diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/model/Label.java b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/model/Label.java
index 9592761c..ca8dad6b 100644
--- a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/model/Label.java
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/model/Label.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class Label {
         return creator;
     }
 
-    @NotNull
+    @Nullable
     public String getTitle() {
         return title;
     }
diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/rest/model/RestLabel.java b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/rest/model/RestLabel.java
index 6058f33a..65bc29bb 100644
--- a/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/rest/model/RestLabel.java
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/main/java/com/wisemapping/rest/model/RestLabel.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public class RestLabel {
         return this.label.getParent();
     }
 
+    @Nullable
     public String getTitle() {
         return this.label.getTitle();
     }
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public class RestLabel {
         label.setColor(color);
     }
 
-    @NotNull public String getColor() {
+    @Nullable public String getColor() {
         return label.getColor();
     }
 
diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/test/java/com/wisemapping/test/rest/RestMindmapLabelITCase.java b/wise-webapp/src/test/java/com/wisemapping/test/rest/RestLabelITCase.java
similarity index 59%
rename from wise-webapp/src/test/java/com/wisemapping/test/rest/RestMindmapLabelITCase.java
rename to wise-webapp/src/test/java/com/wisemapping/test/rest/RestLabelITCase.java
index 1bfe46d6..90a2f222 100644
--- a/wise-webapp/src/test/java/com/wisemapping/test/rest/RestMindmapLabelITCase.java
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/test/java/com/wisemapping/test/rest/RestLabelITCase.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package com.wisemapping.test.rest;
 import com.wisemapping.exceptions.WiseMappingException;
 import com.wisemapping.rest.model.RestLabel;
 import com.wisemapping.rest.model.RestLabelList;
+import org.apache.http.HttpException;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
@@ -21,11 +23,13 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import static com.wisemapping.test.rest.RestHelper.BASE_REST_URL;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.fail;
 
 @Test
-public class RestMindmapLabelITCase {
+public class RestLabelITCase {
 
     private String userEmail;
+    private static final String COLOR = "#000000";
 
     @BeforeClass
     void createUser() {
@@ -41,11 +45,11 @@ public class RestMindmapLabelITCase {
 
         // Create a new label
         final String title1 = "Label 1  - " + mediaType.toString();
-        addNewLabel(requestHeaders, template, title1);
+        addNewLabel(requestHeaders, template, title1, COLOR);
 
         // Create a new label
         final String title2 = "Label 2  - " + mediaType.toString();
-        addNewLabel(requestHeaders,template,title2);
+        addNewLabel(requestHeaders, template, title2, COLOR);
 
         // Check that the map has been created ...
         final HttpEntity findMapEntity = new HttpEntity(requestHeaders);
@@ -58,10 +62,10 @@ public class RestMindmapLabelITCase {
         boolean found1 = false;
         boolean found2 = false;
         for (RestLabel label : labels) {
-            if (label.getTitle().equals(title1)) {
+            if (title1.equals(label.getTitle())) {
                 found1 = true;
             }
-            if (label.getTitle().equals(title2)) {
+            if (title2.equals(label.getTitle())) {
                 found2 = true;
             }
         }
@@ -69,17 +73,44 @@ public class RestMindmapLabelITCase {
 
     }
 
-    static URI addNewLabel(@NotNull HttpHeaders requestHeaders, @NotNull RestTemplate template, @NotNull String title, @Nullable String xml) throws IOException, WiseMappingException {
+    @Test(dataProviderClass = RestHelper.class, dataProvider="ContentType-Provider-Function")
+    public void createLabelWithoutTitleOrColor(final @NotNull MediaType mediaType) throws IOException, WiseMappingException {
+        final HttpHeaders requestHeaders = RestHelper.createHeaders(mediaType);
+        final RestTemplate template = RestHelper.createTemplate( userEmail + ":" + "admin");
+
+        // Create a new label
+
+        try {
+            addNewLabel(requestHeaders, template, null, COLOR);
+            fail("Wrong response");
+        } catch (HttpClientErrorException e) {
+            final String responseBodyAsString = e.getResponseBodyAsString();
+            assertTrue (responseBodyAsString.contains("Required field cannot be left blank"));
+        }
+
+        try {
+            addNewLabel(requestHeaders, template, "title12345", null);
+            fail("Wrong response");
+        } catch (HttpClientErrorException e) {
+            final String responseBodyAsString = e.getResponseBodyAsString();
+            assert (responseBodyAsString.contains("Required field cannot be left blank"));
+        }
+
+
+    }
+
+
+    static URI addNewLabel(@NotNull HttpHeaders requestHeaders, @NotNull RestTemplate template, @Nullable String title, @Nullable String color ) throws IOException, WiseMappingException {
         final RestLabel restLabel = new RestLabel();
-        restLabel.setTitle(title);
-        restLabel.setColor("#666666");
+        if (title != null) {
+            restLabel.setTitle(title);
+        }
+        if (color != null) {
+            restLabel.setColor(color);
+        }
 
         // Create a new label ...
         HttpEntity<RestLabel> createUserEntity = new HttpEntity<RestLabel>(restLabel, requestHeaders);
         return template.postForLocation(BASE_REST_URL + "/labels", createUserEntity);
     }
-
-    static URI addNewLabel(@NotNull HttpHeaders requestHeaders, @NotNull RestTemplate template, @NotNull String title) throws IOException, WiseMappingException {
-        return addNewLabel(requestHeaders, template, title, null);
-    }
 }
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