialStepper = new QmitkStepperAdapter(m_Controls.m_SliceNavigatorAxial,
                                                      renderWindow->GetSliceNavigationController()->GetSlice(),
                                                      "sliceNavigatorAxialFromSimpleExample");
       m_Controls.m_SliceNavigatorAxial->setEnabled(true);
       m_Controls.m_AxialLabel->setEnabled(true);
       m_Controls.m_ZWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setEnabled(true);
       connect(m_AxialStepper, SIGNAL(Refetch()), this, SLOT(OnRefetch()));
     }
     else
     {
       m_Controls.m_SliceNavigatorAxial->setEnabled(false);
       m_Controls.m_AxialLabel->setEnabled(false);
       m_Controls.m_ZWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setEnabled(false);
     }
 
     renderWindow = renderWindowPart->GetQmitkRenderWindow("sagittal");
     if (renderWindow)
     {
       if (m_SagittalStepper) m_SagittalStepper->deleteLater();
       m_SagittalStepper = new QmitkStepperAdapter(m_Controls.m_SliceNavigatorSagittal,
                                                   renderWindow->GetSliceNavigationController()->GetSlice(),
                                                   "sliceNavigatorSagittalFromSimpleExample");
       m_Controls.m_SliceNavigatorSagittal->setEnabled(true);
       m_Controls.m_SagittalLabel->setEnabled(true);
       m_Controls.m_YWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setEnabled(true);
       connect(m_SagittalStepper, SIGNAL(Refetch()), this, SLOT(OnRefetch()));
     }
     else
     {
       m_Controls.m_SliceNavigatorSagittal->setEnabled(false);
       m_Controls.m_SagittalLabel->setEnabled(false);
       m_Controls.m_YWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setEnabled(false);
     }
 
     renderWindow = renderWindowPart->GetQmitkRenderWindow("coronal");
     if (renderWindow)
     {
       if (m_FrontalStepper) m_FrontalStepper->deleteLater();
       m_FrontalStepper = new QmitkStepperAdapter(m_Controls.m_SliceNavigatorFrontal,
                                                  renderWindow->GetSliceNavigationController()->GetSlice(),
                                                  "sliceNavigatorFrontalFromSimpleExample");
       m_Controls.m_SliceNavigatorFrontal->setEnabled(true);
       m_Controls.m_CoronalLabel->setEnabled(true);
       m_Controls.m_XWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setEnabled(true);
       connect(m_FrontalStepper, SIGNAL(Refetch()), this, SLOT(OnRefetch()));
     }
     else
     {
       m_Controls.m_SliceNavigatorFrontal->setEnabled(false);
       m_Controls.m_CoronalLabel->setEnabled(false);
       m_Controls.m_XWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setEnabled(false);
     }
 
     mitk::SliceNavigationController* timeController = renderWindowPart->GetTimeNavigationController();
     if (timeController)
     {
       if (m_TimeStepper) m_TimeStepper->deleteLater();
       m_TimeStepper = new QmitkStepperAdapter(m_Controls.m_SliceNavigatorTime,
                                               timeController->GetTime(),
                                               "sliceNavigatorTimeFromSimpleExample");
       m_Controls.m_SliceNavigatorTime->setEnabled(true);
       m_Controls.m_TimeLabel->setEnabled(true);
     }
     else
     {
       m_Controls.m_SliceNavigatorTime->setEnabled(false);
       m_Controls.m_TimeLabel->setEnabled(false);
     }
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkImageNavigatorView::RenderWindowPartDeactivated(mitk::IRenderWindowPart* /*renderWindowPart*/)
 {
   m_IRenderWindowPart = 0;
   m_Parent->setEnabled(false);
 }
 
 int QmitkImageNavigatorView::GetSizeFlags(bool width)
 {
   if(!width)
   {
     return berry::Constants::MIN | berry::Constants::MAX | berry::Constants::FILL;
   }
   else
   {
     return 0;
   }
 }
 
