diff --git a/plugins/SolidView/SolidView.py b/plugins/SolidView/SolidView.py
index 2182a0748a..1e9721169a 100644
--- a/plugins/SolidView/SolidView.py
+++ b/plugins/SolidView/SolidView.py
@@ -57,25 +57,28 @@ class SolidView(View):
                     #    renderer.queueNode(scene.getRoot(), mesh = node.getBoundingBoxMesh(),mode = Renderer.RenderLines)
 
                     uniforms = {}
-                    if self._extruders_model.rowCount() > 0:
+                    if self._extruders_model.rowCount() == 0:
+                        material = Application.getInstance().getGlobalContainerStack().findContainer({ "type": "material" })
+                        material_color = material.getMetaDataEntry("color_code", default = self._extruders_model.defaultColours[0]) if material else self._extruders_model.defaultColours[0]
+                    else:
                         # Get color to render this mesh in from ExtrudersModel
                         extruder_index = 0
                         extruder_id = node.callDecoration("getActiveExtruder")
                         if extruder_id:
                             extruder_index = max(0, self._extruders_model.find("id", extruder_id))
 
-                        extruder_color = self._extruders_model.getItem(extruder_index)["colour"]
-                        try:
-                            # Colors are passed as rgb hex strings (eg "#ffffff"), and the shader needs
-                            # an rgba list of floats (eg [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0])
-                            uniforms["diffuse_color"] = [
-                                int(extruder_color[1:3], 16) / 255,
-                                int(extruder_color[3:5], 16) / 255,
-                                int(extruder_color[5:7], 16) / 255,
-                                1.0
-                            ]
-                        except ValueError:
-                            pass
+                        material_color = self._extruders_model.getItem(extruder_index)["colour"]
+                    try:
+                        # Colors are passed as rgb hex strings (eg "#ffffff"), and the shader needs
+                        # an rgba list of floats (eg [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0])
+                        uniforms["diffuse_color"] = [
+                            int(material_color[1:3], 16) / 255,
+                            int(material_color[3:5], 16) / 255,
+                            int(material_color[5:7], 16) / 255,
+                            1.0
+                        ]
+                    except ValueError:
+                        pass
 
                     if hasattr(node, "_outside_buildarea"):
                         if node._outside_buildarea: