diff --git a/resources/qml/ColorDialog.qml b/resources/qml/ColorDialog.qml
index f163211f53..afb7b324a3 100644
--- a/resources/qml/ColorDialog.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/ColorDialog.qml
@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@ UM.Dialog
         "#FFFFFF", "#D3D3D3", "#9E9E9E", "#5A5A5A", "#000000",
     ]
 
-    Component.onCompleted:
+    Component.onCompleted: updateSwatches()
+    onSwatchColorsChanged: updateSwatches()
+
+    function updateSwatches()
     {
-        for (let i = 0; i < base.swatchColors.length; i ++)
+        swatchColorsModel.clear();
+        for (const swatchColor of base.swatchColors)
         {
-            swatchColorsModel.append({ swatchColor: base.swatchColors[i] });
+            swatchColorsModel.append({ swatchColor });
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/resources/qml/Preferences/Materials/MaterialsView.qml b/resources/qml/Preferences/Materials/MaterialsView.qml
index 6d153f5960..97f0ce4de1 100644
--- a/resources/qml/Preferences/Materials/MaterialsView.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/Preferences/Materials/MaterialsView.qml
@@ -222,7 +222,22 @@ Item
                     id: colorDialog
                     title: catalog.i18nc("@title", "Material color picker")
                     color: properties.color_code
-                    onAccepted: base.setMetaDataEntry("color_code", properties.color_code, color)
+//                    swatchColors: ["#2161AF", "#57AFB2", "#F7B32D", "#E33D4A", "#C088AD"]
+                    onAccepted: {
+                        base.setMetaDataEntry("color_code", properties.color_code, color);
+                        console.log("color_code");
+
+                        const timer = Qt.createQmlObject("import QtQuick 2.0; Timer {}", base);
+                        timer.interval = 10000;
+                        timer.repeat = true;
+                        timer.triggered.connect(function () {
+                            console.log("updating colors");
+                            colorDialog.swatchColors = ["#2161AF", "#57AFB2", "#F7B32D", "#E33D4A", "#C088AD"];
+                        })
+
+                        console.log("starting timers");
+                        timer.start();
+                    }
                 }
             }