 int QmitkImageNavigatorView::ComputePreferredSize(bool width, int /*availableParallel*/, int /*availablePerpendicular*/, int preferredResult)
 {
   if(width==false)
   {
     return 200;
   }
   else
   {
     return preferredResult;
   }
 }
 
 int QmitkImageNavigatorView::GetClosestAxisIndex(mitk::Vector3D normal)
 {
   // cos(theta) = normal . axis
   // cos(theta) = (a, b, c) . (d, e, f)
   // cos(theta) = (a, b, c) . (1, 0, 0) = a
   // cos(theta) = (a, b, c) . (0, 1, 0) = b
   // cos(theta) = (a, b, c) . (0, 0, 1) = c
   double absCosThetaWithAxis[3];
 
   for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
   {
     absCosThetaWithAxis[i] = fabs(normal[i]);
   }
   int largestIndex = 0;
   double largestValue = absCosThetaWithAxis[0];
   for (int i = 1; i < 3; i++)
   {
     if (absCosThetaWithAxis[i] > largestValue)
     {
       largestValue = absCosThetaWithAxis[i];
       largestIndex = i;
     }
   }
   return largestIndex;
 }
 
 void QmitkImageNavigatorView::SetBorderColors()
 {
   if (m_IRenderWindowPart)
   {
     QmitkRenderWindow* renderWindow = m_IRenderWindowPart->GetQmitkRenderWindow("axial");
+    QString decoColor = GetDecorationColorOfGeometry(renderWindow);
     if (renderWindow)
     {
       mitk::PlaneGeometry::ConstPointer geometry = renderWindow->GetSliceNavigationController()->GetCurrentPlaneGeometry();
       if (geometry.IsNotNull())
       {
         mitk::Vector3D normal = geometry->GetNormal();
         int axis = this->GetClosestAxisIndex(normal);
-        this->SetBorderColor(axis, QString("red"));
+        this->SetBorderColor(axis, decoColor);
       }
     }
 
     renderWindow = m_IRenderWindowPart->GetQmitkRenderWindow("sagittal");
+    decoColor = GetDecorationColorOfGeometry(renderWindow);
     if (renderWindow)
     {
       mitk::PlaneGeometry::ConstPointer geometry = renderWindow->GetSliceNavigationController()->GetCurrentPlaneGeometry();
       if (geometry.IsNotNull())
       {
         mitk::Vector3D normal = geometry->GetNormal();
         int axis = this->GetClosestAxisIndex(normal);
-        this->SetBorderColor(axis, QString("green"));
+        this->SetBorderColor(axis, decoColor);
       }
     }
 
     renderWindow = m_IRenderWindowPart->GetQmitkRenderWindow("coronal");
+    decoColor = GetDecorationColorOfGeometry(renderWindow);
     if (renderWindow)
     {
       mitk::PlaneGeometry::ConstPointer geometry = renderWindow->GetSliceNavigationController()->GetCurrentPlaneGeometry();
       if (geometry.IsNotNull())
       {
         mitk::Vector3D normal = geometry->GetNormal();
         int axis = this->GetClosestAxisIndex(normal);
-        this->SetBorderColor(axis, QString("blue"));
+        this->SetBorderColor(axis, decoColor);
       }
     }
   }
 }
 
