diff --git a/Modules/Core/files.cmake b/Modules/Core/files.cmake
index ab6009196e..1a3e5ca9d2 100644
--- a/Modules/Core/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Core/files.cmake
@@ -1,312 +1,314 @@
 file(GLOB_RECURSE H_FILES RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/*")
 
 set(CPP_FILES
   mitkCoreActivator.cpp
   mitkCoreObjectFactoryBase.cpp
   mitkCoreObjectFactory.cpp
   mitkCoreServices.cpp
   mitkException.cpp
 
   Algorithms/mitkBaseDataSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkCompareImageDataFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkConvert2Dto3DImageFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkDataNodeSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkExtractSliceFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkHistogramGenerator.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageChannelSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageSliceSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageTimeSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageToImageFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageToSurfaceFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkMultiComponentImageDataComparisonFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkPlaneGeometryDataToSurfaceFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkPointSetSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkPointSetToPointSetFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkRGBToRGBACastImageFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSubImageSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSurfaceSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSurfaceToImageFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSurfaceToSurfaceFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkUIDGenerator.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkVolumeCalculator.cpp
 
   Controllers/mitkBaseController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkCallbackFromGUIThread.cpp
   Controllers/mitkCameraController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkCameraRotationController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkLimitedLinearUndo.cpp
   Controllers/mitkOperationEvent.cpp
   Controllers/mitkPlanePositionManager.cpp
   Controllers/mitkProgressBar.cpp
   Controllers/mitkRenderingManager.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSliceNavigationController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSlicesCoordinator.cpp
   Controllers/mitkStatusBar.cpp
   Controllers/mitkStepper.cpp
   Controllers/mitkTestManager.cpp
   Controllers/mitkUndoController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkVerboseLimitedLinearUndo.cpp
   Controllers/mitkVtkLayerController.cpp
+  DataManagement/mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkArbitraryTimeGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkAbstractTransformGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkAnnotationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkApplicationCursor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkApplyTransformMatrixOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkBaseData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkBaseGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkBaseProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkChannelDescriptor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkClippingProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkColorProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkDataNode.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkDataStorage.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkEnumerationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkFloatPropertyExtension.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometry3D.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometryData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometryTransformHolder.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGroupTagProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageAccessorBase.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageCaster.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageCastPart1.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageCastPart2.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageCastPart3.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageCastPart4.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImage.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageDataItem.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageDescriptor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageReadAccessor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageStatisticsHolder.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageVtkAccessor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageVtkReadAccessor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageVtkWriteAccessor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageWriteAccessor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkIntPropertyExtension.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkIPersistenceService.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkIPropertyAliases.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkIPropertyDescriptions.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkIPropertyExtensions.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkIPropertyFilters.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkIPropertyPersistence.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjector.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindow.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindowManager.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindowPreset.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindowProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLine.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLookupTable.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLookupTableProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLookupTables.cpp # specializations of GenericLookupTable
   DataManagement/mitkMaterial.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkMemoryUtilities.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkModalityProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkModifiedLock.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateAnd.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateBase.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateCompositeBase.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateDataType.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateDimension.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateFirstLevel.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateNot.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateOr.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateSource.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNumericConstants.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlaneGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlaneGeometryData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlaneOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlaneOrientationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPointOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPointSet.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPointSetShapeProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkProperties.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyAliases.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyDescriptions.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyExtension.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyExtensions.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyFilter.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyFilters.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyList.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyListReplacedObserver.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyNameHelper.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyObserver.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyPersistence.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyPersistenceInfo.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkProportionalTimeGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkRenderingModeProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkResliceMethodProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkRestorePlanePositionOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkRotationOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkScaleOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkShaderProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSlicedData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSlicedGeometry3D.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSmartPointerProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkStandaloneDataStorage.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkStringProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSurface.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSurfaceOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkThinPlateSplineCurvedGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTimeGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTransferFunction.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTransferFunctionInitializer.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTransferFunctionProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTemporoSpatialStringProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVector.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVectorProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkInterpolationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkRepresentationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkResliceInterpolationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkScalarModeProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkVolumeRenderingProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkWeakPointerProperty.cpp
 
   Interactions/mitkAction.cpp
   Interactions/mitkBindDispatcherInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkCrosshairPositionEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDataInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDispatcher.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayCoordinateOperation.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventConfig.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventFactory.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventRecorder.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventStateMachine.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractionEventConst.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractionEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractionEventHandler.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractionEventObserver.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractionKeyEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractionPositionEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInternalEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMouseDoubleClickEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMouseModeSwitcher.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMouseMoveEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMousePressEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMouseReleaseEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMouseWheelEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkPointSetDataInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkSinglePointDataInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachineAction.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachineCondition.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachineContainer.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachineState.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachineTransition.cpp
   Interactions/mitkVtkEventAdapter.cpp
   Interactions/mitkVtkInteractorStyle.cxx
   Interactions/mitkXML2EventParser.cpp
 
