diff --git a/src/shared/format-table.c b/src/shared/format-table.c
index 10e15c9d70..38dfb145c9 100644
--- a/src/shared/format-table.c
+++ b/src/shared/format-table.c
@@ -398,6 +398,8 @@ static int table_dedup_cell(Table *t, TableCell *cell) {
         if (!nd)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
+        nd->color = od->color;
+
         table_data_unref(od);
         t->data[i] = nd;