diff --git a/anesthetic/plotting/_matplotlib/core.py b/anesthetic/plotting/_matplotlib/core.py
index 8d5ca090..ce13b692 100644
--- a/anesthetic/plotting/_matplotlib/core.py
+++ b/anesthetic/plotting/_matplotlib/core.py
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ def _make_plot(self, fig):
         ax = self._get_ax(0)  # another one of these hard-coded 0s
 
         kwds = self.kwds.copy()
+        if self.color is not None:
+            kwds["color"] = self.color
         label = pprint_thing(self.label)
         kwds["label"] = label