diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/ui/tree/render/ColorObjectRenderer.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/ui/tree/render/ColorObjectRenderer.java
index ee9e8c9180bc..4f89c6dd1aad 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/ui/tree/render/ColorObjectRenderer.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/ui/tree/render/ColorObjectRenderer.java
@@ -1,18 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
+// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.debugger.ui.tree.render;
 
 import com.intellij.debugger.engine.evaluation.EvaluateException;
@@ -25,6 +11,7 @@ import com.sun.jdi.*;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
+import java.util.Collections;
 
 class ColorObjectRenderer extends CompoundReferenceRenderer {
   ColorObjectRenderer(final NodeRendererSettings rendererSettings) {
@@ -35,17 +22,26 @@ class ColorObjectRenderer extends CompoundReferenceRenderer {
 
   @Override
   public Icon calcValueIcon(ValueDescriptor descriptor, EvaluationContext evaluationContext, DescriptorLabelListener listener) throws EvaluateException {
-    final Value value = descriptor.getValue();
+    Value value = descriptor.getValue();
     if (value instanceof ObjectReference) {
       try {
-        final ObjectReference objRef = (ObjectReference)value;
-        final ReferenceType refType = objRef.referenceType();
-        final Field valueField = refType.fieldByName("value");
-        if (valueField != null) {
-          final Value rgbValue = objRef.getValue(valueField);
+        ObjectReference objRef = (ObjectReference)value;
+        ReferenceType refType = objRef.referenceType();
+        if (refType instanceof ClassType) {
+          Value rgbValue = null;
+          Method getRGBMethod = ((ClassType)refType).concreteMethodByName("getRGB", "()I");
+          if (getRGBMethod == null || getRGBMethod.declaringType().name().equals(getClassName())) { // getRGB is not overridden
+            Field valueField = refType.fieldByName("value");
+            if (valueField != null) {
+              rgbValue = objRef.getValue(valueField);
+            }
+          }
+          if (rgbValue == null && getRGBMethod != null) {
+            rgbValue = evaluationContext.getDebugProcess().invokeMethod(evaluationContext, objRef, getRGBMethod, Collections.emptyList());
+          }
           if (rgbValue instanceof IntegerValue) {
             @SuppressWarnings("UseJBColor")
-            final Color color = new Color(((IntegerValue)rgbValue).value(), true);
+            Color color = new Color(((IntegerValue)rgbValue).value(), true);
             return JBUI.scale(new ColorIcon(16, 12, color, true));
           }
         }