--- a/hgext/color.py	Fri Apr 19 16:57:20 2013 -0700
+++ b/hgext/color.py	Fri Apr 19 16:57:10 2013 -0700
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@
         ui.__class__ = colorui
     def colorcmd(orig, ui_, opts, cmd, cmdfunc):
         mode = _modesetup(ui_, opts)
+        colorui._colormode = mode
         if mode:
-            colorui._colormode = mode
             extstyles()
             configstyles(ui_)
         return orig(ui_, opts, cmd, cmdfunc)