diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/prevalueeditors/multivalues.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/prevalueeditors/multivalues.controller.js
index 02b8831306..a55a40d5ec 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/prevalueeditors/multivalues.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/prevalueeditors/multivalues.controller.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ angular.module("umbraco").controller("Umbraco.PrevalueEditors.MultiValuesControl
             //make an array from the dictionary
             var items = [];
             for (var i in $scope.model.value) { 
-                items.push({
+                items.push({ 
                     value: $scope.model.value[i].value,
                     sortOrder: $scope.model.value[i].sortOrder,
                     id: i
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/ColorListPreValueEditor.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/ColorListPreValueEditor.cs
index 17dbb14fdf..e7750c4c65 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/ColorListPreValueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/ColorListPreValueEditor.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.PropertyEditors
             field.Validators.Add(new ColorListValidator()); 
         }
 
+        public override IDictionary<string, object> ConvertDbToEditor(IDictionary<string, object> defaultPreVals, PreValueCollection persistedPreVals)
+        {
+            var dictionary = persistedPreVals.FormatAsDictionary();
+            var arrayOfVals = dictionary.Select(item => item.Value).ToList();
+            return new Dictionary<string, object> { { "items", arrayOfVals.ToDictionary(x => x.Id, x => x.Value) } };
+        }
+
         internal class ColorListValidator : IPropertyValidator
         {
             public IEnumerable<ValidationResult> Validate(object value, PreValueCollection preValues, PropertyEditor editor)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/ValueListPreValueEditor.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/ValueListPreValueEditor.cs
index 8185a3059c..6f81c9362a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/ValueListPreValueEditor.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/ValueListPreValueEditor.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.PropertyEditors
             var arrayOfVals = dictionary.Select(item => item.Value).ToList();
 
             //the items list will be a dictionary of it's id -> value we need to use the id for persistence for backwards compatibility
-            return new Dictionary<string, object> { { "items", arrayOfVals.ToDictionary(x => x.Id, x => PreValueAsDictionary(x)) } };
+
+            return new Dictionary<string, object> {{"items", arrayOfVals.ToDictionary(x => x.Id, PreValueAsDictionary)}};
         }
 
         /// <summary>