   IO/mitkAbstractFileIO.cpp
   IO/mitkAbstractFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkAbstractFileWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkCustomMimeType.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSeriesReader.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSeriesReaderService.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_GantryTiltInformation.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_ImageBlockDescriptor.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_LoadDICOMRGBPixel4D.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_LoadDICOMRGBPixel.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_LoadDICOMScalar4D.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_LoadDICOMScalar.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_SliceGroupingResult.cpp
   IO/mitkFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkFileReaderRegistry.cpp
   IO/mitkFileReaderSelector.cpp
   IO/mitkFileReaderWriterBase.cpp
   IO/mitkFileWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkFileWriterRegistry.cpp
   IO/mitkFileWriterSelector.cpp
   IO/mitkGeometry3DToXML.cpp
   IO/mitkIFileIO.cpp
   IO/mitkIFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkIFileWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkGeometryDataReaderService.cpp
   IO/mitkGeometryDataWriterService.cpp
   IO/mitkImageGenerator.cpp
   IO/mitkImageVtkLegacyIO.cpp
   IO/mitkImageVtkXmlIO.cpp
   IO/mitkIMimeTypeProvider.cpp
   IO/mitkIOConstants.cpp
   IO/mitkIOMimeTypes.cpp
   IO/mitkIOUtil.cpp
   IO/mitkItkImageIO.cpp
   IO/mitkItkLoggingAdapter.cpp
   IO/mitkLegacyFileReaderService.cpp
   IO/mitkLegacyFileWriterService.cpp
   IO/mitkLocaleSwitch.cpp
   IO/mitkLog.cpp
   IO/mitkMimeType.cpp
   IO/mitkMimeTypeProvider.cpp
   IO/mitkOperation.cpp
   IO/mitkPixelType.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetReaderService.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetWriterService.cpp
   IO/mitkProportionalTimeGeometryToXML.cpp
   IO/mitkRawImageFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkStandardFileLocations.cpp
   IO/mitkSurfaceStlIO.cpp
   IO/mitkSurfaceVtkIO.cpp
   IO/mitkSurfaceVtkLegacyIO.cpp
   IO/mitkSurfaceVtkXmlIO.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkLoggingAdapter.cpp
 
   Rendering/mitkAbstractOverlayLayouter.cpp
   Rendering/mitkBaseRenderer.cpp
   #Rendering/mitkGLMapper.cpp Moved to deprecated LegacyGL Module
   Rendering/mitkGradientBackground.cpp
   Rendering/mitkImageVtkMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkIShaderRepository.cpp
   Rendering/mitkManufacturerLogo.cpp
   Rendering/mitkMapper.cpp
   Rendering/mitkOverlay.cpp
   Rendering/mitkOverlayManager.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPlaneGeometryDataMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPlaneGeometryDataVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPointSetVtkMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPointSetVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkRenderWindowBase.cpp
   Rendering/mitkRenderWindow.cpp
   Rendering/mitkRenderWindowFrame.cpp
   #Rendering/mitkSurfaceGLMapper2D.cpp Moved to deprecated LegacyGL Module
   Rendering/mitkSurfaceVtkMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkEventProvider.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkMapper.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkOverlay2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkOverlay3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkOverlay.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkPropRenderer.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkWidgetRendering.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkLevelWindowFilter.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkRectangleProp.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkRenderProp.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkThickSlicesFilter.cpp
   Rendering/vtkNeverTranslucentTexture.cpp
 )
 
 set(RESOURCE_FILES
 Interactions/globalConfig.xml
 Interactions/DisplayInteraction.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfig.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigPACS.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigPACSPan.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigPACSScroll.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigPACSZoom.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigPACSLevelWindow.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigMITK.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigMITKNoCrosshair.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigMITKRotation.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigMITKRotationUnCoupled.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigMITKSwivel.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigMITKLimited.xml
 Interactions/PointSet.xml
 Interactions/Legacy/StateMachine.xml
 Interactions/Legacy/DisplayConfigMITKTools.xml
 Interactions/PointSetConfig.xml
 
