diff --git a/wxPython/src/__gdi_rename.i b/wxPython/src/__gdi_rename.i
index 704029b0c4..df6a6656f0 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/__gdi_rename.i
+++ b/wxPython/src/__gdi_rename.i
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #ifndef BUILDING_RENAMERS
 
 %rename(GDIObject)                          wxGDIObject;
+%rename(C2S_NAME)                           wxC2S_NAME;
+%rename(C2S_CSS_SYNTAX)                     wxC2S_CSS_SYNTAX;
+%rename(C2S_HTML_SYNTAX)                    wxC2S_HTML_SYNTAX;
 %rename(Colour)                             wxColour;
 %rename(Palette)                            wxPalette;
 %rename(Pen)                                wxPen;
diff --git a/wxPython/src/_colour.i b/wxPython/src/_colour.i
index 7b1d7ef5bd..20467993dc 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/_colour.i
+++ b/wxPython/src/_colour.i
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
 %newgroup;
 
 
+enum {
+    wxC2S_NAME,             // return colour name, when possible
+    wxC2S_CSS_SYNTAX,       // return colour in rgb(r,g,b) syntax
+    wxC2S_HTML_SYNTAX,      // return colour in #rrggbb syntax     
+};
+
+
 DocStr(wxColour,
 "A colour is an object representing a combination of Red, Green, and
 Blue (RGB) intensity values, and is used to determine drawing colours,
@@ -98,6 +105,16 @@ initialised with RGB values).", "");
 ``wx.TheColourDatabase``.", "",
         SetFromName);
     
+    DocDeclStr(
+        wxString , GetAsString(long flags = wxC2S_NAME | wxC2S_CSS_SYNTAX) const,
+        "Return the colour as a string.  Acceptable flags are:
+
+            =================== ==================================
+            wx.C2S_NAME          return colour name, when possible
+            wx.C2S_CSS_SYNTAX    return colour in rgb(r,g,b) syntax
+            wx.C2S_HTML_SYNTAX   return colour in #rrggbb syntax     
+            =================== ==================================", "");
+    
     
     DocDeclStr(
         long , GetPixel() const,