diff --git a/demos/qmlchart/qml/qmlchart/View4.qml b/demos/qmlchart/qml/qmlchart/View4.qml
index e3e25bc..05f91ec 100644
--- a/demos/qmlchart/qml/qmlchart/View4.qml
+++ b/demos/qmlchart/qml/qmlchart/View4.qml
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Rectangle {
 
         AreaSeries {
             name: "Russian"
+            color: "#FFD52B1E"
+            borderColor: "#FF0039A5"
+            borderWidth: 3
             axisX: categoriesAxis
             upperSeries: LineSeries {
                 XYPoint { x: 0; y: 1 }
@@ -69,6 +72,9 @@ Rectangle {
 
         AreaSeries {
             name: "Swedish"
+            color: "#AF005292"
+            borderColor: "#AFFDCA00"
+            borderWidth: 3
             axisX: categoriesAxis
             upperSeries: LineSeries {
                 XYPoint { x: 0; y: 1 }
@@ -88,6 +94,9 @@ Rectangle {
 
         AreaSeries {
             name: "Finnish"
+            color: "#00357F"
+            borderColor: "#FEFEFE"
+            borderWidth: 3
             axisX: categoriesAxis
             upperSeries: LineSeries {
                 XYPoint { x: 0; y: 0 }
@@ -103,10 +112,6 @@ Rectangle {
                 XYPoint { x: 10; y: 0 }
                 XYPoint { x: 11; y: 1 }
             }
-            onClicked: {
-                color = "white";
-                borderColor = "blue";
-            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/areachart/qareaseries.cpp b/src/areachart/qareaseries.cpp
index 5201fe0..d6a2e06 100644
--- a/src/areachart/qareaseries.cpp
+++ b/src/areachart/qareaseries.cpp
@@ -248,8 +248,11 @@ void QAreaSeries::setBrush(const QBrush &brush)
 {
     Q_D(QAreaSeries);
     if (d->m_brush != brush) {
+        bool emitColorChanged = brush.color() != d->m_brush.color();
         d->m_brush = brush;
         emit d->updated();
+        if (emitColorChanged)
+            emit colorChanged(brush.color());
     }
 }
 
@@ -262,11 +265,10 @@ QBrush QAreaSeries::brush() const
 void QAreaSeries::setColor(const QColor &color)
 {
     QBrush b = brush();
-    if (b.color() != color) {
-        b.setColor(color);
-        setBrush(b);
-        emit colorChanged(color);
-    }
+    if (b == QBrush())
+        b.setStyle(Qt::SolidPattern);
+    b.setColor(color);
+    setBrush(b);
 }
 
 QColor QAreaSeries::color() const
diff --git a/src/scatterchart/qscatterseries.cpp b/src/scatterchart/qscatterseries.cpp
index d19edd6..2a0386b 100644
--- a/src/scatterchart/qscatterseries.cpp
+++ b/src/scatterchart/qscatterseries.cpp
@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ void QScatterSeries::setBrush(const QBrush &brush)
 void QScatterSeries::setColor(const QColor &color)
 {
     QBrush b = brush();
-    if (b.color() != color) {
-        b.setColor(color);
-        setBrush(b);
-    }
+    if (b == QBrush())
+        b.setStyle(Qt::SolidPattern);
+    b.setColor(color);
+    setBrush(b);
 }
 
 QColor QScatterSeries::color() const