diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6528d1abe6..7776d3fdc0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+* Allow to define the text color and background color in calendar view
 * Allow to override cache implementation
 * Add button rule
 * Allow to specify translatable languages in trytond-admin
diff --git a/doc/topics/views/index.rst b/doc/topics/views/index.rst
index 82bf8dd438..ccf9190e33 100644
--- a/doc/topics/views/index.rst
+++ b/doc/topics/views/index.rst
@@ -771,6 +771,12 @@ Each calendar view must start with this tag.
     * ``mode``: An optional name for the view that will be used first.
       Available views are: `week` and `month`. The default value is `month`.
 
+    * ``color``: An optional field name that contains the text color for the
+      event. The default value is `black`.
+
+    * ``background_color``: An optional field name that contains the background
+      color for the event. The default value is `lightblue`.
+
 field
 ^^^^^
 
diff --git a/trytond/ir/ui/calendar.rnc b/trytond/ir/ui/calendar.rnc
index 35f8a85164..da16cad0a8 100644
--- a/trytond/ir/ui/calendar.rnc
+++ b/trytond/ir/ui/calendar.rnc
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ attlist.calendar &=
 attlist.calendar &=
   attribute mode { "week"
       | "month" }?
+attlist.calendar &=
+   [ a:defaultValue = "black" ] attribute color { text }?
+attlist.calendar &=
+   [ a:defaultValue = "lightblue" ] attribute background_color { text }?
 field = element field { attlist.field, empty }
 attlist.field &= attribute name { text }
 data = element data { attlist.data, xpath* }
diff --git a/trytond/ir/ui/calendar.rng b/trytond/ir/ui/calendar.rng
index 43127a3eba..800d86ce7a 100644
--- a/trytond/ir/ui/calendar.rng
+++ b/trytond/ir/ui/calendar.rng
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@
       </attribute>
     </optional>
   </define>
+  <define name="attlist.calendar" combine="interleave">
+    <optional>
+      <attribute name="color" a:defaultValue="black"/>
+    </optional>
+  </define>
+  <define name="attlist.calendar" combine="interleave">
+    <optional>
+      <attribute name="background_color" a:defaultValue="lightblue"/>
+    </optional>
+  </define>
   <define name="field">
     <element name="field">
       <ref name="attlist.field"/>
diff --git a/trytond/model/modelview.py b/trytond/model/modelview.py
index b403051c32..8a2c2b4ca7 100644
--- a/trytond/model/modelview.py
+++ b/trytond/model/modelview.py
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ class ModelView(Model):
             fields_attrs.setdefault(element.get('sequence'), {})
 
         if element.tag == 'calendar':
-            for attr in ('dtstart', 'dtend'):
+            for attr in ['dtstart', 'dtend', 'color', 'background_color']:
                 if element.get(attr):
                     fields_attrs.setdefault(element.get(attr), {})