diff --git a/MatterControl.csproj b/MatterControl.csproj
index 736f9ff03..c9203d4be 100644
--- a/MatterControl.csproj
+++ b/MatterControl.csproj
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
     <Compile Include="DataStorage\Models.cs" />
     <Compile Include="LocalizedString.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PartPreviewWindow\BedSettings.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="PartPreviewWindow\ColorGradientWidget.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PartPreviewWindow\PartPreviewContent.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PartPreviewWindow\View3D\Gui3D\HeightValueDisplay.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PartPreviewWindow\View3D\Gui3D\UpArrow3D.cs" />
diff --git a/PartPreviewWindow/ColorGradientWidget.cs b/PartPreviewWindow/ColorGradientWidget.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f72330f82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PartPreviewWindow/ColorGradientWidget.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MatterHackers.Agg;
+using MatterHackers.Agg.UI;
+using MatterHackers.MeshVisualizer;
+using MatterHackers.VectorMath;
+using System.IO;
+using MatterHackers.Agg.PlatformAbstract;
+
+namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl.PartPreviewWindow
+{
+
+    public class ColorGradientWidget : FlowLayoutWidget 
+    {
+        
+        List<ColorToSpeedWidget> allColorToSpeedWidgets;
+        
+        public ColorGradientWidget()
+            : base(FlowDirection.TopToBottom)
+        {
+
+            this.VAnchor = VAnchor.FitToChildren;
+
+            BackgroundColor = new RGBA_Bytes(0, 0, 0, 120);
+
+            ColorToSpeedWidget blue = new ColorToSpeedWidget("blue.png", "BLUE");
+            ColorToSpeedWidget red = new ColorToSpeedWidget("red.png", "RED");
+            ColorToSpeedWidget teal = new ColorToSpeedWidget("teal.png", "TEAL");
+            ColorToSpeedWidget yellow = new ColorToSpeedWidget("yellow.png", "YELLOW");
+            ColorToSpeedWidget green = new ColorToSpeedWidget("green.png", "GREEN");
+            ColorToSpeedWidget orange = new ColorToSpeedWidget("orange.png", "ORANGE");
+            ColorToSpeedWidget lightBlue = new ColorToSpeedWidget("lightblue.png", "LIGHT-BLUE");
+            
+            this.AddChild(blue);
+            this.AddChild(red);
+            this.AddChild(teal);
+            this.AddChild(yellow);
+            this.AddChild(green);
+            this.AddChild(orange);
+            this.AddChild(lightBlue);
+
+            Margin = new BorderDouble(75);
+
+        }
+
+    }
+    
+    public class ColorToSpeedWidget : FlowLayoutWidget
+    {
+        
+        public ColorToSpeedWidget(String imageFileName, String layerSpeed)
+            : base(FlowDirection.LeftToRight)
+        {
+            Margin = new BorderDouble(2);
+           
+            Agg.Image.ImageBuffer color = StaticData.Instance.LoadIcon(Path.Combine("ColorGradient", imageFileName));
+            
+            ImageWidget colorWidget = new ImageWidget(color);
+            colorWidget.Margin = new BorderDouble(left:2);
+
+            TextWidget speedTextBox = new TextWidget(layerSpeed, pointSize: 12);
+            speedTextBox.TextColor = RGBA_Bytes.White;
+            speedTextBox.VAnchor = VAnchor.ParentCenter;
+            speedTextBox.Margin = new BorderDouble(left: 2);
+            
+            this.AddChild(colorWidget);
+            this.AddChild(speedTextBox);
+
+        }
+
+    }
+        
+}
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diff --git a/PartPreviewWindow/ViewGcodeBasic.cs b/PartPreviewWindow/ViewGcodeBasic.cs
index d54cf3034..2c1e0ed4b 100644
--- a/PartPreviewWindow/ViewGcodeBasic.cs
+++ b/PartPreviewWindow/ViewGcodeBasic.cs
@@ -256,6 +256,11 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl.PartPreviewWindow
 
 			viewControls2D = new ViewControls2D();
 			AddChild(viewControls2D);
+
+            ColorGradientWidget gradient = new ColorGradientWidget();
+            gradient.VAnchor = Agg.UI.VAnchor.ParentTop;
+            AddChild(gradient);
+   
 			viewControls3D = new ViewControls3D(meshViewerWidget);
 			viewControls3D.PartSelectVisible = false;
 			AddChild(viewControls3D);
diff --git a/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/blue.png b/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/blue.png
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diff --git a/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/green.png b/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/green.png
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diff --git a/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/lightblue.png b/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/lightblue.png
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diff --git a/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/orange.png b/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/orange.png
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diff --git a/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/red.png b/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/red.png
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diff --git a/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/teal.png b/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/teal.png
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diff --git a/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/yellow.png b/StaticData/Icons/ColorGradient/yellow.png
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