1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/widgets/sp-color-notebook.cpp b/src/widgets/sp-color-notebook.cpp
index 1324e0b16..c9a09349b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/sp-color-notebook.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/sp-color-notebook.cpp
@@ -486,9 +486,14 @@ void ColorNotebook::_rgbaEntryChanged(GtkEntry* entry)
     if (t) {
         Glib::ustring text = t;
         bool changed = false;
-        if (!text.empty() && text[0] == '#') {
+
+        // Here we deal with pasted colors with theformat '#RRGGBB' or 'RRGGBB'
+        // In those cases we keep (and so add) the current alpha value.
+        if (!text.empty()) {
             changed = true;
-            text.erase(0,1);
+            if (text[0] == '#') {
+                text.erase(0,1);
+            }
             if (text.size() == 6) {
                 // it was a standard RGB hex
                 unsigned int alph = SP_COLOR_F_TO_U(_alpha);