+QString QmitkImageNavigatorView::GetDecorationColorOfGeometry(QmitkRenderWindow* renderWindow)
+{
+  QColor color;
+  float rgb[3] = {1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f};
+  float rgbMax = 255.0f;
+  mitk::BaseRenderer::GetInstance(renderWindow->GetVtkRenderWindow())->GetCurrentWorldPlaneGeometryNode()->GetColor(rgb);
+  color.setRed(static_cast<int>(rgb[0]*rgbMax + 0.5));
+  color.setGreen(static_cast<int>(rgb[1]*rgbMax + 0.5));
+  color.setBlue(static_cast<int>(rgb[2]*rgbMax + 0.5));
+  QString colorAsString = QString(color.name());
+  return colorAsString;
+}
+
 void QmitkImageNavigatorView::SetBorderColor(int axis, QString colorAsStyleSheetString)
 {
   if (axis == 0)
   {
     this->SetBorderColor(m_Controls.m_XWorldCoordinateSpinBox, colorAsStyleSheetString);
   }
   else if (axis == 1)
   {
     this->SetBorderColor(m_Controls.m_YWorldCoordinateSpinBox, colorAsStyleSheetString);
   }
   else if (axis == 2)
   {
     this->SetBorderColor(m_Controls.m_ZWorldCoordinateSpinBox, colorAsStyleSheetString);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkImageNavigatorView::SetBorderColor(QDoubleSpinBox *spinBox, QString colorAsStyleSheetString)
 {
   assert(spinBox);
   spinBox->setStyleSheet(QString("border: 2px solid ") + colorAsStyleSheetString + ";");
 }
 
 void QmitkImageNavigatorView::SetStepSizes()
 {
   this->SetStepSize(0);
   this->SetStepSize(1);
   this->SetStepSize(2);
 }
 
 void QmitkImageNavigatorView::SetStepSize(int axis)
 {
   if (m_IRenderWindowPart)
   {
     mitk::BaseGeometry::ConstPointer geometry = m_IRenderWindowPart->GetActiveQmitkRenderWindow()->GetSliceNavigationController()->GetInputWorldGeometry3D();
 
     if (geometry.IsNotNull())
     {
       mitk::Point3D crossPositionInIndexCoordinates;
       mitk::Point3D crossPositionInIndexCoordinatesPlus1;
       mitk::Point3D crossPositionInMillimetresPlus1;
       mitk::Vector3D transformedAxisDirection;
 
       mitk::Point3D crossPositionInMillimetres = m_IRenderWindowPart->GetSelectedPosition();
       geometry->WorldToIndex(crossPositionInMillimetres, crossPositionInIndexCoordinates);
 
       crossPositionInIndexCoordinatesPlus1 = crossPositionInIndexCoordinates;
       crossPositionInIndexCoordinatesPlus1[axis] += 1;
 
       geometry->IndexToWorld(crossPositionInIndexCoordinatesPlus1, crossPositionInMillimetresPlus1);
 
       transformedAxisDirection = crossPositionInMillimetresPlus1 - crossPositionInMillimetres;
 
       int closestAxisInMillimetreSpace = this->GetClosestAxisIndex(transformedAxisDirection);
       double stepSize = transformedAxisDirection.GetNorm();
       this->SetStepSize(closestAxisInMillimetreSpace, stepSize);
     }
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkImageNavigatorView::SetStepSize(int axis, double stepSize)
 {
   if (axis == 0)
   {
     m_Controls.m_XWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setSingleStep(stepSize);
   }
   else if (axis == 1)
   {
     m_Controls.m_YWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setSingleStep(stepSize);
   }
   else if (axis == 2)
   {
     m_Controls.m_ZWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setSingleStep(stepSize);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkImageNavigatorView::OnMillimetreCoordinateValueChanged()
 {
   if (m_IRenderWindowPart)
   {
     mitk::TimeGeometry::ConstPointer geometry = m_IRenderWindowPart->GetActiveQmitkRenderWindow()->GetSliceNavigationController()->GetInputWorldTimeGeometry();
 
     if (geometry.IsNotNull())
     {
       mitk::Point3D positionInWorldCoordinates;
       positionInWorldCoordinates[0] = m_Controls.m_XWorldCoordinateSpinBox->value();
       positionInWorldCoordinates[1] = m_Controls.m_YWorldCoordinateSpinBox->value();
       positionInWorldCoordinates[2] = m_Controls.m_ZWorldCoordinateSpinBox->value();
 
