diff --git a/include/wx/msw/colours.bmp b/include/wx/msw/colours.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62d1f8045f
Binary files /dev/null and b/include/wx/msw/colours.bmp differ
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/wx.rc b/include/wx/msw/wx.rc
index 0794b196a7..ed4164b831 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/wx.rc
+++ b/include/wx/msw/wx.rc
@@ -150,3 +150,7 @@ cross_bmp               BITMAP  "wx/msw/cross.bmp"
 
 // For wxContextHelpButton
 csquery                 BITMAP "wx/msw/csquery.bmp"
+
+// For obtaining the RGB values of standard colours
+wxBITMAP_STD_COLOURS    BITMAP "wx/msw/colours.bmp"
+