diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index d444e3f67a..e9f5597b1f 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ All (GUI):
 - Add wxAppProgressIndicator for MSW (Chaobin Zhang) and OS X (Tobias Taschner).
 - Add wxEVT_MAGNIFY mouse event (Joost Nieuwenhuijse).
 - Add wxProcess::Activate().
+- Fix setting colours of labels in wxSlider.
+- Fix setting background colour of wxRadioBox buttons.
 - Add wxTopLevelWindow::Enable{Maximize,Minimize}Button() (John Roberts).
 - Make results of wxDC::DrawEllipticArc() consistent across all platforms.
 - XRC handler for wxAuiToolBar added (Kinaou Hervé, David Hart).
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/radiobox.h b/include/wx/msw/radiobox.h
index 3c11d52842..58f6ee8ac9 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/radiobox.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/radiobox.h
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ public:
     virtual void SetFocus();
     virtual bool SetFont(const wxFont& font);
     virtual bool ContainsHWND(WXHWND hWnd) const;
+    virtual bool SetForegroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
+    virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
 #if wxUSE_TOOLTIPS
     virtual bool HasToolTips() const;
 #endif // wxUSE_TOOLTIPS
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/slider.h b/include/wx/msw/slider.h
index 03f58c3fd4..7579e834f1 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/slider.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/slider.h
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ public:
     virtual bool Show(bool show = true);
     virtual bool Enable(bool show = true);
     virtual bool SetFont(const wxFont& font);
+    virtual bool SetForegroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
+    virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
 
     virtual WXDWORD MSWGetStyle(long flags, WXDWORD *exstyle = NULL) const;
 
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/subwin.h b/include/wx/msw/subwin.h
index 85fdb68186..b38d2037ad 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/subwin.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/subwin.h
@@ -128,6 +128,18 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
+    // add all windows to update region to force redraw
+    void Refresh()
+    {
+        for ( size_t n = 0; n < m_count; n++ )
+        {
+            if ( m_hwnds[n] )
+            {
+                ::InvalidateRect(m_hwnds[n], NULL, FALSE /* don't erase bg */);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // find the bounding box for all windows
     wxRect GetBoundingBox() const
     {
@@ -212,7 +224,29 @@ private:
             subwins->SetFont(font);                                           \
                                                                               \
         return true;                                                          \
-    }
+    }                                                                         \
+                                                                              \
+    bool cname::SetForegroundColour(const wxColour& colour)                   \
+    {                                                                         \
+        if ( !base::SetForegroundColour(colour) )                             \
+            return false;                                                     \
+                                                                              \
+        if ( subwins )                                                        \
+            subwins->Refresh();                                               \
+                                                                              \
+        return true;                                                          \
+    }                                                                         \
+                                                                              \
+    bool cname::SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour)                   \
+    {                                                                         \
+        if ( !base::SetBackgroundColour(colour) )                             \
+            return false;                                                     \
+                                                                              \
+        if ( subwins )                                                        \
+            subwins->Refresh();                                               \
+                                                                              \
+        return true;                                                          \
+    }                                                                         \
 
 
 #endif // _WX_MSW_SUBWIN_H_