diff --git a/src/backends/gr.jl b/src/backends/gr.jl
index f8f04246..4b40cd13 100644
--- a/src/backends/gr.jl
+++ b/src/backends/gr.jl
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ function gr_set_font(
             gr_font_family[family] >= 200 ? 3 : GR.TEXT_PRECISION_STRING,
         )
     end
-    gr_set_textcolor(color)
+    gr_set_textcolor(plot_color(color))
     GR.settextalign(gr_halign(halign), gr_valign(valign))
 end