3 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/app/helpers/labels_helper.rb b/app/helpers/labels_helper.rb
index e5b1e6e8bc7..4e6e6805920 100644
--- a/app/helpers/labels_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/labels_helper.rb
@@ -69,13 +69,12 @@ module LabelsHelper
   end
 
   def render_colored_label(label, label_suffix = '', tooltip: true)
-    label_color = label.color || Label::DEFAULT_COLOR
-    text_color = text_color_for_bg(label_color)
+    text_color = text_color_for_bg(label.color)
 
     # Intentionally not using content_tag here so that this method can be called
     # by LabelReferenceFilter
     span = %(<span class="label color-label #{"has-tooltip" if tooltip}" ) +
-      %(style="background-color: #{label_color}; color: #{text_color}" ) +
+      %(style="background-color: #{label.color}; color: #{text_color}" ) +
       %(title="#{escape_once(label.description)}" data-container="body">) +
       %(#{escape_once(label.name)}#{label_suffix}</span>)
 
diff --git a/app/models/label.rb b/app/models/label.rb
index ddddb6bdf8f..074239702f8 100644
--- a/app/models/label.rb
+++ b/app/models/label.rb
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ class Label < ActiveRecord::Base
     template
   end
 
+  def color
+    super || DEFAULT_COLOR
+  end
+
   def text_color
     LabelsHelper.text_color_for_bg(self.color)
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/label_spec.rb b/spec/models/label_spec.rb
index 80ca19acdda..84867e3d96b 100644
--- a/spec/models/label_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/label_spec.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,23 @@ describe Label, models: true do
 
       expect(label.color).to eq('#abcdef')
     end
+
+    it 'uses default color if color is missing' do
+      label = described_class.new(color: nil)
+
+      expect(label.color).to be(Label::DEFAULT_COLOR)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#text_color' do
+    it 'uses default color if color is missing' do
+      expect(LabelsHelper).to receive(:text_color_for_bg).with(Label::DEFAULT_COLOR).
+        and_return(spy)
+
+      label = described_class.new(color: nil)
+
+      label.text_color
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#title' do