diff --git a/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox b/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox
index f254ef0ce1..88dd7f8472 100644
--- a/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox
+++ b/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Changes, compared to  \ref page_whatsnew_V4_0_0 "v4.0.0" include:
     <li>BREAKING/REWORKED: Updated default styling of graphs. They are now more modern!</li>
     <li>BREAKING/REWORKED: Implement better/more access functions to the graphs (inlcuding sorting, moving up/down, appending/prepending, graphs-iterators ...), solves issue <a href="https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/pull/97">#97</a>, thanks to <a href="https://github.com/sim186">user:sim186</a> for bringing this up</li>
     <li>BREAKING/FIXED: fixed issue <a href="https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/pull/96">#96</a>: JKQTPlotter::saveAsPixelImage() does not add a border around the image any longer (can be reacivated by a new optional function parameter), thanks to <a href="https://github.com/nmielcarek">user:nmielcarek</a> for reporting</li>
+    <li>FIXED/BREAKING: graph symbols were not properly applied when reading styles (in fact they were shuffled under some circumstances)</li>
     <li>FIXED issue described in <a href="https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/pull/62">#62: Fix custom labels draw, because giving exactly two label-strings did not display all of them</a>, thanks to <a href="https://github.com/FalsinSoft">user:FalsinSoft</a></li>
     <li>FIXED issue <a href="https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/pull/70">#70: Typo in jkqtplotter/CMakeLists.txt</a>, thanks to <a href="https://github.com/tedlinlab">user:tedlinlab</a></li>
     <li>FIXED issue <a href="https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/pull/80">#80: Bug with multiple inheritance with Q_GDAGET with CLANG</a>, thanks to <a href="https://github.com/igormironchik">user:igormironchik</a>, caused by <a href="https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-104874">QTBUG-104874</a></li>
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ Changes, compared to  \ref page_whatsnew_V4_0_0 "v4.0.0" include:
     <li>NEW: several new color palettes (especially stepped/categorial palettes), e.g. JKQTPMathImageColorPalette::JKQTPMathImageOkabeIto_STEP, JKQTPMathImageColorPalette::JKQTPMathImageIBMColorBlindSafe, JKQTPMathImageColorPalette::JKQTPMathImageIBMColorBlindSafe_STEP, ...</li>
     <li>NEW: add color palettes from Green's HELIX method, see <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.5083">https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.5083</a>, also see <a href="https://jiffyclub.github.io/palettable/cubehelix/">https://jiffyclub.github.io/palettable/cubehelix/</a>, see JKQTPCreateGreensCubeHelixLUT() and e.g. JKQTPMathImageCubeHelixClassic, JKQTPMathImageCubeHelix1, ...</li>
     <li>NEW: Using Q_SIGNALS/Q_SLOTS instead of signals/slots MOC-keywords ... this allows for interoperability with other signals/slots frameworks, thanks to <a href="https://github.com/nickmontini">user:nickmontini</a> for the proposal</li>
+    <li>NEW: you can use any (preferably stepped/categorial) JKQTPMathImageColorPalette as default graph colors list in a style.ini file, by setting <tt>auto_styles/use_color_from_palette=PALETTE_NAME</tt></li>
   </ul></li>
   
   <li>JKQTMathText:<ul>
diff --git a/lib/jkqtcommon/jkqtpbasicimagetools.cpp b/lib/jkqtcommon/jkqtpbasicimagetools.cpp
index 4635e5f318..d4a48cc82b 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtcommon/jkqtpbasicimagetools.cpp
+++ b/lib/jkqtcommon/jkqtpbasicimagetools.cpp
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ QMap<int, JKQTPImageTools::LUTData > JKQTPImageTools::getDefaultLUTs() {
         lutstore[palette]=JKQTPImageTools::LUTData(palN, palNT);
         JKQTPPaletteList lst;
         lst<<jkqtp_qRgbOpaque(0xd50000);
-        lst<<jkqtp_qRgbOpaque(0xffdd00);
         lst<<jkqtp_qRgbOpaque(0x0039d6);
+        lst<<jkqtp_qRgbOpaque(0xffdd00);
         lst<<jkqtp_qRgbOpaque(0x00bb40);
         lst<<jkqtp_qRgbOpaque(0xa84ce4);
         lst<<jkqtp_qRgbOpaque(0xfd8600);
@@ -2815,6 +2815,18 @@ QString JKQTPImageTools::JKQTPMathImageColorPalette2String(JKQTPMathImageColorPa
     }
 }
 
