diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMesh.cpp b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMesh.cpp
index dd4e182ce0..7c7e311152 100755
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMesh.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMesh.cpp
@@ -574,6 +574,39 @@ void ViewProviderFemMesh::animateNodes(double factor)
     DisplacementFactor = factor;
 }
 
+void ViewProviderFemMesh::setColorByElementId(const std::map<long,App::Color> &ElementColorMap)
+{
+    pcShapeMaterial->diffuseColor;
+
+    pcMatBinding->value = SoMaterialBinding::PER_FACE ;
+
+    // resizing and writing the color vector:
+    pcShapeMaterial->diffuseColor.setNum(vFaceElementIdx.size());
+    SbColor* colors = pcShapeMaterial->diffuseColor.startEditing();
+
+    int i=0;
+    for(std::vector<unsigned long>::const_iterator it=vFaceElementIdx.begin()
+            ;it!=vFaceElementIdx.end()
+            ;++it,i++){
+        unsigned long ElemIdx = ((*it)>>3);
+        const std::map<long,App::Color>::const_iterator pos = ElementColorMap.find(ElemIdx);
+        if(pos == ElementColorMap.end())
+            colors[i] = SbColor(0,1,0);
+        else
+            colors[i] = SbColor(pos->second.r,pos->second.g,pos->second.b);
+    }
+
+    pcShapeMaterial->diffuseColor.finishEditing();
+}
+
+void ViewProviderFemMesh::resetColorByElementId(void)
+{
+    pcMatBinding->value = SoMaterialBinding::OVERALL;
+    pcShapeMaterial->diffuseColor.setNum(0);
+    const App::Color& c = ShapeColor.getValue();
+    pcShapeMaterial->diffuseColor.setValue(c.r,c.g,c.b);
+
+}
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMesh.h b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMesh.h
index a2d2666edd..e697c5911f 100755
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMesh.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMesh.h
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ public:
 	void resetDisplacementByNodeId(void);
     /// reaply the node displacement with a certain factor and do a redraw
     void animateNodes(double factor);
+	/// set the color for each element
+	void setColorByElementId(const std::map<long,App::Color> &ElementColorMap);
+	/// reset the view of the element colors
+	void resetColorByElementId(void);
+
 	//@}
 
     const std::vector<unsigned long> &getVisibleElementFaces(void)const{return vFaceElementIdx;}
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMeshPy.xml b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMeshPy.xml
index 17298fb0a1..ff9104cec8 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMeshPy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMeshPy.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,18 @@
         <UserDocu></UserDocu>
       </Documentation>
     </Methode>
-    <Attribute Name="NodeColor" ReadOnly="false">
-      <Documentation>
-        <UserDocu>Postprocessing color of the the nodes. The faces between the nodes gets interpolated. </UserDocu>
-      </Documentation>
-      <Parameter Name="NodeColor" Type="Dict"/>
-    </Attribute>
+      <Attribute Name="NodeColor" ReadOnly="false">
+          <Documentation>
+              <UserDocu>Postprocessing color of the nodes. The faces between the nodes gets interpolated. </UserDocu>
+          </Documentation>
+          <Parameter Name="NodeColor" Type="Dict"/>
+      </Attribute>
+      <Attribute Name="ElementColor" ReadOnly="false">
+          <Documentation>
+              <UserDocu>Postprocessing color of the elements. All faces of the element get the same color. </UserDocu>
+          </Documentation>
+          <Parameter Name="ElementColor" Type="Dict"/>
+      </Attribute>
     <Attribute Name="NodeDisplacement" ReadOnly="false">
       <Documentation>
         <UserDocu>Postprocessing color of the the nodes. The faces between the nodes gets interpolated. </UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMeshPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMeshPyImp.cpp
index 8a18f6e06f..5c21472832 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMeshPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemMeshPyImp.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,28 @@ void ViewProviderFemMeshPy::setNodeColor(Py::Dict arg)
 	}
 }
 
+Py::Dict ViewProviderFemMeshPy::getElementColor(void) const
+{
+    //return Py::List();
+    throw Py::AttributeError("Not yet implemented");
+}
+
+void ViewProviderFemMeshPy::setElementColor(Py::Dict arg)
+{
+    if(arg.size() == 0)
+        this->getViewProviderFemMeshPtr()->resetColorByNodeId();
+    else {
+        std::map<long,App::Color> NodeColorMap;
+
+        for( Py::Dict::iterator it = arg.begin(); it!= arg.end();++it){
+            Py::Int id((*it).first);
+            Py::Tuple color((*it).second);
+            NodeColorMap[id] = App::Color(Py::Float(color[0]),Py::Float(color[1]),Py::Float(color[2]),0);
+        }
+        this->getViewProviderFemMeshPtr()->setColorByElementId(NodeColorMap);
+	}
+}
+
 Py::Dict ViewProviderFemMeshPy::getNodeDisplacement(void) const
 {
     //return Py::Dict();