diff --git a/app/widgets/gimptextstyleeditor.c b/app/widgets/gimptextstyleeditor.c
index e6fb86320b0b386b2fa7afd328d57853465d7eee..0b74d8f2e0d9386a9f8ae01a910f18664f9b43e9 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimptextstyleeditor.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimptextstyleeditor.c
@@ -948,6 +948,7 @@ gimp_text_style_editor_update_idle (GimpTextStyleEditor *editor)
             }
 
           if (! any_toggle_active &&
+              color_differs       &&
               font_differs        &&
               size_differs        &&
               baseline_differs    &&