SVN commit 1069551 by lunakl:

backport r1069550:
Use KColorUtils::lighten/darken instead of Color::ligher/darker - the latter
for whatever reason turns #ffc0c0 to some kind of grey.



 M  +3 -2      systemloadviewer.cpp  


--- branches/KDE/4.3/kdeplasma-addons/applets/systemloadviewer/systemloadviewer.cpp #1069550:1069551
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <Plasma/ToolTipContent>
 
 #include <KConfigDialog>
+#include <KColorUtils>
 
 #include <QtGui/QPainter>
 
@@ -467,8 +468,8 @@
 {
     if (rect.height() > 0.0) {
         static QLinearGradient grad(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
-        grad.setColorAt(0, color.lighter());
-        grad.setColorAt(1, color.darker());
+        grad.setColorAt(0, KColorUtils::lighten(color));
+        grad.setColorAt(1, KColorUtils::darken(color));
         QBrush brush(grad);
         p->setBrush(brush);
         p->setPen(QPen(brush, 0));