+QString JKQTPImageTools::JKQTPMathImageColorPalette2StringHumanReadable(JKQTPMathImageColorPalette p)
+{
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(JKQTPImageTools::lutMutex);
+    auto it=JKQTPImageTools::global_jkqtpimagetools_lutstore.find(p);
+    if (it==JKQTPImageTools::global_jkqtpimagetools_lutstore.end()) return QString::number(static_cast<int>(p));
+    else {
+        if (it.value().nameT.size()>0) return it.value().nameT;
+        else if (it.value().name.size()>0) return it.value().name;
+        else return QString::number(static_cast<int>(p));
+    }
+}
+
 JKQTPMathImageColorPalette JKQTPImageTools::String2JKQTPMathImageColorPalette(const QString &p)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(JKQTPImageTools::lutMutex);
@@ -2848,7 +2860,7 @@ JKQTPMathImageColorPalette JKQTPImageTools::String2JKQTPMathImageColorPalette(co
 
 
 
-const JKQTPImageTools::LUTType& JKQTPImageTools::getLUTforPalette(QMap<int, JKQTPImageTools::LUTData >& lutstore, JKQTPMathImageColorPalette palette) {
+const JKQTPImageTools::LUTType& JKQTPImageTools::getLUTforPalette(const QMap<int, JKQTPImageTools::LUTData >& lutstore, JKQTPMathImageColorPalette palette) {
     static JKQTPImageTools::LUTType empty(JKQTPImageTools::LUTSIZE, 0);
 
     auto it=lutstore.find(static_cast<int>(palette));
@@ -2919,6 +2931,20 @@ QIcon JKQTPImageTools::GetPaletteIcon(JKQTPMathImageColorPalette palette)  {
     return JKQTPImageTools::GetPaletteIcon(static_cast<int>(palette));
 }
 
+const JKQTPImageTools::LUTType &JKQTPImageTools::getLUTforPalette(JKQTPMathImageColorPalette palette)
+{
+    return getLUTforPalette(JKQTPImageTools::global_jkqtpimagetools_lutstore, palette);
+}
+
+QVector<QColor> JKQTPImageTools::getColorsforPalette(JKQTPMathImageColorPalette palette)
+{
+    QVector<QColor> cols;
+    const auto& lut=JKQTPImageTools::getLUTforPalette(palette);
+    cols.reserve(lut.size());
+    std::for_each(lut.begin(), lut.end(), [&](QRgb c) { cols.push_back(c); });
+    return cols;
+}
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/lib/jkqtcommon/jkqtpbasicimagetools.h b/lib/jkqtcommon/jkqtpbasicimagetools.h
index 551d1769f2..4560779a26 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtcommon/jkqtpbasicimagetools.h
+++ b/lib/jkqtcommon/jkqtpbasicimagetools.h
@@ -507,10 +507,14 @@ struct JKQTPImageTools {
         /** \brief return a list of all globally available LUTs, machine-readable form  */
         static QStringList JKQTCOMMON_LIB_EXPORT getPredefinedPalettesMachineReadable();
 
