diff --git a/extras/Introjucer/Source/Application/jucer_AppearanceSettings.cpp b/extras/Introjucer/Source/Application/jucer_AppearanceSettings.cpp
index e349350b58..33b6627a5f 100644
--- a/extras/Introjucer/Source/Application/jucer_AppearanceSettings.cpp
+++ b/extras/Introjucer/Source/Application/jucer_AppearanceSettings.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace AppearanceColours
 }
 
 //==============================================================================
-AppearanceSettings::AppearanceSettings (const CodeEditorComponent& editor)
+AppearanceSettings::AppearanceSettings()
     : settings ("COLOUR_SCHEME")
 {
     IntrojucerLookAndFeel lf;
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ AppearanceSettings::AppearanceSettings (const CodeEditorComponent& editor)
     for (int i = 0; i < sizeof (AppearanceColours::colours) / sizeof (AppearanceColours::colours[0]); ++i)
         getColourValue (AppearanceColours::colours[i].name) = lf.findColour (AppearanceColours::colours[i].colourID).toString();
 
+    CodeDocument doc;
+    CPlusPlusCodeTokeniser tokeniser;
+    CodeEditorComponent editor (doc, &tokeniser);
+
     const CodeEditorComponent::ColourScheme cs (editor.getColourScheme());
 
     for (int i = cs.types.size(); --i >= 0;)
@@ -74,6 +78,44 @@ AppearanceSettings::AppearanceSettings (const CodeEditorComponent& editor)
     settings.addListener (this);
 }
 
+File AppearanceSettings::getSchemesFolder()
+{
+    File f (getAppProperties().getFile().getSiblingFile ("Colour Schemes"));
+    f.createDirectory();
+    return f;
+}
+
+void AppearanceSettings::refreshPresetSchemeList()
+{
+    const File defaultSchemeFile (getSchemesFolder().getChildFile ("Default").withFileExtension (getSchemeFileSuffix()));
+
+    if (! defaultSchemeFile.exists())
+        AppearanceSettings().writeToFile (defaultSchemeFile);
+
+    Array<File> newSchemes;
+    getSchemesFolder().findChildFiles (newSchemes, File::findFiles, false, String ("*") + getSchemeFileSuffix());
+
+    if (newSchemes != presetSchemeFiles)
+    {
+        presetSchemeFiles.swapWithArray (newSchemes);
+        commandManager->commandStatusChanged();
+    }
+}
+
+StringArray AppearanceSettings::getPresetSchemes()
+{
+    StringArray s;
+    for (int i = 0; i < presetSchemeFiles.size(); ++i)
+        s.add (presetSchemeFiles.getReference(i).getFileNameWithoutExtension());
+
+    return s;
+}
+
+void AppearanceSettings::selectPresetScheme (int index)
+{
+    readFromFile (presetSchemeFiles [index]);
+}
+
 bool AppearanceSettings::readFromXML (const XmlElement& xml)
 {
     if (xml.hasTagName (settings.getType().toString()))
@@ -321,20 +363,21 @@ struct AppearanceEditor
         void saveScheme()
         {
             FileChooser fc ("Select a file in which to save this colour-scheme...",
-                            getAppSettings().getSchemesFolder().getNonexistentChildFile ("Scheme", ".editorscheme"),
+                            getAppSettings().appearance.getSchemesFolder().getNonexistentChildFile ("Scheme", ".editorscheme"),
                             "*.editorscheme");
 
             if (fc.browseForFileToSave (true))
             {
                 File file (fc.getResult().withFileExtension (".editorscheme"));
                 getAppSettings().appearance.writeToFile (file);
+                getAppSettings().appearance.refreshPresetSchemeList();
             }
         }
 
         void loadScheme()
         {
             FileChooser fc ("Please select a colour-scheme file to load...",
-                            getAppSettings().getSchemesFolder(),
+                            getAppSettings().appearance.getSchemesFolder(),
                             "*.editorscheme");
 
             if (fc.browseForFileToOpen())
diff --git a/extras/Introjucer/Source/Application/jucer_AppearanceSettings.h b/extras/Introjucer/Source/Application/jucer_AppearanceSettings.h
index 35f68f2278..0e0f980f26 100644
--- a/extras/Introjucer/Source/Application/jucer_AppearanceSettings.h
+++ b/extras/Introjucer/Source/Application/jucer_AppearanceSettings.h
@@ -30,13 +30,12 @@
 class AppearanceSettings    : private ValueTree::Listener
 {
 public:
-    AppearanceSettings (const CodeEditorComponent& editorToCopyFrom);
+    AppearanceSettings();
 
     bool readFromFile (const File& file);
     bool readFromXML (const XmlElement&);
     bool writeToFile (const File& file) const;
 
