diff --git a/common/class_colors_design_settings.cpp b/common/class_colors_design_settings.cpp
index ebb3295280..952b958ba3 100644
--- a/common/class_colors_design_settings.cpp
+++ b/common/class_colors_design_settings.cpp
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ static const EDA_COLOR_T default_layer_color[] = {
     LIGHTGRAY,    BLUE, GREEN, YELLOW,  // Dwgs_User, Cmts_User, Eco1_User, Eco2_User
 
     // Special layers
-    YELLOW,                 // Edge_Cuts
-    LIGHTMAGENTA,           // Margin
-    DARKGRAY,     LIGHTGRAY, // B_CrtYd, F_CrtYd,
-    BLUE,         DARKGRAY  // B_Fab, F_Fab
+    YELLOW,                     // Edge_Cuts
+    LIGHTMAGENTA,               // Margin
+    DARKGRAY,     LIGHTGRAY,    // B_CrtYd, F_CrtYd,
+    BLUE,         DARKGRAY      // B_Fab, F_Fab
 };
 
 
diff --git a/pcbnew/class_board.cpp b/pcbnew/class_board.cpp
index cc04450a52..1b3d1551ef 100644
--- a/pcbnew/class_board.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/class_board.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@
  */
 wxPoint BOARD_ITEM::ZeroOffset( 0, 0 );
 
+// this is a dummy colors settings (defined colors are the vdefulat values)
+// used to initialize the board.
+// these settings will be overriden later, depending on the draw frame that displays the board.
+// However, when a board is created by a python script, outside a frame, the colors must be set
+// so dummyColorsSettings provide this default initialization
+static COLORS_DESIGN_SETTINGS dummyColorsSettings( FRAME_PCB );
 
 BOARD::BOARD() :
     BOARD_ITEM_CONTAINER( (BOARD_ITEM*) NULL, PCB_T ),
@@ -74,6 +80,7 @@ BOARD::BOARD() :
     // we have not loaded a board yet, assume latest until then.
     m_fileFormatVersionAtLoad = LEGACY_BOARD_FILE_VERSION;
 
+    m_colorsSettings = &dummyColorsSettings;
     m_Status_Pcb    = 0;                    // Status word: bit 1 = calculate.
     m_CurrentZoneContour = NULL;            // This ZONE_CONTAINER handle the
                                             // zone contour currently in progress
diff --git a/pcbnew/plot_brditems_plotter.cpp b/pcbnew/plot_brditems_plotter.cpp
index a4b73b15f6..8358e69204 100644
--- a/pcbnew/plot_brditems_plotter.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/plot_brditems_plotter.cpp
@@ -57,8 +57,12 @@
 COLOR4D BRDITEMS_PLOTTER::getColor( LAYER_NUM aLayer )
 {
     COLOR4D color = m_board->Colors().GetLayerColor( ToLAYER_ID( aLayer ) );
+
+    // A hack to avoid plotting ahite itmen in white color, expecting the paper
+    // is also white: use a non white color:
     if( color == COLOR4D::WHITE )
         color = COLOR4D( LIGHTGRAY );
+
     return color;
 }