-        /*! \brief convert the palette \a p to a string
+        /*! \brief convert the palette \a p to a machine-readable string
             \see JKQTPImageTools::String2JKQTPMathImageColorPalette()
          */
         static JKQTCOMMON_LIB_EXPORT QString JKQTPMathImageColorPalette2String(JKQTPMathImageColorPalette p);
+        /*! \brief convert the palette \a p to a human-readable (localized) string
+            \see JKQTPImageTools::String2JKQTPMathImageColorPalette()
+         */
+        static JKQTCOMMON_LIB_EXPORT QString JKQTPMathImageColorPalette2StringHumanReadable(JKQTPMathImageColorPalette p);
 
         /*! \brief convert the palette name \a p to JKQTPMathImageColorPalette (compatible with JKQTPImageTools::String2JKQTPMathImageColorPalette() )
             \see JKQTPImageTools::JKQTPMathImageColorPalette2String()
@@ -535,6 +539,10 @@ struct JKQTPImageTools {
 
         /** \brief generates a QIcon for a specific JKQTPMathImageColorPalette  */
         static QIcon JKQTCOMMON_LIB_EXPORT GetPaletteIcon(JKQTPMathImageColorPalette palette) ;
+        /*! \brief create a LUT for a given JKQTPMathImageColorPalette, stored it in \a lutstore and return it */
+        static const LUTType& JKQTCOMMON_LIB_EXPORT getLUTforPalette(JKQTPMathImageColorPalette palette);
+        /*! \brief return the list of QColors making up a JKQTPMathImageColorPalette, stored it in \a lutstore and return it */
+        static QVector<QColor> JKQTCOMMON_LIB_EXPORT getColorsforPalette(JKQTPMathImageColorPalette palette);
 
     private:
 
@@ -577,7 +585,7 @@ struct JKQTPImageTools {
         /*! \brief create a LUT for a given JKQTPMathImageColorPalette, store it in \a lutstore and return it
             \internal
             */
-        static JKQTCOMMON_LIB_EXPORT const LUTType& getLUTforPalette(QMap<int, LUTData > &lutcache, JKQTPMathImageColorPalette palette);
+        static JKQTCOMMON_LIB_EXPORT const LUTType& getLUTforPalette(const QMap<int, LUTData > &lutcache, JKQTPMathImageColorPalette palette);
 
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpgraphsbasestyle.cpp b/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpgraphsbasestyle.cpp
index 04d1bb4176..fe36b73c7e 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpgraphsbasestyle.cpp
+++ b/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpgraphsbasestyle.cpp
@@ -204,7 +204,17 @@ JKQTGraphsBaseStyle::JKQTGraphsBaseStyle(const JKQTBasePlotterStyle& parent):
     impulseStyle(parent),
     geometricStyle(parent),
     annotationStyle(parent),
-    defaultPalette(JKQTPMathImageColorPalette::JKQTPMathImageMATLAB)
+    defaultPalette(JKQTPMathImageColorPalette::JKQTPMathImageMATLAB),
+    defaultGraphColors(getDefaultGraphColors()),
+    defaultGraphPenStyles(getDefaultGraphPenStyles()),
+    defaultGraphSymbols(getDefaultGraphSymbols()),
+    defaultGraphFillStyles(getDefaultGraphFillStyles())
+{
+
+}
+
+
+QVector<QColor> JKQTGraphsBaseStyle::getDefaultGraphColors()
 {
     // color scale by Okabe & Ito:
     // M. Okabe and K. Ito, “How to make figures and presentations that are friendly to color blind people,” University of Tokyo, 2002.
@@ -212,11 +222,24 @@ JKQTGraphsBaseStyle::JKQTGraphsBaseStyle(const JKQTBasePlotterStyle& parent):
     //defaultGraphColors<<QColor(0xD55E00).darker(150)<<QColor(0x0072B2).darker(150)<<QColor(0xF0E442).darker(150)<<QColor(0x009E73).darker(150)
     //                   <<QColor(0x56B4E9).darker(150)<<QColor(0xE69F00).darker(150)<<QColor(0,0,0)<<QColor(0xCC79A7).darker(150);
     // a bit brighter than above
-    defaultGraphColors<<QColor(0xD50000)<<QColor(0x0039D6)<<QColor(0xFFDD00)<<QColor(0x00BB40)<<QColor(0xA84CE4)<<QColor(0xFD8600)<<QColor(0x0B069C);
-    defaultGraphPenStyles<<Qt::SolidLine<<Qt::DashLine<<Qt::DotLine<<Qt::DashDotLine<<Qt::DashDotDotLine;
-    for (int i=2; i<=JKQTPMaxSymbolID; i++) defaultGraphSymbols.push_back(static_cast<JKQTPGraphSymbols>(i));
-    defaultGraphFillStyles<<Qt::SolidPattern;
+    return QVector<QColor>()<<QColor(0xD50000)<<QColor(0x0039D6)<<QColor(0xFFDD00)<<QColor(0x00BB40)<<QColor(0xA84CE4)<<QColor(0xFD8600)<<QColor(0x0B069C);
+}
 