-    void applyToLookAndFeel (LookAndFeel&) const;
     void applyToCodeEditor (CodeEditorComponent& editor) const;
 
     StringArray getColourNames() const;
@@ -48,18 +47,29 @@ public:
 
     ValueTree settings;
 
-    static Component* createEditorWindow();
+    File getSchemesFolder();
+    StringArray getPresetSchemes();
+    void refreshPresetSchemeList();
+    void selectPresetScheme (int index);
 
-    static void intialiseLookAndFeel (LookAndFeel&);
+    static Component* createEditorWindow();
 
 private:
+    static const char* getSchemeFileSuffix()      { return ".editorscheme"; }
+
+    Array<File> presetSchemeFiles;
+
+    void applyToLookAndFeel (LookAndFeel&) const;
     void updateColourScheme();
+
     void valueTreePropertyChanged (ValueTree&, const Identifier&)   { updateColourScheme(); }
     void valueTreeChildAdded (ValueTree&, ValueTree&)               { updateColourScheme(); }
     void valueTreeChildRemoved (ValueTree&, ValueTree&)             { updateColourScheme(); }
     void valueTreeChildOrderChanged (ValueTree&)                    { updateColourScheme(); }
     void valueTreeParentChanged (ValueTree&)                        { updateColourScheme(); }
     void valueTreeRedirected (ValueTree&)                           { updateColourScheme(); }
+
+    JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR (AppearanceSettings);
 };
 
 //==============================================================================
diff --git a/extras/Introjucer/Source/Application/jucer_Application.h b/extras/Introjucer/Source/Application/jucer_Application.h
index 6cb695c978..cb689022c3 100644
--- a/extras/Introjucer/Source/Application/jucer_Application.h
+++ b/extras/Introjucer/Source/Application/jucer_Application.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ public:
 
         doExtraInitialisation();
 
+        settings.appearance.refreshPresetSchemeList();
+
         ImageCache::setCacheTimeout (30 * 1000);
 
         if (commandLine.trim().isNotEmpty() && ! commandLine.trim().startsWithChar ('-'))
@@ -168,21 +170,32 @@ public:
 
         void menuItemSelected (int menuItemID, int /*topLevelMenuIndex*/)
         {
-            if (menuItemID >= 100 && menuItemID < 200)
+            if (menuItemID >= recentProjectsBaseID && menuItemID < recentProjectsBaseID + 100)
             {
                 // open a file from the "recent files" menu
-                getApp().openFile (getAppSettings().recentFiles.getFile (menuItemID - 100));
+                getApp().openFile (getAppSettings().recentFiles.getFile (menuItemID - recentProjectsBaseID));
             }
-            else if (menuItemID >= 300 && menuItemID < 400)
+            else if (menuItemID >= activeDocumentsBaseID && menuItemID < activeDocumentsBaseID + 200)
             {
-                OpenDocumentManager::Document* doc = getApp().openDocumentManager.getOpenDocument (menuItemID - 300);
+                OpenDocumentManager::Document* doc = getApp().openDocumentManager.getOpenDocument (menuItemID - activeDocumentsBaseID);
                 jassert (doc != nullptr);
 
                 getApp().mainWindowList.openDocument (doc);
             }
+            else if (menuItemID >= colourSchemeBaseID && menuItemID < colourSchemeBaseID + 200)
+            {
+                getApp().settings.appearance.selectPresetScheme (menuItemID - colourSchemeBaseID);
+            }
         }
     };
 
+    enum
+    {
+        recentProjectsBaseID = 100,
+        activeDocumentsBaseID = 300,
+        colourSchemeBaseID = 1000
+    };
+
     virtual StringArray getMenuNames()
     {
         const char* const names[] = { "File", "Edit", "View", "Window", "Tools", nullptr };
@@ -206,7 +219,7 @@ public:
         menu.addCommandItem (commandManager, CommandIDs::open);
 
