diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 6fb2a18465..fade8cda1a 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ All:
 All (GUI):
 
 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
+- bug in wxColourDatabase::FindColour() which could led to crashes fixed
 
 wxMSW:
 
diff --git a/src/common/gdicmn.cpp b/src/common/gdicmn.cpp
index 09222b21d4..77d7134499 100644
--- a/src/common/gdicmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/gdicmn.cpp
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ wxColour *wxColourDatabase::FindColour(const wxString& colour)
         const wxChar *key = node->GetKeyString();
         if ( colName == key || colName2 == key )
         {
-            return (wxColour *)node->Data();
+            return new wxColour(*((wxColour *)node->Data()));
         }
 
         node = node->Next();