+QVector<Qt::PenStyle> JKQTGraphsBaseStyle::getDefaultGraphPenStyles()
+{
+    return QVector<Qt::PenStyle>()<<Qt::SolidLine<<Qt::DashLine<<Qt::DotLine<<Qt::DashDotLine<<Qt::DashDotDotLine;
+}
+
+QVector<JKQTPGraphSymbols> JKQTGraphsBaseStyle::getDefaultGraphSymbols()
+{
+    QVector<JKQTPGraphSymbols> syms;
+    for (int i=2; i<=JKQTPMaxSymbolID; i++) syms.push_back(static_cast<JKQTPGraphSymbols>(i));
+    return syms;
+}
+
+QVector<Qt::BrushStyle> JKQTGraphsBaseStyle::getDefaultGraphFillStyles()
+{
+    return QVector<Qt::BrushStyle>()<<Qt::SolidPattern;
 }
 
 void JKQTGraphsBaseStyle::loadSettings(const QSettings &settings, const QString &group, const JKQTGraphsBaseStyle &defaultStyle, const JKQTBasePlotterStyle& parent)
@@ -242,18 +265,34 @@ void JKQTGraphsBaseStyle::loadSettings(const QSettings &settings, const QString
         return -1;
     };
 
+
     defaultGraphColors.clear();
     defaultGraphPenStyles.clear();
     defaultGraphSymbols.clear();
     defaultGraphFillStyles.clear();
-    QStringList allk=settings.allKeys();
+    bool loadColors=true;
+    if (settings.value("auto_styles/use_default_colors", false).toBool()) {
+        loadColors=false;
+        defaultGraphColors=defaultStyle.defaultGraphColors;
+    }
+    const QString ini_colors_fromm_palettes=settings.value("auto_styles/use_color_from_palette", "").toString();
+    if (JKQTPImageTools::getPredefinedPalettesMachineReadable().contains(ini_colors_fromm_palettes)) {
+        loadColors=false;
+        const auto& lut=JKQTPImageTools::getLUTforPalette(JKQTPImageTools::String2JKQTPMathImageColorPalette(ini_colors_fromm_palettes));
+        for (const auto& c: lut) {
+            defaultGraphColors.push_back(QColor(c));
+        }
+    }
+    const QStringList allk=settings.allKeys();
     for (auto& k: allk) {
-        int id=readID(k, group+"auto_styles/color");
-        if (id>=0) {
-            defaultGraphColors.push_back(jkqtp_String2QColor(settings.value(group+"auto_styles/color"+QString::number(id), jkqtp_QColor2String(QColor("red"))).toString()));
+        if (loadColors) {
+            int id=readID(k, group+"auto_styles/color");
+            if (id>=0) {
+                defaultGraphColors.push_back(jkqtp_String2QColor(settings.value(group+"auto_styles/color"+QString::number(id), jkqtp_QColor2String(QColor("red"))).toString()));
+            }
         }
 
