diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 07a0485a..5049eae9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 - replacing internal history graph functionality by external scripts/tools (#501)
 
+- accessibility improvements (#499)
+
 - bug fix: added more mutex in the server (should fix #480)
 
 - bug fix: --showallservers ping column sort is alphabetic (#201)
diff --git a/src/multicolorled.cpp b/src/multicolorled.cpp
index b9134a4c..c7dfbad4 100755
--- a/src/multicolorled.cpp
+++ b/src/multicolorled.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ void CMultiColorLED::SetColor ( const ELightColor eNewColorFlag )
         if ( eColorFlag != RL_RED )
         {
             setPixmap ( BitmCubeRed );
+            setAccessibleDescription ( tr ( "Red" ) );
             eColorFlag = RL_RED;
         }
         break;
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ void CMultiColorLED::SetColor ( const ELightColor eNewColorFlag )
         if ( eColorFlag != RL_YELLOW )
         {
             setPixmap ( BitmCubeYellow );
+            setAccessibleDescription ( tr ( "Yellow" ) );
             eColorFlag = RL_YELLOW;
         }
         break;
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ void CMultiColorLED::SetColor ( const ELightColor eNewColorFlag )
         if ( eColorFlag != RL_GREEN )
         {
             setPixmap ( BitmCubeGreen );
+            setAccessibleDescription ( tr ( "Green" ) );
             eColorFlag = RL_GREEN;
         }
         break;