diff --git a/src/barchart/barchartitem.cpp b/src/barchart/barchartitem.cpp
index 2a0544f..cd3a4a9 100644
--- a/src/barchart/barchartitem.cpp
+++ b/src/barchart/barchartitem.cpp
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ QVector<QRectF> BarChartItem::calculateLayout()
             label->setPos(xPos + (rect.width()/2 - label->boundingRect().width()/2)
                           ,yPos - barHeight/2 - label->boundingRect().height()/2);
             label->setFont(barSet->labelFont());
+            label->setBrush(barSet->labelBrush());
 
             itemIndex++;
         }
diff --git a/src/barchart/groupedbarchartitem.cpp b/src/barchart/groupedbarchartitem.cpp
index 83b9029..90999f6 100644
--- a/src/barchart/groupedbarchartitem.cpp
+++ b/src/barchart/groupedbarchartitem.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ QVector<QRectF> GroupedBarChartItem::calculateLayout()
             label->setPos(xPos + (rect.width()/2 - label->boundingRect().width()/2)
                           ,yPos - barHeight/2 - label->boundingRect().height()/2);
             label->setFont(barSet->labelFont());
+            label->setBrush(barSet->labelBrush());
 
             itemIndex++;
         }
diff --git a/src/barchart/percentbarchartitem.cpp b/src/barchart/percentbarchartitem.cpp
index 552356a..e2a8b4f 100644
--- a/src/barchart/percentbarchartitem.cpp
+++ b/src/barchart/percentbarchartitem.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ QVector<QRectF> PercentBarChartItem::calculateLayout()
             label->setPos(xPos + (rect.width()/2 - label->boundingRect().width()/2)
                           ,yPos - barHeight/2 - label->boundingRect().height()/2);
             label->setFont(barSet->labelFont());
+            label->setBrush(barSet->labelBrush());
             itemIndex++;
             yPos -= barHeight;
         }
diff --git a/src/barchart/stackedbarchartitem.cpp b/src/barchart/stackedbarchartitem.cpp
index 83e547c..5bb0395 100644
--- a/src/barchart/stackedbarchartitem.cpp
+++ b/src/barchart/stackedbarchartitem.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ QVector<QRectF> StackedBarChartItem::calculateLayout()
             label->setPos(xPos + (rect.width()/2 - label->boundingRect().width()/2)
                           ,yPos - barHeight/2 - label->boundingRect().height()/2);
             label->setFont(barSet->labelFont());
+            label->setBrush(barSet->labelBrush());
             itemIndex++;
             yPos -= barHeight;
         }