 mitkLevelWindowPresets.xml
+mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.xml
 )
diff --git a/Modules/Core/include/mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.h b/Modules/Core/include/mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c81fe604f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Core/include/mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.h
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 ANATOMICALSTRUCTURECOLORPRESETS_H_HEADER
+#define ANATOMICALSTRUCTURECOLORPRESETS_H_HEADER
+
+#include <vtkXMLParser.h>
+#include <MitkCoreExports.h>
+#include <mitkColorProperty.h>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace mitk {
+
+class MITKCORE_EXPORT AnatomicalStructureColorPresets : public vtkXMLParser
+{
+
+  struct Category
+  {
+    std::string codeValue;
+    std::string codeScheme;
+    std::string codeName;
+    Category() : codeValue(""), codeScheme(""), codeName(""){}
+    Category(std::string value, std::string scheme, std::string name) : codeValue(value), codeScheme(scheme), codeName(name){}
+  };
+
+  struct Type
+  {
+    struct Modifier
+    {
+      std::string codeValue;
+      std::string codeScheme;
+      std::string codeName;
+      Modifier() : codeValue(""), codeScheme(""), codeName(""){}
+      Modifier(std::string value, std::string scheme, std::string name) : codeValue(value), codeScheme(scheme), codeName(name){}
+    };
+    std::string codeValue;
+    std::string codeScheme;
+    std::string codeName;
+    Modifier modifier;
+      Type() : codeValue(""), codeScheme(""), codeName(""){ modifier = Modifier(); }
+    Type(std::string value, std::string scheme, std::string name) : codeValue(value), codeScheme(scheme), codeName(name){ modifier = Modifier(); }
+    //Type(std::string value, std::string scheme, std::string name, Modifier modifier) : codeValue(value), codeScheme(scheme), codeName(name), modifier(modifier){}
+  };
+
+public:
+  static AnatomicalStructureColorPresets *New();
+  vtkTypeMacro(AnatomicalStructureColorPresets,vtkXMLParser);
+
+  bool LoadPreset();
+  bool LoadPreset(std::string fileName);
+  Category getCategory(std::string name);
+  Type getType(std::string name);
+  Color getColor(std::string name);
+  std::map<std::string, Category>& getCategoryPresets();
+  std::map<std::string, Type>& getTypePresets();
+  std::map<std::string, Color>& getColorPresets();
+  void newPresets(std::map<std::string, Category> newCategory, std::map<std::string, Type> newType, std::map<std::string, Color>);
+
+protected:
+  AnatomicalStructureColorPresets();
+  ~AnatomicalStructureColorPresets();
+
+private:
+  //##Documentation
+  //## @brief method used in XLM-Reading; gets called when a start-tag is read
+  void StartElement (const char *elementName, const char **atts) override;
+
+  //void saveXML(mitk::XMLWriter& xmlWriter);
+  void save();
+
+  //##Documentation
+  //## @brief reads an XML-String-Attribute
+  std::string ReadXMLStringAttribut( std::string name, const char** atts);
+
+  static const std::string PRESET;
+  static const std::string CATEGORY;
+  static const std::string TYPE;
+  static const std::string MODIFIER;
+  static const std::string COLOR;
+  static const std::string CODE_VALUE;
+  static const std::string CODE_SCHEME;
+  static const std::string CODE_NAME;
+
+  static const std::string COLOR_R;
+  static const std::string COLOR_G;
+  static const std::string COLOR_B;
+
+  std::string m_presetName;
+  std::map<std::string, Category> m_Category;
+  std::map<std::string, Type> m_Type;
+  std::map<std::string, Color> m_Color;
+  std::string m_XmlFileName;
+};
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/Modules/Core/resource/mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.xml b/Modules/Core/resource/mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23335e682b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Core/resource/mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,377 @@
+<!--
+http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:0hgYS26uASIJ:ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/dicom/final/cp1258_ft2.pdf+&cd=5&hl=de&ct=clnk&gl=de
+http://dicom.nema.org/medical/dicom/current/output/html/part16.html
+Modifier
+    G-A100 Right
+    G-A101 Left
+    G-A102 Right and Left
+    G-A103 Unilateral
+    More http://dicom.nema.org/dicom/2013/output/chtml/part16/chapter_B.html#sect_CID_2
+
+-->
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets file_version="0.1" >
+  <preset name="Tissue">
+    <category  code_value="T-D0050" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Tissue"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D0050" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Tissue"/>
+    <color rgb_r="128" rgb_g="174" rgb_b="128"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Bone">
+    <category code_value="T-D0050" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Tissue"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D016E" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Bone"/>
+    <color rgb_r="241" rgb_g="214" rgb_b="145"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Brain">
+    <category code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-A0100" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Brain"/>
+    <color rgb_r="250" rgb_g="250" rgb_b="225"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Colon">
+    <category code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-59302" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Colon"/>
+    <color rgb_r="204" rgb_g="168" rgb_b="143"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Cyst">
+    <category code_value="M-01000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Morphologically Altered Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="M-3340A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Cyst"/>
+    <color rgb_r="205" rgb_g="205" rgb_b="100"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Elbow">
+    <category code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D06CA" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Elbow"/>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Elbow (Right)">
+    <category code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D06CA" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Elbow">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A100" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Right"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Elbow (Left)">
+    <category code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D06CA" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Elbow">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A101" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Left"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Eyeball">
+    <category code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-AA636" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Fundus of Eye"/>
+    <color rgb_r="194" rgb_g="142" rgb_b="0"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Eyeball (Right)">
+    <category code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-AA636" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Fundus of Eye">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A100" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Right"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="194" rgb_g="142" rgb_b="0"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Eyeball (Left)">
+    <category code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-AA636" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Fundus of Eye">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A101" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Left"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="194" rgb_g="142" rgb_b="0"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Fallopian Tube">
+    <category code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D6101" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Fallopian Tube"/>
+    <color rgb_r="255" rgb_g="190" rgb_b="165"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Fallopian Tube (Right)">
+    <category code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D6101" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Fallopian Tube">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A100" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Right"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="255" rgb_g="190" rgb_b="165"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Fallopian Tube (Left)">
+    <category code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D6101" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Fallopian Tube">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A101" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Left"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="255" rgb_g="190" rgb_b="165"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Fat">
+    <category  code_value="T-D0050" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Tissue"/>
+    <type code_value="F-03D38" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Body Fat"/>
