diff --git a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/model.h b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/model.h
index 632902c2..5378c64c 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/model.h
+++ b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/model.h
@@ -253,8 +253,24 @@ public:
 
     static const int COLOR_COMPONENTS = 4;
 
-    struct ColorPickStruct {
+    class ColorPickStruct {
+    public:
       unsigned char color[COLOR_COMPONENTS];
+
+      ColorPickStruct(unsigned char newColor1,unsigned char newColor2,
+    		  unsigned char newColor3,unsigned char newColor4) {
+    	  color[0] = newColor1;
+    	  color[1] = newColor2;
+    	  color[2] = newColor3;
+    	  color[3] = newColor4;
+      }
+      ColorPickStruct() {
+    	  color[0] = 0;
+    	  color[1] = 0;
+    	  color[2] = 0;
+    	  color[3] = 0;
+      }
+
     };
 
     static void init(int bufferSize);
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/model.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/model.cpp
index 2693d883..8c5aab85 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/model.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/model.cpp
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ PixelBufferWrapper::~PixelBufferWrapper() {
 
 const int colorSpacing = 8;
 //unsigned char BaseColorPickEntity::nextColorID[COLOR_COMPONENTS] = {1, 1, 1, 1};
-BaseColorPickEntity::ColorPickStruct BaseColorPickEntity::nextColorID = { colorSpacing, colorSpacing, colorSpacing };
+BaseColorPickEntity::ColorPickStruct BaseColorPickEntity::nextColorID = ColorPickStruct(colorSpacing, colorSpacing, colorSpacing, colorSpacing);
 vector<BaseColorPickEntity::ColorPickStruct> BaseColorPickEntity::nextColorIDReuseList;
 Mutex BaseColorPickEntity::mutexNextColorID;
 auto_ptr<PixelBufferWrapper> BaseColorPickEntity::pbo;