diff --git a/src/figureplotting.jl b/src/figureplotting.jl
index 968758dacfd..7fe127f6374 100644
--- a/src/figureplotting.jl
+++ b/src/figureplotting.jl
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ function get_axis(fig, P, axis_kw::Dict, plot_attr, plot_args)
         # Remove arguments may not work with plotting into the scene
         delete!(plot_attr, :show_axis)
         delete!(plot_attr, :limits)
-        delete!(plot_attr, :color) # Color may contain Cycled(1), which needs the axis to get resolved to a color
+        if get(plot_attr, :color, nothing) isa Cycled
+            # Color may contain Cycled(1), which needs the axis to get resolved to a color
+            delete!(plot_attr, :color)
+        end
         plot!(proxyscene, P, Attributes(plot_attr), plot_args...)
         if is2d(proxyscene)
             ax = Axis(fig; axis_kw...)