+    <color rgb_r="230" rgb_g="220" rgb_b="70"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Gallbladder">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-63002" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Gallbladder"/>
+    <color rgb_r="139" rgb_g="150" rgb_b="98"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Hand">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D8701" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Hand"/>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Hand (Right)">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D8701" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Hand">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A100" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Right"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Hand (Left)">
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+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
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+  <preset name="Kidney (Left)">
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+    <type code_value="T-71000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Kidney">
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+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
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+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Knee (Right)">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D03BA" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Knee Region">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A100" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Right"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Knee (Left)">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D03BA" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Knee Region">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A101" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Left"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Larynx">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-2410C" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Larynx"/>
+    <color rgb_r="150" rgb_g="208" rgb_b="243"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Liver">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-62000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Liver"/>
+    <color rgb_r="221" rgb_g="130" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Lung">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-28000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Lung"/>
+    <color rgb_r="197" rgb_g="165" rgb_b="145"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Lung (Right)">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-28000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Lung">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A100" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Right"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="197" rgb_g="165" rgb_b="145"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Lung (Left)">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-28000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Lung">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A101" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Left"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="197" rgb_g="165" rgb_b="145"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Lymph Node">
+    <category  code_value="T-D0050" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Tissue"/>
+    <type code_value="T-C4000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Lymph Node"/>
+    <color rgb_r="68" rgb_g="172" rgb_b="100"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Muscle">
+    <category  code_value="T-D0050" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Tissue"/>
+    <type code_value="T-13001" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Muscle"/>
+    <color rgb_r="192" rgb_g="104" rgb_b="88"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Nerve">
+    <category  code_value="T-D0050" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Tissue"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D0598" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Nerve"/>
+    <color rgb_r="244" rgb_g="214" rgb_b="49"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Nose">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-21003" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Nose"/>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Ovary">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-87000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Ovary"/>
+    <color rgb_r="213" rgb_g="141" rgb_b="113"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Ovary (Right)">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-87000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Ovary">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A100" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Right"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="213" rgb_g="141" rgb_b="113"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Ovary (Left)">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-87000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Ovary">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A101" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Left"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="213" rgb_g="141" rgb_b="113"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Pancreas">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D4034" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Pancreas"/>
+    <color rgb_r="249" rgb_g="180" rgb_b="111"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Pharynx">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-55002" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Pharynx "/>
+    <color rgb_r="184" rgb_g="105" rgb_b="108"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Prostate">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-92000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Prostate"/>
+    <color rgb_r="230" rgb_g="158" rgb_b="140"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Seminal Vesicle">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-93000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Seminal Vesicle"/>
+    <color rgb_r="245" rgb_g="172" rgb_b="147"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Seminal Vesicle (Right)">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-93000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Seminal Vesicle">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A100" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Right"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="245" rgb_g="172" rgb_b="147"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Seminal Vesicle (Left)">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-93000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Seminal Vesicle">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A101" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Left"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="245" rgb_g="172" rgb_b="147"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Shoulder">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D2220" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Shoulder"/>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Shoulder (Right)">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D2220" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Shoulder">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A100" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Right"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Shoulder (Left)">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D2220" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Shoulder">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A101" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Left"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Spinal Cord">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-A7013" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Spinal Cord"/>
+    <color rgb_r="244" rgb_g="214" rgb_b="49"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Spleen">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-C3000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Spleen"/>
+    <color rgb_r="157" rgb_g="108" rgb_b="162"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Stomach">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-57001" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Stomach"/>
+    <color rgb_r="216" rgb_g="132" rgb_b="105"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Teeth">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-5401E" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Tooth"/>
+    <color rgb_r="255" rgb_g="250" rgb_b="220"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Thyroid Gland">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-B0004" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Thyroid Gland"/>
+    <color rgb_r="62" rgb_g="162" rgb_b="114"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Tongue">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-5300D" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Tongue"/>