         PopupMenu recentFiles;
-        getAppSettings().recentFiles.createPopupMenuItems (recentFiles, 100, true, true);
+        getAppSettings().recentFiles.createPopupMenuItems (recentFiles, recentProjectsBaseID, true, true);
         menu.addSubMenu ("Open recent file", recentFiles);
 
         menu.addSeparator();
@@ -251,7 +264,24 @@ public:
         menu.addCommandItem (commandManager, CommandIDs::showFilePanel);
         menu.addCommandItem (commandManager, CommandIDs::showConfigPanel);
         menu.addSeparator();
+        createColourSchemeItems (menu);
+    }
+
+    void createColourSchemeItems (PopupMenu& menu)
+    {
         menu.addCommandItem (commandManager, CommandIDs::showAppearanceSettings);
+
+        const StringArray presetSchemes (settings.appearance.getPresetSchemes());
+
+        if (presetSchemes.size() > 0)
+        {
+            PopupMenu schemes;
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < presetSchemes.size(); ++i)
+                schemes.addItem (colourSchemeBaseID + i, presetSchemes[i]);
+
+            menu.addSubMenu ("Colour Scheme", schemes);
+        }
     }
 
     virtual void createWindowMenu (PopupMenu& menu)
@@ -269,7 +299,7 @@ public:
         {
             OpenDocumentManager::Document* doc = getApp().openDocumentManager.getOpenDocument(i);
 
-            menu.addItem (300 + i, doc->getName());
+            menu.addItem (activeDocumentsBaseID + i, doc->getName());
         }
 
         menu.addSeparator();
diff --git a/extras/Introjucer/Source/Utility/jucer_StoredSettings.cpp b/extras/Introjucer/Source/Utility/jucer_StoredSettings.cpp
index 62499fd33b..7995c8ffe2 100644
--- a/extras/Introjucer/Source/Utility/jucer_StoredSettings.cpp
+++ b/extras/Introjucer/Source/Utility/jucer_StoredSettings.cpp
@@ -38,17 +38,8 @@ PropertiesFile& getAppProperties()
     return getAppSettings().getProps();
 }
 
-static AppearanceSettings getDefaultScheme()
-{
-    CodeDocument doc;
-    CPlusPlusCodeTokeniser tokeniser;
-    CodeEditorComponent defaultComp (doc, &tokeniser);
-    return AppearanceSettings (defaultComp);
-}
-
 //==============================================================================
 StoredSettings::StoredSettings()
-    : appearance (getDefaultScheme())
 {
 }
 
@@ -60,11 +51,6 @@ StoredSettings::~StoredSettings()
 void StoredSettings::initialise()
 {
     reload();
-
-    const File defaultSchemeFile (getSchemesFolder().getChildFile ("Default").withFileExtension (getSchemeFileSuffix()));
-
-    if (! defaultSchemeFile.exists())
-        appearance.writeToFile (defaultSchemeFile);
 }
 
 PropertiesFile& StoredSettings::getProps()
@@ -205,13 +191,6 @@ void StoredSettings::ColourSelectorWithSwatches::setSwatchColour (int index, con
     getAppSettings().swatchColours.set (index, newColour);
 }
 
-File StoredSettings::getSchemesFolder()
-{
-    File f (getProps().getFile().getSiblingFile ("Colour Schemes"));
-    f.createDirectory();
-    return f;
-}
-
 //==============================================================================
 const Icons& getIcons()
 {
diff --git a/extras/Introjucer/Source/Utility/jucer_StoredSettings.h b/extras/Introjucer/Source/Utility/jucer_StoredSettings.h
index 7074a3550f..1ef07cf1df 100644
--- a/extras/Introjucer/Source/Utility/jucer_StoredSettings.h
+++ b/extras/Introjucer/Source/Utility/jucer_StoredSettings.h
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ public:
     //==============================================================================
     AppearanceSettings appearance;
 
-    const char* getSchemeFileSuffix() const     { return ".editorscheme"; }
-    File getSchemesFolder();
-
 private:
     ScopedPointer<PropertiesFile> props;
     StringArray fontNames;