diff --git a/src/App/Material.cpp b/src/App/Material.cpp
index 8962dc33d7..389e2e94c1 100644
--- a/src/App/Material.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Material.cpp
@@ -39,16 +39,15 @@ using namespace App;
 Material::Material()
     : shininess {0.9000F}
     , transparency {}
-    , _matType {USER_DEFINED}
+    , _matType {}
 {
-    setType(STEEL);
-    setType(USER_DEFINED);
+    setType(DEFAULT);
 }
 
 Material::Material(const char* MatName)
     : shininess {0.9000F}
     , transparency {}
-    , _matType {USER_DEFINED}
+    , _matType {}
 {
     set(MatName);
 }
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ Material::Material(const char* MatName)
 Material::Material(MaterialType MatType)
     : shininess {0.9000F}
     , transparency {}
-    , _matType {USER_DEFINED}
+    , _matType {}
 {
     setType(MatType);
 }
diff --git a/src/App/PropertyStandard.cpp b/src/App/PropertyStandard.cpp
index 07452a4de1..3117e5e739 100644
--- a/src/App/PropertyStandard.cpp
+++ b/src/App/PropertyStandard.cpp
@@ -2632,7 +2632,10 @@ TYPESYSTEM_SOURCE(App::PropertyMaterialList, App::PropertyLists)
 //**************************************************************************
 // Construction/Destruction
 
-PropertyMaterialList::PropertyMaterialList() = default;
+PropertyMaterialList::PropertyMaterialList()
+{
+    setSizeOne();
+}
 
 PropertyMaterialList::~PropertyMaterialList() = default;
 
diff --git a/src/Gui/Application.cpp b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
index 5afd577707..38f66706d3 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 #include "ViewProviderFeature.h"
 #include "ViewProviderGeoFeatureGroup.h"
 #include "ViewProviderGeometryObject.h"
+#include "ViewProviderGeometryObjectPy.h"
 #include "ViewProviderGroupExtension.h"
 #include "ViewProviderSuppressibleExtension.h"
 #include "ViewProviderImagePlane.h"
@@ -469,6 +470,8 @@ Application::Application(bool GUIenabled)
         Base::Interpreter().addType(&ViewProviderPy::Type, module, "ViewProvider");
         Base::Interpreter().addType(
             &ViewProviderDocumentObjectPy::Type, module, "ViewProviderDocumentObject");
+        Base::Interpreter().addType(
+            &ViewProviderGeometryObjectPy::Type, module, "ViewProviderGeometryObject");
         Base::Interpreter().addType(&ViewProviderLinkPy::Type, module, "ViewProviderLink");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObject.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObject.cpp
index a5820c48dd..661d6be980 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObject.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObject.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const App::PropertyIntegerConstraint::Constraints intPercent = {0, 100, 5};
 
 ViewProviderGeometryObject::ViewProviderGeometryObject()
 {
-    App::Material mat = getDefaultMaterial();
+    App::Material mat = getUserDefinedMaterial();
     long initialTransparency = toPercent(mat.transparency);
 
     static const char* dogroup = "Display Options";
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ ViewProviderGeometryObject::~ViewProviderGeometryObject()
     pcBoundColor->unref();
 }
 
-App::Material ViewProviderGeometryObject::getDefaultMaterial() const
+App::Material ViewProviderGeometryObject::getUserDefinedMaterial()
 {
     ParameterGrp::handle hGrp =
         App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/View");
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObject.h b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObject.h
index 6b2d745c31..44ef6dc80a 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObject.h
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObject.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ public:
 
     /// Get the python wrapper for that ViewProvider
     PyObject* getPyObject() override;
+    static App::Material getUserDefinedMaterial();
 
 protected:
     /// get called by the container whenever a property has been changed
@@ -110,7 +111,6 @@ protected:
 
 private:
     void setSoMaterial(const App::Material& source);
-    App::Material getDefaultMaterial() const;
     bool isSelectionEnabled() const;
 
 protected:
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObjectPy.xml b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObjectPy.xml
index a24ec3bfbb..d5a9625f89 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObjectPy.xml
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObjectPy.xml
@@ -13,5 +13,13 @@
             <Author Licence="LGPL" Name="Werner Mayer" EMail="wmayer@users.sourceforge.net" />
             <UserDocu>This is the ViewProvider geometry class</UserDocu>
         </Documentation>
+        <Methode Name="getUserDefinedMaterial" Static="true" NoArgs="true">
+            <Documentation>
+                <UserDocu>getUserDefinedMaterial() -> object
+
+    Get a material object with the user-defined colors.
+                </UserDocu>
+            </Documentation>
+        </Methode>
     </PythonExport>
 </GenerateModel>
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObjectPyImp.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObjectPyImp.cpp
index 98ba0ac5d4..c7dfba3af8 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObjectPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObjectPyImp.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <App/GeoFeature.h>
+#include <App/MaterialPy.h>
 #include <App/PropertyStandard.h>
 
 #include "ViewProviderGeometryObjectPy.h"
@@ -68,6 +69,12 @@ PyObject* ViewProviderGeometryObjectPy::getCustomAttributes(const char* attr) co
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+PyObject* ViewProviderGeometryObjectPy::getUserDefinedMaterial()
+{
+    App::Material mat = ViewProviderGeometryObject::getUserDefinedMaterial();
+    return new App::MaterialPy(new App::Material(mat));
+}
+
 int ViewProviderGeometryObjectPy::setCustomAttributes(const char* attr, PyObject* obj)
 {
     ViewProviderGeometryObject* vp = getViewProviderGeometryObjectPtr();