       m_IRenderWindowPart->SetSelectedPosition(positionInWorldCoordinates);
     }
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkImageNavigatorView::OnRefetch()
 {
   if (m_IRenderWindowPart)
   {
     mitk::BaseGeometry::ConstPointer geometry = m_IRenderWindowPart->GetActiveQmitkRenderWindow()->GetSliceNavigationController()->GetInputWorldGeometry3D();
     mitk::TimeGeometry::ConstPointer timeGeometry = m_IRenderWindowPart->GetActiveQmitkRenderWindow()->GetSliceNavigationController()->GetInputWorldTimeGeometry();
 
     if (geometry.IsNull() && timeGeometry.IsNotNull())
     {
       mitk::TimeStepType timeStep = m_IRenderWindowPart->GetActiveQmitkRenderWindow()->GetSliceNavigationController()->GetTime()->GetPos();
       geometry = timeGeometry->GetGeometryForTimeStep(timeStep);
     }
 
     if (geometry.IsNotNull())
     {
       mitk::BoundingBox::BoundsArrayType bounds = geometry->GetBounds();
 
       mitk::Point3D cornerPoint1InIndexCoordinates;
       cornerPoint1InIndexCoordinates[0] = bounds[0];
       cornerPoint1InIndexCoordinates[1] = bounds[2];
       cornerPoint1InIndexCoordinates[2] = bounds[4];
 
       mitk::Point3D cornerPoint2InIndexCoordinates;
       cornerPoint2InIndexCoordinates[0] = bounds[1];
       cornerPoint2InIndexCoordinates[1] = bounds[3];
       cornerPoint2InIndexCoordinates[2] = bounds[5];
 
       if (!geometry->GetImageGeometry())
       {
         cornerPoint1InIndexCoordinates[0] += 0.5;
         cornerPoint1InIndexCoordinates[1] += 0.5;
         cornerPoint1InIndexCoordinates[2] += 0.5;
         cornerPoint2InIndexCoordinates[0] -= 0.5;
         cornerPoint2InIndexCoordinates[1] -= 0.5;
         cornerPoint2InIndexCoordinates[2] -= 0.5;
       }
 
       mitk::Point3D crossPositionInWorldCoordinates = m_IRenderWindowPart->GetSelectedPosition();
 
       mitk::Point3D cornerPoint1InWorldCoordinates;
       mitk::Point3D cornerPoint2InWorldCoordinates;
 
       geometry->IndexToWorld(cornerPoint1InIndexCoordinates, cornerPoint1InWorldCoordinates);
       geometry->IndexToWorld(cornerPoint2InIndexCoordinates, cornerPoint2InWorldCoordinates);
 
       m_Controls.m_XWorldCoordinateSpinBox->blockSignals(true);
       m_Controls.m_YWorldCoordinateSpinBox->blockSignals(true);
       m_Controls.m_ZWorldCoordinateSpinBox->blockSignals(true);
 
       m_Controls.m_XWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setMinimum(std::min(cornerPoint1InWorldCoordinates[0], cornerPoint2InWorldCoordinates[0]));
       m_Controls.m_YWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setMinimum(std::min(cornerPoint1InWorldCoordinates[1], cornerPoint2InWorldCoordinates[1]));
       m_Controls.m_ZWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setMinimum(std::min(cornerPoint1InWorldCoordinates[2], cornerPoint2InWorldCoordinates[2]));
       m_Controls.m_XWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setMaximum(std::max(cornerPoint1InWorldCoordinates[0], cornerPoint2InWorldCoordinates[0]));
       m_Controls.m_YWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setMaximum(std::max(cornerPoint1InWorldCoordinates[1], cornerPoint2InWorldCoordinates[1]));
       m_Controls.m_ZWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setMaximum(std::max(cornerPoint1InWorldCoordinates[2], cornerPoint2InWorldCoordinates[2]));
 
       m_Controls.m_XWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setValue(crossPositionInWorldCoordinates[0]);
       m_Controls.m_YWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setValue(crossPositionInWorldCoordinates[1]);
       m_Controls.m_ZWorldCoordinateSpinBox->setValue(crossPositionInWorldCoordinates[2]);
 
       m_Controls.m_XWorldCoordinateSpinBox->blockSignals(false);
       m_Controls.m_YWorldCoordinateSpinBox->blockSignals(false);
       m_Controls.m_ZWorldCoordinateSpinBox->blockSignals(false);
     }
 
     this->SetBorderColors();
 
