diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkStyleManager.h b/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkStyleManager.h
index c2acc0d6e6..ea81d89dab 100644
--- a/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkStyleManager.h
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkStyleManager.h
@@ -1,32 +1,35 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #ifndef QmitkStyleManager_h
 #define QmitkStyleManager_h
 
 #include <MitkQtWidgetsExports.h>
 
 #include <QByteArray>
 #include <QIcon>
 #include <QString>
 
 class MITKQTWIDGETS_EXPORT QmitkStyleManager
 {
 public:
   static QIcon ThemeIcon(const QByteArray &originalSVG);
   static QIcon ThemeIcon(const QString &resourcePath);
 
+  static QString GetIconColor();
+  static QString GetIconAccentColor();
+
   QmitkStyleManager() = delete;
   ~QmitkStyleManager() = delete;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkStyleManager.cpp b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkStyleManager.cpp
index 3f1270a8ed..cdb10e0262 100644
--- a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkStyleManager.cpp
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkStyleManager.cpp
@@ -1,69 +1,86 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include <QmitkStyleManager.h>
 
 #include <mitkLogMacros.h>
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QPixmap>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 
 namespace
 {
-  QString ParseColor(const QString &subject, const QString &pattern, const QString &fallback)
+  QString ParseColor(const QString &subject, const QString &colorName, const QString &fallback)
   {
+    const QString pattern = QString("%1\\s*[=:]\\s*(#[0-9a-f]{6})").arg(colorName);
+
     QRegularExpression re(pattern, QRegularExpression::CaseInsensitiveOption);
     auto match = re.match(subject);
 
     return match.hasMatch()
       ? match.captured(1)
       : fallback;
   }
 }
 
 QIcon QmitkStyleManager::ThemeIcon(const QByteArray &originalSVG)
 {
   auto styleSheet = qApp->styleSheet();
 
   if (styleSheet.isEmpty())
     return QPixmap::fromImage(QImage::fromData(originalSVG));
 
-  auto iconColor = ParseColor(styleSheet,
-    QStringLiteral("iconColor\\s*[=:]\\s*(#[0-9a-f]{6})"),
-    QStringLiteral("#000000"));
-
-  auto iconAccentColor = ParseColor(styleSheet,
-    QStringLiteral("iconAccentColor\\s*[=:]\\s*(#[0-9a-f]{6})"),
-    QStringLiteral("#ffffff"));
+  auto iconColor = GetIconColor();
+  auto iconAccentColor = GetIconAccentColor();
 
   auto themedSVG = QString(originalSVG).replace(QStringLiteral("#00ff00"), iconColor, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
   themedSVG = themedSVG.replace(QStringLiteral("#ff00ff"), iconAccentColor, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
 
   return QPixmap::fromImage(QImage::fromData(themedSVG.toLatin1()));
 }
 
 QIcon QmitkStyleManager::ThemeIcon(const QString &resourcePath)
 {
   QFile resourceFile(resourcePath);
 
   if (resourceFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
   {
     auto originalSVG = resourceFile.readAll();
     return ThemeIcon(originalSVG);
   }
 
   MITK_WARN << "Could not read " << resourcePath.toStdString();
   return QIcon();
 }
+
+QString QmitkStyleManager::GetIconColor()
+{
+  const auto styleSheet = qApp->styleSheet();
+  const auto fallback = QStringLiteral("#000000");
+
+  return !styleSheet.isEmpty()
+    ? ParseColor(styleSheet, QStringLiteral("iconColor"), fallback)
+    : fallback;
+}
+
+QString QmitkStyleManager::GetIconAccentColor()
+{
+  const auto styleSheet = qApp->styleSheet();
+  const auto fallback = QStringLiteral("#ffffff");
+
+  return !styleSheet.isEmpty()
+    ? ParseColor(styleSheet, QStringLiteral("iconAccentColor"), fallback)
+    : fallback;
+}