diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 654e84d6f..9d6080484 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-10-16  Emmanuele bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
+
+	* clutter/clutter-color.c: Copy the alpha when shading.
+
 2007-10-16  Tomas Frydrych  <tf@o-hand.com>
 	
 	* clutter.symbols:
@@ -5,7 +9,8 @@
 	
 	* clutter/clutter-script.c:
 	* json/json-node.c:
-	Use g_slice_new0 instead of g_slice_new to avoid passing garbage to functions.
+	Use g_slice_new0 instead of g_slice_new to avoid passing
+	garbage to functions.
 	
 	* tests/test-threads.c:
 	Replaced non-portable sleep() with g_usleep().
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-color.c b/clutter/clutter-color.c
index 17219a9f0..d567f1368 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-color.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-color.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ clutter_color_shade (const ClutterColor *src,
 		     ClutterColor       *dest,
 		     gdouble             shade)
 {
-    clutter_color_shadex (src, dest, CLUTTER_FLOAT_TO_FIXED (shade));
+  clutter_color_shadex (src, dest, CLUTTER_FLOAT_TO_FIXED (shade));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ clutter_color_shadex (const ClutterColor *src,
     s = 0;
   
   clutter_color_from_hlsx (dest, h, l, s);
+  dest->alpha = src->alpha;
 }
 
 /**