1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index 6618cd8b92..b29d09c7f6 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int word_char(char ch)
 static void output_color(struct grep_opt *opt, const void *data, size_t size,
 			 const char *color)
 {
-	if (opt->color && color && color[0]) {
+	if (want_color(opt->color) && color && color[0]) {
 		opt->output(opt, color, strlen(color));
 		opt->output(opt, data, size);
 		opt->output(opt, GIT_COLOR_RESET, strlen(GIT_COLOR_RESET));