diff --git a/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx b/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx
index aa6cd82b58..297d4ebd0d 100644
--- a/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ reset() {
   _color_write_mask = ColorWriteAttrib::C_all;
 
   _has_scene_graph_color = false;
+  _scene_graph_color.set(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
   _transform_stale = true;
   _color_blend_involves_color_scale = false;
   _texture_involves_color_scale = false;
@@ -1560,6 +1561,7 @@ do_issue_color() {
   case ColorAttrib::T_off:
     // Color attribute off: it specifies that no scene graph color is
     // in effect, and vertex color is not important either.
+    _scene_graph_color.set(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
     _has_scene_graph_color = false;
     _vertex_colors_enabled = false;
     break;
@@ -1567,6 +1569,7 @@ do_issue_color() {
   case ColorAttrib::T_vertex:
     // Color attribute vertex: it specifies that vertex color should
     // be revealed.
+    _scene_graph_color.set(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
     _has_scene_graph_color = false;
     _vertex_colors_enabled = true;
     break;
diff --git a/panda/src/tinydisplay/tinyGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx b/panda/src/tinydisplay/tinyGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx
index 15afda4900..2b075eb92a 100644
--- a/panda/src/tinydisplay/tinyGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/tinydisplay/tinyGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx
@@ -961,19 +961,12 @@ begin_draw_primitives(const GeomPipelineReader *geom_reader,
   }
 
   if (!needs_color) {
-    if (_has_scene_graph_color) {
-      const Colorf &d = _scene_graph_color;
-      _c->current_color.X = d[0];
-      _c->current_color.Y = d[1];
-      _c->current_color.Z = d[2];
-      _c->current_color.W = d[3];
-      
-    } else {
-      _c->current_color.X = 1.0f;
-      _c->current_color.Y = 1.0f;
-      _c->current_color.Z = 1.0f;
-      _c->current_color.W = 1.0f;
-    }
+    const Colorf &d = _scene_graph_color;
+    const Colorf &s = _current_color_scale;
+    _c->current_color.X = d[0] * s[0];
+    _c->current_color.Y = d[1] * s[1];
+    _c->current_color.Z = d[2] * s[2];
+    _c->current_color.W = d[3] * s[3];
   }
 
   bool needs_normal = false;
@@ -1021,10 +1014,11 @@ begin_draw_primitives(const GeomPipelineReader *geom_reader,
 
     if (needs_color) {
       const Colorf &d = rcolor.get_data4f();
-      _c->current_color.X = d[0];
-      _c->current_color.Y = d[1];
-      _c->current_color.Z = d[2];
-      _c->current_color.W = d[3];
+      const Colorf &s = _current_color_scale;
+      _c->current_color.X = d[0] * s[0];
+      _c->current_color.Y = d[1] * s[1];
+      _c->current_color.Z = d[2] * s[2];
+      _c->current_color.W = d[3] * s[3];
       
       if (_color_material_flags) {
         if (_color_material_flags & CMF_ambient) {