-        id=readID(k, group+"auto_styles/line_style");
+        int id=readID(k, group+"auto_styles/line_style");
         if (id>=0) {
             defaultGraphPenStyles.push_back(jkqtp_String2QPenStyle(settings.value(group+"auto_styles/line_style"+QString::number(id), jkqtp_QPenStyle2String(Qt::SolidLine)).toString()));
         }
@@ -268,22 +307,22 @@ void JKQTGraphsBaseStyle::loadSettings(const QSettings &settings, const QString
         }
     }
     if (defaultGraphColors.size()==0) {
-        for (int i=defaultGraphColors.size(); i<defaultStyle.defaultGraphColors.size(); i++) {
+        for (int i=0; i<defaultStyle.defaultGraphColors.size(); i++) {
             defaultGraphColors.push_back(defaultStyle.defaultGraphColors[i]);
         }
     }
     if (defaultGraphPenStyles.size()==0) {
-        for (int i=defaultGraphPenStyles.size(); i<defaultStyle.defaultGraphPenStyles.size(); i++) {
+        for (int i=0; i<defaultStyle.defaultGraphPenStyles.size(); i++) {
             defaultGraphPenStyles.push_back(defaultStyle.defaultGraphPenStyles[i]);
         }
     }
     if (defaultGraphSymbols.size()==0) {
-        for (int i=defaultGraphSymbols.size(); i<defaultStyle.defaultGraphSymbols.size(); i++) {
+        for (int i=0; i<defaultStyle.defaultGraphSymbols.size(); i++) {
             defaultGraphSymbols.push_back(defaultStyle.defaultGraphSymbols[i]);
         }
     }
     if (defaultGraphFillStyles.size()==0) {
-        for (int i=defaultGraphFillStyles.size(); i<defaultStyle.defaultGraphFillStyles.size(); i++) {
+        for (int i=0; i<defaultStyle.defaultGraphFillStyles.size(); i++) {
             defaultGraphFillStyles.push_back(defaultStyle.defaultGraphFillStyles[i]);
         }
     }
@@ -306,25 +345,63 @@ void JKQTGraphsBaseStyle::saveSettings(QSettings &settings, const QString &group
     settings.setValue(group+"palette", JKQTPImageTools::JKQTPMathImageColorPalette2String(defaultPalette));
 