+    <color rgb_r="166" rgb_g="84" rgb_b="94"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Urethra">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-75001" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Urethra "/>
+    <color rgb_r="124" rgb_g="186" rgb_b="223"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Urinary Bladder">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-74000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Bladder"/>
+    <color rgb_r="222" rgb_g="154" rgb_b="132"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Uterus">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-83000" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Uterus"/>
+    <color rgb_r="255" rgb_g="181" rgb_b="158"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Vagina">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-82003" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Vagina"/>
+    <color rgb_r="193" rgb_g="123" rgb_b="103"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Wrist">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D0787" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Wrist Region"/>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Wrist (Right)">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D0787" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Wrist Region">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A100" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Right"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+  <preset name="Wrist (Left)">
+    <category  code_value="T-D000A" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Anatomical Structure"/>
+    <type code_value="T-D0787" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Wrist Region">
+      <modifier code_value="G-A101" coding_scheme="SRT" code_name="Left"/>
+    </type>
+    <color rgb_r="177" rgb_g="122" rgb_b="101"/>
+  </preset>
+</mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets>
diff --git a/Modules/Core/src/DataManagement/mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.cpp b/Modules/Core/src/DataManagement/mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecef3a6107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Core/src/DataManagement/mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 "mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.h"
+#include <vtkObjectFactory.h>
+
+#include "usGetModuleContext.h"
+#include "usModuleContext.h"
+#include "usModule.h"
+#include "usModuleResource.h"
+#include "usModuleResourceStream.h"
+
+namespace mitk {
+
+  const std::string AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::PRESET = "preset";
+  const std::string AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::CATEGORY = "category";
+  const std::string AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::TYPE = "type";
+  const std::string AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::MODIFIER = "modifier";
+  const std::string AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::COLOR = "color";
+
+  const std::string AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::CODE_VALUE = "code_value";
+  const std::string AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::CODE_SCHEME = "code_scheme";
+  const std::string AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::CODE_NAME = "code_name";
+
+  const std::string AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::COLOR_R = "rgb_r";
+  const std::string AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::COLOR_G = "rgb_g";
+  const std::string AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::COLOR_B = "rgb_b";
+
+
+  vtkStandardNewMacro(AnatomicalStructureColorPresets);
+
+  AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::AnatomicalStructureColorPresets()
+  {
+  }
+
+  AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::~AnatomicalStructureColorPresets()
+  {
+  }
+
+  bool AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::LoadPreset()
+  {
+    us::ModuleResource presetResource = us::GetModuleContext()->GetModule()->GetResource("mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.xml");
+    if (!presetResource) return false;
+
+    us::ModuleResourceStream presetStream(presetResource);
+    vtkXMLParser::SetStream(&presetStream);
+    if (!vtkXMLParser::Parse())
+    {
+#ifdef INTERDEBUG
+      MITK_INFO<<"AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::LoadPreset xml file cannot parse!"<<std::endl;
+#endif
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  bool AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::LoadPreset(std::string fileName)
+  {
+    if (fileName.empty())
+      return false;
+
+    vtkXMLParser::SetFileName(fileName.c_str());
+
+    if (!vtkXMLParser::Parse())
+    {
+#ifdef INTERDEBUG
+      MITK_INFO<<"AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::LoadPreset xml file cannot parse!"<<std::endl;
+#endif
+    }
+
+    return true;
+
+  }
+
+  void  AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::StartElement(const char *elementName, const char **atts)
+  {
+    std::string elementNameString = elementName;
+    if (elementNameString == PRESET)
+    {
+      m_presetName = ReadXMLStringAttribut("name", atts);
+    }
+    else if (elementNameString == CATEGORY)
+    {
+      std::string value = ReadXMLStringAttribut(CODE_VALUE, atts);
+      std::string scheme = ReadXMLStringAttribut(CODE_SCHEME, atts);
+      std::string name = ReadXMLStringAttribut(CODE_NAME, atts);
+      m_Category[m_presetName] = Category(value, scheme, name);
+    }
+    else if (elementNameString == TYPE)
+    {
+      std::string value = ReadXMLStringAttribut(CODE_VALUE, atts);
+      std::string scheme = ReadXMLStringAttribut(CODE_SCHEME, atts);
+      std::string name = ReadXMLStringAttribut(CODE_NAME, atts);
+      m_Type[m_presetName] = Type(value, scheme, name);
+    }
+    else if (elementNameString == MODIFIER)
+    {
+      std::string value = ReadXMLStringAttribut(CODE_VALUE, atts);
+      std::string scheme = ReadXMLStringAttribut(CODE_SCHEME, atts);
+      std::string name = ReadXMLStringAttribut(CODE_NAME, atts);
+      m_Type[m_presetName].modifier = Type::Modifier(value, scheme, name);
+    }
+    else if (elementNameString == COLOR)
+    {
+      std::string red = ReadXMLStringAttribut(COLOR_R, atts);
+      float r = atof(red.c_str());
+      std::string green = ReadXMLStringAttribut(COLOR_G, atts);
+      float g = atof(green.c_str());
+      std::string blue = ReadXMLStringAttribut(COLOR_B, atts);
+      float b = atof(blue.c_str());
+      Color color;
+      color.SetRed(r); color.SetGreen(g); color.SetBlue(b);
+      m_Color[m_presetName] = color;
+    }
+  }
+
+  std::string AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::ReadXMLStringAttribut(std::string name, const char** atts)
+  {
+    if (atts)
+    {
+      const char** attsIter = atts;
+
+      while (*attsIter)
+      {
+        if (name == *attsIter)
+        {
+          attsIter++;
+          return *attsIter;
+        }
+        attsIter++;
+        attsIter++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return std::string();
+  }
+
+  AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::Category AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::getCategory(std::string name)
+  {
+    return m_Category[name];
+  }
+
+  AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::Type AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::getType(std::string name)
+  {
+    return m_Type[name];
+  }
+
+  Color AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::getColor(std::string name)
+  {
+    return m_Color[name];
+  }
+
+  std::map<std::string, AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::Category>& AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::getCategoryPresets()
+  {
+    return m_Category;
+  }
+
+  std::map<std::string, AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::Type>& AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::getTypePresets()
+  {
+    return m_Type;
+  }
+
+  std::map<std::string, Color>& AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::getColorPresets()
+  {
+    return m_Color;
+  }
+
+  void AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::save()
+  {
+    //XMLWriter writer(m_XmlFileName.c_str());
+    //saveXML(writer);
+  }
+
+  void AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::newPresets(std::map<std::string, AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::Category> newCategory, std::map<std::string, AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::Type> newType, std::map<std::string, Color> newColor)
+  {
+    m_Category = newCategory;
+    m_Type = newType;
+    m_Color = newColor;
+    save();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/internal/QmitkSegmentationOrganNamesHandling.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/internal/QmitkSegmentationOrganNamesHandling.cpp
index 82fbb1e296..383a65d00b 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/internal/QmitkSegmentationOrganNamesHandling.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/internal/QmitkSegmentationOrganNamesHandling.cpp
@@ -1,101 +1,62 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 <QStringList>
+#include "mitkAnatomicalStructureColorPresets.h"
 
