diff --git a/share/magics/styles/ecmwf/test/styles.json b/share/magics/styles/ecmwf/test/styles.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bd2ebcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/magics/styles/ecmwf/test/styles.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "red_lines" : {
+        "contour" : "on",
+        "contour_line_colour" : "red"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/attributes/EpsPlumeAttributes.cc b/src/attributes/EpsPlumeAttributes.cc
index 427498ac..bb6f02b2 100644
--- a/src/attributes/EpsPlumeAttributes.cc
+++ b/src/attributes/EpsPlumeAttributes.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ using namespace magics;
 EpsPlumeAttributes::EpsPlumeAttributes():
 	method_(ParameterManager::getString("eps_plume_method")),
 	legend_(ParameterManager::getBool("eps_plume_legend")),
+	legend_grey_style_(ParameterManager::getBool("eps_plume_legend_grey_style")),
 	line_(ParameterManager::getBool("eps_plume_members")),
 	line_thickness_(ParameterManager::getInt("eps_plume_line_thickness")),
 	forecast_(ParameterManager::getBool("eps_plume_forecast")),
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ void EpsPlumeAttributes::set(const std::map<string, string>& params)
 	
 	setAttribute(prefix, "eps_plume_method", method_, params);
 	setAttribute(prefix, "eps_plume_legend", legend_, params);
+	setAttribute(prefix, "eps_plume_legend_grey_style", legend_grey_style_, params);
 	setAttribute(prefix, "eps_plume_members", line_, params);
 	setAttribute(prefix, "eps_plume_line_thickness", line_thickness_, params);
 	setAttribute(prefix, "eps_plume_forecast", forecast_, params);
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ void EpsPlumeAttributes::copy(const EpsPlumeAttributes& other)
 {
 	method_ = other.method_;
 	legend_ = other.legend_;
+	legend_grey_style_ = other.legend_grey_style_;
 	line_ = other.line_;
 	line_thickness_ = other.line_thickness_;
 	forecast_ = other.forecast_;
@@ -189,6 +192,7 @@ void EpsPlumeAttributes::print(ostream& out)  const
 	out << "Attributes[";
 	out << " method = " <<  method_;
 	out << " legend = " <<  legend_;
+	out << " legend_grey_style = " <<  legend_grey_style_;
 	out << " line = " <<  line_;
 	out << " line_thickness = " <<  line_thickness_;
 	out << " forecast = " <<  forecast_;
@@ -231,6 +235,8 @@ void EpsPlumeAttributes::toxml(ostream& out)  const
 	niceprint(out,method_);
 	out << ", \"eps_plume_legend\":";
 	niceprint(out,legend_);
+	out << ", \"eps_plume_legend_grey_style\":";
+	niceprint(out,legend_grey_style_);
 	out << ", \"eps_plume_members\":";
 	niceprint(out,line_);
 	out << ", \"eps_plume_line_thickness\":";
@@ -298,6 +304,7 @@ void EpsPlumeAttributes::toxml(ostream& out)  const
 
 static MagicsParameter<string> eps_plume_method("eps_plume_method", "time_serie");
 static MagicsParameter<string> eps_plume_legend("eps_plume_legend", "on");
+static MagicsParameter<string> eps_plume_legend_grey_style("eps_plume_legend_grey_style", "on");
 static MagicsParameter<string> eps_plume_members("eps_plume_members", "on");
 static MagicsParameter<int> eps_plume_line_thickness("eps_plume_line_thickness", 1);
 static MagicsParameter<string> eps_plume_forecast("eps_plume_forecast", "on");
diff --git a/src/attributes/EpsPlumeAttributes.h b/src/attributes/EpsPlumeAttributes.h
index 5cd62468..f237745d 100644
--- a/src/attributes/EpsPlumeAttributes.h
+++ b/src/attributes/EpsPlumeAttributes.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class EpsPlumeAttributes
 	string tag_;
 	string method_;
 	bool legend_;
+	bool legend_grey_style_;
 	bool line_;
 	int line_thickness_;
 	bool forecast_;
diff --git a/src/params/EpsPlume.xml b/src/params/EpsPlume.xml
index 26ce9811..75856735 100644
--- a/src/params/EpsPlume.xml
+++ b/src/params/EpsPlume.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ does it submit to any jurisdiction.
 			visible='false'>
 			<documentation>ignore legend</documentation>
 		</parameter>
+		<parameter from="string"
+			name="eps_plume_legend_grey_style"
+			default="on"
+			member="legend_grey_style"
+			to="bool"
+			>
+			<documentation>if On ( default) the legend will use a grey scale ootherwise it will use user defined colour</documentation>
+		</parameter>
 		<parameter member="line"
 			to="bool"
 			default="on"
diff --git a/src/visualisers/EpsGraph.cc b/src/visualisers/EpsGraph.cc
index ab686701..e236a279 100644
--- a/src/visualisers/EpsGraph.cc
+++ b/src/visualisers/EpsGraph.cc
@@ -2625,9 +2625,10 @@ void EpsPlume::timeserie(Data& data, BasicGraphicsObjectContainer& visitor) {
         for (vector<PaperPoint>::reverse_iterator point = shading[top].rbegin(); point != shading[top].rend(); ++point)
             line->push_back(*point);
 
-        double grey = ((col.red() + col.blue() + col.green()) / 3.);
-
-        col.setColour(grey, grey, grey);
+        if ( legend_grey_style_ ) {
+            double grey = ((col.red() + col.blue() + col.green()) / 3.);
+            col.setColour(grey, grey, grey);
+        }
 
         ++colour;
         shading_legend_.push_back(col);