diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d05dcb78..df29259b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ notifications:
 # uncomment the following lines to override the default test script
 script:
  - if [[ -a .git/shallow ]]; then git fetch --unshallow; fi
- - julia -e 'Pkg.clone("Images"); Pkg.checkout("Images","50872b3045600d6811b1ffba343bf75467d681c5"); Pkg.clone("ImageMagick"); Pkg.build("ImageMagick")'
+ - julia -e 'Pkg.clone("https://github.com/tbreloff/Images.jl.git"); Pkg.checkout("Images","tom_imgcompare");'
+ - jukai -e 'Pkg.clone("ImageMagick"); Pkg.build("ImageMagick")'
  - julia -e 'Pkg.clone("Cairo"); Pkg.build("Cairo")'
  - julia -e 'Pkg.clone(pwd()); Pkg.build("Plots")'
  - julia -e 'Pkg.test("Plots"; coverage=true)'
diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index 3296bccd..01308117 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # convert colorant to 4-tuple RGBA
 getPyPlotColor(c::Colorant) = map(f->float(f(c)), (red, green, blue, alpha))
 getPyPlotColor(scheme::ColorScheme) = getPyPlotColor(getColor(scheme))
+getPyPlotColor(c) = getPyPlotColor(convertColor(c))
 
 # getPyPlotColorMap(c::ColorGradient) = PyPlot.matplotlib[:colors][:ListedColormap](map(getPyPlotColor, getColorVector(c)))
 function getPyPlotColorMap(c::ColorGradient)
diff --git a/test/REQUIRE b/test/REQUIRE
index 73ca272e..a5de3587 100644
--- a/test/REQUIRE
+++ b/test/REQUIRE
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ FactCheck
 Gadfly
 Images
 ImageMagick
+PyPlot
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index d787b995..7278a4d4 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ module PlotsTests
 
 # don't let pyplot use a gui... it'll crash
 # note: Agg will set gui -> :none in PyPlot
+ENV["MPLBACKEND"] = "Agg"
 try
-    ENV["MPLBACKEND"] = "Agg"
-    import PyPlot
+    @eval import PyPlot
 catch err
-    warn("Couldn't import PyPlot: ", err)
+    warn("Couldn't import PyPlot: $err")
 end
 
 
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ default(show=false)
   # gadfly()
   # backend()
 
+img_eps = 1e-2
+
 facts("Gadfly") do
     @fact gadfly() --> Plots.GadflyPackage()
     @fact backend() --> Plots.GadflyPackage()
@@ -47,14 +49,14 @@ facts("Gadfly") do
     # plot(x::AMat, y::AMat; kw...)              # multiple lines (one per column of x/y... will assert size(x) == size(y))
     @fact plot!(rand(10,3), rand(10,3)) --> not(nothing)
 
-    image_comparison_tests(:gadfly, skip=[4,19], eps=1e-2)
+    image_comparison_tests(:gadfly, skip=[4,19], eps=img_eps)
 
 end
 
 facts("PyPlot") do
     @fact pyplot() --> Plots.PyPlotPackage()
     @fact backend() --> Plots.PyPlotPackage()
-    image_comparison_tests(:pyplot)
+    image_comparison_tests(:pyplot, skip=[19], eps=img_eps)
 end