diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index dbcd1813..c744c6b2 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -206,13 +206,13 @@ function fix_xy_lengths!(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend}, series::Series)
 end
 
 function py_linecolormap(series::Series)
-    py_colormap(cgrad(get_linecolor(series), alpha=get_linealpha(series)))
+    py_colormap(cgrad(series[:linecolor], alpha=get_linealpha(series)))
 end
 function py_markercolormap(series::Series)
-    py_colormap(cgrad(get_markercolor(series), alpha=get_markeralpha(series)))
+    py_colormap(cgrad(series[:markercolor], alpha=get_markeralpha(series)))
 end
 function py_fillcolormap(series::Series)
-    py_colormap(cgrad(get_fillcolor(series), alpha=get_fillalpha(series)))
+    py_colormap(cgrad(series[:fillcolor], alpha=get_fillalpha(series)))
 end
 
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