 QStringList QmitkSegmentationView::GetDefaultOrganColorString()
 {
   QStringList organColors;
 
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Ankle", 255, 255, 153);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Appendix", 161, 107, 54);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Blood vessels", 255, 49, 49);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Bone", 255, 255, 153);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Brain", 255, 156, 202);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Bronchial tree", 0, 160, 209);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Coccyx", 255, 255, 153);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Colon", 161, 107, 54);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Cyst", 150, 189, 228);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Elbow", 255, 255, 153);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Eye", 18, 7, 161);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Fallopian tube", 161, 19, 39);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Fat", 237, 255, 41);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Gall Bladder", 86, 127, 24);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Hand", 255, 222, 199);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Heart", 153, 0, 0);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Hip", 255, 255, 153);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Kidney", 250, 89, 0);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Knee", 255, 255, 153);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Larynx", 102, 0, 0);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Liver", 194, 142, 0);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Lung", 107, 220, 255);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Lymph node", 10, 250, 56);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Muscle", 102, 0, 0);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Nerve", 255, 234, 79);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Nose", 255, 222, 199);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Oesophagus", 102, 0, 0);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Ovaries", 234, 0, 117);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Pancreas", 249, 171, 61);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Pelvis", 255, 255, 153);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Penis", 255, 222, 199);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Pharynx", 102, 0, 0);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Prostate", 209, 163, 117);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Rectum", 161, 107, 54);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Sacrum", 255, 255, 153);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Seminal vesicle", 199, 232, 255);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Shoulder", 255, 255, 153);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Spinal cord", 255, 234, 79);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Spleen", 249, 108, 61);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Stomach", 161, 107, 54);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Teeth", 255, 252, 216);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Testicles", 199, 232, 255);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Thyroid", 255, 179, 184);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Tongue", 102, 0, 0);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Tumor", 147, 112, 17);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Urethra", 197, 204, 0);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Urinary bladder", 197, 204, 0);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Uterus", 161, 19, 39);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Vagina", 161, 19, 39);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Vertebra", 255, 255, 153);
-  AppendToOrganList(organColors, "Wrist", 255, 255, 153);
+  mitk::AnatomicalStructureColorPresets* anatomicalStructureColorPresets = mitk::AnatomicalStructureColorPresets::New();
+  anatomicalStructureColorPresets->LoadPreset();
+
+  std::map<std::string, mitk::Color> organColorPreset = anatomicalStructureColorPresets->getColorPresets();
+  for (auto iter = organColorPreset.begin(); iter != organColorPreset.end(); iter++)
+  {
+    QString organName = ((*iter).first.c_str());
+    QColor color = QColor((*iter).second.GetRed(), (*iter).second.GetGreen(), (*iter).second.GetBlue());
+
+    AppendToOrganList(organColors, organName, color);
+  }
 
