diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/variant.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/variant.cpp
index 0514b2d59..1689775a5 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/variant.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/variant.cpp
@@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ namespace NLMISC
 
 	void CVariant::fromString( const std::string &s, EVarType t )
 	{
+		type = t;
+		sval = "";
+		std::fill( uvalue.vval, uvalue.vval + VARIANT_VVAL_END, 0.0 );
+
 		if( s.empty() )
 			return;
 
@@ -282,7 +286,6 @@ namespace NLMISC
 
 		case Vector4:
 			{
-				std::fill( uvalue.vval, uvalue.vval + VARIANT_VVAL_END, 0.0 );
 				std::stringstream ss = s;
 
 				for( int i = 0; i < 4; i++ )
@@ -297,7 +300,6 @@ namespace NLMISC
 
 		case Matrix4:
 			{
-				std::fill( uvalue.vval, uvalue.vval + VARIANT_VVAL_END, 0.0 );
 				std::stringstream ss = s;
 
 				for( int i = 0; i < 16; i++ )
@@ -310,8 +312,6 @@ namespace NLMISC
 			}
 		}
 
-		type = t;
-
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/material_editor/prop_browser_ctrl.cpp b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/material_editor/prop_browser_ctrl.cpp
index 33396dabe..69aa154a2 100644
--- a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/material_editor/prop_browser_ctrl.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/material_editor/prop_browser_ctrl.cpp
@@ -287,6 +287,15 @@ namespace MaterialEditor
 	{
 		QString label = p->propertyName();
 		std::string value = p->valueText().toUtf8().data();
+		
+		if( v.type() == QVariant::Color )
+		{
+			QColor c = v.value< QColor >();
+			value.clear();
+			QString val = "%1 %2 %3 %4";
+			val = val.arg( c.red() ).arg( c.green() ).arg( c.blue() ).arg( c.alpha() );
+			value = val.toUtf8().data();
+		}
 
 		CNelMaterialProxy m = nel3dIface->getMaterial();
 		CRenderPassProxy pass = m.getPass( currentPass.toUtf8().data() );