diff --git a/src/backends/gr.jl b/src/backends/gr.jl
index 33a41a34..85d84db3 100644
--- a/src/backends/gr.jl
+++ b/src/backends/gr.jl
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ end
 function gr_colorbar(sp::Subplot)
     if sp[:colorbar] != :none
         gr_set_viewport_cmap(sp)
-        GR.colormap()
+        GR.colorbar()
         gr_set_viewport_plotarea()
     end
 end