diff --git a/plugins/annotate.c b/plugins/annotate.c
index 045b075..d069c7e 100644
--- a/plugins/annotate.c
+++ b/plugins/annotate.c
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
 #define ANNO_CLEAR_KEY_DEFAULT	         "k"
 #define ANNO_CLEAR_KEY_MODIFIERS_DEFAULT (CompSuperMask | CompAltMask)
 
+#define ANNO_COLOR_RED_DEFAULT   0xffff
+#define ANNO_COLOR_GREEN_DEFAULT 0x0000
+#define ANNO_COLOR_BLUE_DEFAULT   0x0000
+
 static int displayPrivateIndex;
 
 static int annoLastPointerX = 0;
@@ -45,13 +49,15 @@ static int annoLastPointerY = 0;
 #define ANNO_DISPLAY_OPTION_INITIATE 0
 #define ANNO_DISPLAY_OPTION_ERASE    1
 #define ANNO_DISPLAY_OPTION_CLEAR    2
-#define ANNO_DISPLAY_OPTION_NUM	     3
+#define ANNO_DISPLAY_OPTION_COLOR    3
+#define ANNO_DISPLAY_OPTION_NUM	     4
 
 typedef struct _AnnoDisplay {
     int		    screenPrivateIndex;
     HandleEventProc handleEvent;
 
     CompOption opt[ANNO_DISPLAY_OPTION_NUM];
+    GLushort        color[3];
 } AnnoDisplay;
 
 typedef struct _AnnoScreen {
@@ -175,8 +181,12 @@ annoInitiate (CompDisplay     *d,
 	cr = annoCairoContext (s);
 	if (cr)
 	{
+	    ANNO_DISPLAY(s->display);
 	    cairo_set_operator (cr, CAIRO_OPERATOR_OVER);
-	    cairo_set_source_rgba (cr, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
+	    cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 
+                    (double)ad->color[0]/0xffff,
+                    (double)ad->color[1]/0xffff,
+                    (double)ad->color[2]/0xffff);
 	    cairo_set_line_width (cr, 4.0);
 	    cairo_set_line_cap (cr, CAIRO_LINE_CAP_ROUND);
 	}
@@ -482,6 +492,16 @@ annoDisplayInitOptions (AnnoDisplay *ad,
     o->value.action.key.keycode   =
 	XKeysymToKeycode (display,
 			  XStringToKeysym (ANNO_CLEAR_KEY_DEFAULT));
+
+    o             = &ad->opt[ANNO_DISPLAY_OPTION_COLOR];
+    o->name       = "color";
+    o->shortDesc  = N_("Annotate Color");
+    o->longDesc   = N_("Line color for annotations");
+    o->type       = CompOptionTypeColor;
+    o->value.c[0] = ANNO_COLOR_RED_DEFAULT;
+    o->value.c[1] = ANNO_COLOR_GREEN_DEFAULT;
+    o->value.c[2] = ANNO_COLOR_BLUE_DEFAULT;
+    o->value.c[3] = 0xffff;
 }
 
 static CompOption *
@@ -514,6 +534,13 @@ annoSetDisplayOption (CompDisplay    *di
     case ANNO_DISPLAY_OPTION_CLEAR:
 	if (setDisplayAction (display, o, value))
 	    return TRUE;
+        break;
+    case ANNO_DISPLAY_OPTION_COLOR:
+        if (compSetColorOption (o, value))
+        {
+            memcpy (ad->color, o->value.c, sizeof(ad->color));
+            return TRUE;
+        }
     default:
 	break;
     }
@@ -542,6 +569,10 @@ annoInitDisplay (CompPlugin  *p,
 
     annoDisplayInitOptions (ad, d->display);
 
+    ad->color[0] = ANNO_COLOR_RED_DEFAULT; 
+    ad->color[1] = ANNO_COLOR_GREEN_DEFAULT;
+    ad->color[2] = ANNO_COLOR_BLUE_DEFAULT;
+
     d->privates[displayPrivateIndex].ptr = ad;
 
     return TRUE;