 
-    int cnt=0;
-    for (auto& gs: defaultGraphColors) {
-        settings.setValue(group+"auto_styles/color"+QString::number(cnt), jkqtp_QColor2String(gs));
-        cnt++;
+    bool saveSingleColors=true;
+    for (int pali=0; pali<static_cast<int>(JKQTPMathImagePREDEFINED_PALETTES_COUNT); pali++ ) {
+        const JKQTPMathImageColorPalette pal=static_cast<JKQTPMathImageColorPalette>(pali);
+        if (defaultGraphColors==JKQTPImageTools::getColorsforPalette(pal)) {
+            settings.setValue(group+"auto_styles/use_color_from_palette", JKQTPImageTools::JKQTPMathImageColorPalette2String(pal));
+            saveSingleColors=false;
+            break;
+        }
     }
-    cnt=0;
-    for (auto& gs: defaultGraphPenStyles) {
-        settings.setValue(group+"auto_styles/line_style"+QString::number(cnt), jkqtp_QPenStyle2String(gs));
-        cnt++;
+    if (saveSingleColors && defaultGraphColors==getDefaultGraphColors()) {
+        settings.setValue(group+"auto_styles/use_default_colors", true);
+        saveSingleColors=false;
     }
-    cnt=0;
-    for (auto& gs: defaultGraphSymbols) {
-        settings.setValue(group+"auto_styles/symbol"+QString::number(cnt), JKQTPGraphSymbols2String(gs));
-        cnt++;
+    if (saveSingleColors) {
+        const QString maxnum=QString::number(defaultGraphColors.size());
+        int cnt=0;
+        for (auto& gs: defaultGraphColors) {
+            QString num=QString::number(cnt);
+            while (num.size()<maxnum.size()) num.prepend('0');
+            settings.setValue(group+"auto_styles/color"+num, jkqtp_QColor2String(gs));
+            cnt++;
+        }
     }
-    cnt=0;
-    for (auto& gs: defaultGraphFillStyles) {
-        settings.setValue(group+"auto_styles/fill_style"+QString::number(cnt), jkqtp_QBrushStyle2String(gs));
-        cnt++;
+    {
+        const QString maxnum=QString::number(defaultGraphPenStyles.size());
+        int cnt=0;
+        for (auto& gs: defaultGraphPenStyles) {
+            QString num=QString::number(cnt);
+            while (num.size()<maxnum.size()) num.prepend('0');
+            settings.setValue(group+"auto_styles/line_style"+num, jkqtp_QPenStyle2String(gs));
+            cnt++;
+        }
+    }
+    bool saveSingleSymbols=true;
+    if (defaultGraphSymbols==getDefaultGraphSymbols()) {
+        settings.setValue(group+"auto_styles/use_default_symbols", true);
+        saveSingleSymbols=false;
+    }
+    if (saveSingleSymbols) {
+        int cnt=0;
+        const QString maxnum=QString::number(defaultGraphSymbols.size());
+        for (auto& gs: defaultGraphSymbols) {
+            QString num=QString::number(cnt);
+            while (num.size()<maxnum.size()) num.prepend('0');
+            settings.setValue(group+"auto_styles/symbol"+num, JKQTPGraphSymbols2String(gs));
+            cnt++;
+        }
+    }
+    {
+        const QString maxnum=QString::number(defaultGraphFillStyles.size());
+        int cnt=0;
+        for (auto& gs: defaultGraphFillStyles) {
+            QString num=QString::number(cnt);
+            while (num.size()<maxnum.size()) num.prepend('0');
+            settings.setValue(group+"auto_styles/fill_style"+num, jkqtp_QBrushStyle2String(gs));
+            cnt++;
+        }
     }
 
     defaultGraphStyle.saveSettings(settings, group+"graphs_base/");
@@ -358,6 +435,7 @@ const JKQTGraphsSpecificStyleProperties &JKQTGraphsBaseStyle::getGraphStyleByTyp
 }
 
 
+
 JKQTBarchartSpecificStyleProperties::JKQTBarchartSpecificStyleProperties(const JKQTBasePlotterStyle& parent):
     JKQTGraphsSpecificStyleProperties(JKQTPPlotStyleType::Barchart, parent),
     defaultRectRadiusAtValue(0),
diff --git a/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpgraphsbasestyle.h b/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpgraphsbasestyle.h
index 55539a9d5a..523ec80aa3 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpgraphsbasestyle.h
+++ b/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpgraphsbasestyle.h
@@ -360,6 +360,15 @@ class JKQTPLOTTER_LIB_EXPORT JKQTGraphsBaseStyle {
         /** \brief Qt::BrushStyle used to automatically style different graphs differently */
         QVector<Qt::BrushStyle> defaultGraphFillStyles;
 
+        /** \brief standard color palette for the default style */
+        static QVector<QColor> getDefaultGraphColors();
+        /** \brief a list of Qt::PenStyles used to automatically style different graphs differently in the default style */
+        static QVector<Qt::PenStyle> getDefaultGraphPenStyles();
+        /** \brief list of JKQTPGraphSymbols used to automatically assign to different graphs in the default style */
+        static QVector<JKQTPGraphSymbols> getDefaultGraphSymbols();
+        /** \brief list of Qt::BrushStyle used to automatically style different graphs differently in the default style */
+        static QVector<Qt::BrushStyle> getDefaultGraphFillStyles();
+
 };
 
 #endif // JKQTPGRAPHSBASESTYLE_H