   return organColors;
 }
 
 void QmitkSegmentationView::UpdateOrganList(QStringList& organColors, const QString& organname, mitk::Color color)
 {
   QString listElement( organname + QColor(color.GetRed() * 255 , color.GetGreen() * 255 , color.GetBlue() * 255).name() );
 
   // remove previous definition if necessary
   int oldIndex = organColors.indexOf( QRegExp(QRegExp::escape(organname) + "#......", Qt::CaseInsensitive));
   if (oldIndex < 0 || organColors.at(oldIndex) != listElement )
   {
     if (oldIndex >= 0)
     {
       organColors.removeAt( oldIndex );
     }
 
     // add colored organ name AND sort list
     organColors.append( listElement );
     organColors.sort();
   }
 }
 
-void QmitkSegmentationView::AppendToOrganList(QStringList& organColors, const QString& organname, int r, int g, int b)
+void QmitkSegmentationView::AppendToOrganList(QStringList& organColors, const QString& organname, QColor& color)
 {
-  organColors.append( organname + QColor(r, g, b).name() );
+  organColors.append( organname + color.name() );
 }
 
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/internal/QmitkSegmentationView.h b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/internal/QmitkSegmentationView.h
index 332939e9cd..81a8662779 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/internal/QmitkSegmentationView.h
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.segmentation/src/internal/QmitkSegmentationView.h
@@ -1,182 +1,182 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 QmitkSegmentationView_h
 #define QmitkSegmentationView_h
 
 #include "QmitkFunctionality.h"
 
 #include <berryIBerryPreferences.h>
 
 #include "ui_QmitkSegmentationControls.h"
 
 class QmitkRenderWindow;
 
 /**
 * \ingroup ToolManagerEtAl
 * \ingroup org_mitk_gui_qt_segmentation_internal
 * \warning Implementation of this class is split up into two .cpp files to make things more compact. Check both this file and QmitkSegmentationOrganNamesHandling.cpp
 */
 class QmitkSegmentationView : public QmitkFunctionality
 {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
 
   QmitkSegmentationView();
 
   virtual ~QmitkSegmentationView();
 
   typedef std::map<mitk::DataNode*, unsigned long> NodeTagMapType;
 
   /*!
   \brief Invoked when the DataManager selection changed
   */
   virtual void OnSelectionChanged(mitk::DataNode* node);
   virtual void OnSelectionChanged(std::vector<mitk::DataNode*> nodes) override;
 
   // reaction to new segmentations being created by segmentation tools
   void NewNodesGenerated();
   void NewNodeObjectsGenerated(mitk::ToolManager::DataVectorType*);
 
   // QmitkFunctionality's activate/deactivate
   virtual void Activated() override;
   virtual void Deactivated() override;
   virtual void Visible() override;
 
   // QmitkFunctionality's changes regarding THE QmitkStdMultiWidget
   virtual void StdMultiWidgetAvailable(QmitkStdMultiWidget& stdMultiWidget) override;
   virtual void StdMultiWidgetNotAvailable() override;
   virtual void StdMultiWidgetClosed(QmitkStdMultiWidget& stdMultiWidget) override;
 
   // BlueBerry's notification about preference changes (e.g. from a dialog)
   virtual void OnPreferencesChanged(const berry::IBerryPreferences* prefs) override;
 
   // observer to mitk::RenderingManager's RenderingManagerViewsInitializedEvent event
   void RenderingManagerReinitialized();
 