   }
 }
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagenavigator/src/internal/QmitkImageNavigatorView.h b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagenavigator/src/internal/QmitkImageNavigatorView.h
index fc63852157..3835bac90a 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagenavigator/src/internal/QmitkImageNavigatorView.h
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagenavigator/src/internal/QmitkImageNavigatorView.h
@@ -1,96 +1,102 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #ifndef _QMITKIMAGENAVIGATORVIEW_H_INCLUDED
 #define _QMITKIMAGENAVIGATORVIEW_H_INCLUDED
 
 #include <berryISizeProvider.h>
 
 #include <QmitkAbstractView.h>
 #include <mitkIRenderWindowPartListener.h>
 
 #include "ui_QmitkImageNavigatorViewControls.h"
 
 
 class QmitkStepperAdapter;
 
 /*!
  * \ingroup org_mitk_gui_qt_imagenavigator_internal
  *
  * \class QmitkImageNavigatorView
  *
  * \brief Provides a means to scan quickly through a dataset via Axial,
  * Coronal and Sagittal sliders, displaying millimetre location and stepper position.
  *
  * For images, the stepper position corresponds to a voxel index. For other datasets
  * such as a surface, it corresponds to a sub-division of the bounding box.
  *
  * \sa QmitkAbstractView
  */
 class QmitkImageNavigatorView :
     public QmitkAbstractView, public mitk::IRenderWindowPartListener,
     public berry::ISizeProvider
 {
 
   // this is needed for all Qt objects that should have a MOC object (everything that derives from QObject)
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
 
   static const std::string VIEW_ID;
 
   QmitkImageNavigatorView();
 
   virtual ~QmitkImageNavigatorView();
 
   virtual void CreateQtPartControl(QWidget *parent);
 
   virtual int GetSizeFlags(bool width);
   virtual int ComputePreferredSize(bool width, int /*availableParallel*/, int /*availablePerpendicular*/, int preferredResult);
 
 protected slots:
 
   void OnMillimetreCoordinateValueChanged();
   void OnRefetch();
 
 protected:
 
   void SetFocus();
 
   void RenderWindowPartActivated(mitk::IRenderWindowPart *renderWindowPart);
   void RenderWindowPartDeactivated(mitk::IRenderWindowPart *renderWindowPart);
 
   void SetBorderColors();
   void SetBorderColor(QDoubleSpinBox *spinBox, QString colorAsStyleSheetString);
   void SetBorderColor(int axis, QString colorAsStyleSheetString);
   void SetStepSizes();
   void SetStepSize(int axis);
   void SetStepSize(int axis, double stepSize);
   int  GetClosestAxisIndex(mitk::Vector3D normal);
 
   Ui::QmitkImageNavigatorViewControls m_Controls;
 
   QmitkStepperAdapter* m_AxialStepper;
   QmitkStepperAdapter* m_SagittalStepper;
   QmitkStepperAdapter* m_FrontalStepper;
   QmitkStepperAdapter* m_TimeStepper;
 
   QWidget* m_Parent;
 
   mitk::IRenderWindowPart* m_IRenderWindowPart;
+  /**
+   * @brief GetDecorationColorOfGeometry helper method to get the color of a helper geometry node.
+   * @param renderWindow The renderwindow of the geometry
+   * @return the color for decoration in QString format (#RRGGBB).
+   */
+  QString GetDecorationColorOfGeometry(QmitkRenderWindow *renderWindow);
 };
 
 #endif // _QMITKIMAGENAVIGATORVIEW_H_INCLUDED