diff --git a/src/app/controllers/dash.js b/src/app/controllers/dash.js
index 4072f719ba1..e40db93fd7e 100644
--- a/src/app/controllers/dash.js
+++ b/src/app/controllers/dash.js
@@ -107,16 +107,6 @@ function (angular, $, config, _) {
       return $scope.editorTabs;
     };
 
-    $scope.colors = [
-      "#7EB26D","#EAB839","#6ED0E0","#EF843C","#E24D42","#1F78C1","#BA43A9","#705DA0", //1
-      "#508642","#CCA300","#447EBC","#C15C17","#890F02","#0A437C","#6D1F62","#584477", //2
-      "#B7DBAB","#F4D598","#70DBED","#F9BA8F","#F29191","#82B5D8","#E5A8E2","#AEA2E0", //3
-      "#629E51","#E5AC0E","#64B0C8","#E0752D","#BF1B00","#0A50A1","#962D82","#614D93", //4
-      "#9AC48A","#F2C96D","#65C5DB","#F9934E","#EA6460","#5195CE","#D683CE","#806EB7", //5
-      "#3F6833","#967302","#2F575E","#99440A","#58140C","#052B51","#511749","#3F2B5B", //6
-      "#E0F9D7","#FCEACA","#CFFAFF","#F9E2D2","#FCE2DE","#BADFF4","#F9D9F9","#DEDAF7"  //7
-    ];
-
     $scope.init();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/controllers/grafanaCtrl.js b/src/app/controllers/grafanaCtrl.js
index c5efceeccd7..8254c02e9d9 100644
--- a/src/app/controllers/grafanaCtrl.js
+++ b/src/app/controllers/grafanaCtrl.js
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ function (angular, config, _) {
       $rootScope.$emit(name, payload);
     };
 
+    $rootScope.colors = [
+      "#7EB26D","#EAB839","#6ED0E0","#EF843C","#E24D42","#1F78C1","#BA43A9","#705DA0", //1
+      "#508642","#CCA300","#447EBC","#C15C17","#890F02","#0A437C","#6D1F62","#584477", //2
+      "#B7DBAB","#F4D598","#70DBED","#F9BA8F","#F29191","#82B5D8","#E5A8E2","#AEA2E0", //3
+      "#629E51","#E5AC0E","#64B0C8","#E0752D","#BF1B00","#0A50A1","#962D82","#614D93", //4
+      "#9AC48A","#F2C96D","#65C5DB","#F9934E","#EA6460","#5195CE","#D683CE","#806EB7", //5
+      "#3F6833","#967302","#2F575E","#99440A","#58140C","#052B51","#511749","#3F2B5B", //6
+      "#E0F9D7","#FCEACA","#CFFAFF","#F9E2D2","#FCE2DE","#BADFF4","#F9D9F9","#DEDAF7"  //7
+    ];
+
     $scope.init();
 
   });
diff --git a/src/app/panels/graph/module.js b/src/app/panels/graph/module.js
index 913c9f052bf..8daa773c620 100644
--- a/src/app/panels/graph/module.js
+++ b/src/app/panels/graph/module.js
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ function (angular, app, $, _, kbn, moment, timeSeries) {
     $scope.seriesHandler = function(seriesData, index) {
       var datapoints = seriesData.datapoints;
       var alias = seriesData.target;
-      var color = $scope.panel.aliasColors[alias] || $scope.colors[index];
+      var color = $scope.panel.aliasColors[alias] || $rootScope.colors[index];
       var yaxis = $scope.panel.aliasYAxis[alias] || 1;
 
       var seriesInfo = {
diff --git a/src/test/specs/helpers.js b/src/test/specs/helpers.js
index 189cfb692d0..5ca005adcad 100644
--- a/src/test/specs/helpers.js
+++ b/src/test/specs/helpers.js
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ define([
           }
         };
 
-        self.scope.colors = [];
-        for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) { self.scope.colors.push('#' + i); }
+        $rootScope.colors = [];
+        for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) { $rootScope.colors.push('#' + i); }
 
         self.$q = $q;
         self.scope.skipDataOnInit = true;