   // observer to mitk::SliceController's SliceRotation event
   void SliceRotation(const itk::EventObject&);
 
   static const std::string VIEW_ID;
 
   protected slots:
 
     void OnPatientComboBoxSelectionChanged(const mitk::DataNode* node);
     void OnSegmentationComboBoxSelectionChanged(const mitk::DataNode* node);
 
     // reaction to the button "New segmentation"
     void CreateNewSegmentation();
 
     void OnManualTool2DSelected(int id);
 
     void OnWorkingNodeVisibilityChanged();
 
     // called if a node's binary property has changed
     void OnBinaryPropertyChanged();
 
     void OnShowMarkerNodes(bool);
 
     void OnTabWidgetChanged(int);
 
 protected:
 
   // a type for handling lists of DataNodes
   typedef std::vector<mitk::DataNode*> NodeList;
 
   // set available multiwidget
   void SetMultiWidget(QmitkStdMultiWidget* multiWidget);
 
   // actively query the current selection of data manager
   //void PullCurrentDataManagerSelection();
 
   // reactions to selection events from data manager (and potential other senders)
   //void BlueBerrySelectionChanged(berry::IWorkbenchPart::Pointer sourcepart, berry::ISelection::ConstPointer selection);
   mitk::DataNode::Pointer FindFirstRegularImage( std::vector<mitk::DataNode*> nodes );
   mitk::DataNode::Pointer FindFirstSegmentation( std::vector<mitk::DataNode*> nodes );
 
   // propagate BlueBerry selection to ToolManager for manual segmentation
   void SetToolManagerSelection(const mitk::DataNode* referenceData, const mitk::DataNode* workingData);
 
   // checks if given render window aligns with the slices of given image
   bool IsRenderWindowAligned(QmitkRenderWindow* renderWindow, mitk::Image* image);
 
   // make sure all images/segmentations look as selected by the users in this view's preferences
   void ForceDisplayPreferencesUponAllImages();
 
   // decorates a DataNode according to the user preference settings
   void ApplyDisplayOptions(mitk::DataNode* node);
 
   // GUI setup
   void CreateQtPartControl(QWidget* parent) override;
 
   void ResetMouseCursor( );
 
   void SetMouseCursor(const us::ModuleResource&, int hotspotX, int hotspotY );
 
   void SetToolSelectionBoxesEnabled(bool);
 
   bool m_MouseCursorSet;
 
   // handling of a list of known (organ name, organ color) combination
   // ATTENTION these methods are defined in QmitkSegmentationOrganNamesHandling.cpp
   QStringList GetDefaultOrganColorString();
   void UpdateOrganList(QStringList& organColors, const QString& organname, mitk::Color colorname);
-  void AppendToOrganList(QStringList& organColors, const QString& organname, int r, int g, int b);
+  void AppendToOrganList(QStringList& organColors, const QString& organname, QColor& color);
 
   // If a contourmarker is selected, the plane in the related widget will be reoriented according to the marker`s geometry
   void OnContourMarkerSelected (const mitk::DataNode* node);
 
   void NodeRemoved(const mitk::DataNode* node) override;
 
   void NodeAdded(const mitk::DataNode *node) override;
 
   bool CheckForSameGeometry(const mitk::DataNode*, const mitk::DataNode*) const;
 
   void UpdateWarningLabel(QString text/*, bool overwriteExistingText = true*/);
 
   // the Qt parent of our GUI (NOT of this object)
   QWidget* m_Parent;
 
   // our GUI
   Ui::QmitkSegmentationControls * m_Controls;
 
   // THE currently existing QmitkStdMultiWidget
   QmitkStdMultiWidget * m_MultiWidget;
 
   unsigned long m_VisibilityChangedObserverTag;
 
   bool m_DataSelectionChanged;
 
   NodeTagMapType  m_WorkingDataObserverTags;
 
   NodeTagMapType  m_BinaryPropertyObserverTags;
 
   unsigned int m_RenderingManagerObserverTag;
 
   bool m_AutoSelectionEnabled;
 
   mitk::NodePredicateOr::Pointer m_IsOfTypeImagePredicate;
   mitk::NodePredicateProperty::Pointer m_IsBinaryPredicate;
   mitk::NodePredicateNot::Pointer m_IsNotBinaryPredicate;
   mitk::NodePredicateAnd::Pointer m_IsNotABinaryImagePredicate;
   mitk::NodePredicateAnd::Pointer m_IsABinaryImagePredicate;
 
   mitk::NodePredicateOr::Pointer m_IsASegmentationImagePredicate;
   mitk::NodePredicateAnd::Pointer m_IsAPatientImagePredicate;
 };
 
 #endif /*QMITKsegmentationVIEW_H_*/