diff --git a/src/gui/views/listview.py b/src/gui/views/listview.py
index f5fcfb3d2..9b616797d 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/listview.py
+++ b/src/gui/views/listview.py
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ class ListView(NavigationView):
             column = gtk.TreeViewColumn(name, self.renderer)
             
             if self.model and self.model.color_column() is not None:
-                fg_col = self.model.color_column()
-                column.add_attribute(self.renderer, 'foreground', fg_col)
+                column.set_cell_data_func(self.renderer, self.foreground_color)
 
             if pair[1] in self.markup_columns:
                 column.add_attribute(self.renderer, 'markup', pair[1])
@@ -237,6 +236,14 @@ class ListView(NavigationView):
             self.list.append_column(column)
             index += 1
 
+    def foreground_color(self, column, renderer, model, iter_):
+        '''
+        Set the foreground color of the cell renderer.  We use a cell data
+        function because we don't want to set the color of untagged rows.
+        '''
+        fg_color = model.get_value(iter_, model.color_column())
+        renderer.set_property('foreground', fg_color)
+
     def set_active(self):
         NavigationView.set_active(self)
         self.uistate.show_filter_results(self.dbstate, 
diff --git a/src/gui/views/treemodels/familymodel.py b/src/gui/views/treemodels/familymodel.py
index b4393c805..1b884341a 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/treemodels/familymodel.py
+++ b/src/gui/views/treemodels/familymodel.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class FamilyModel(FlatBaseModel):
         """
         Return the tag color.
         """
-        tag_color = '#000000000000'
+        tag_color = None
         tag_priority = None
         for handle in data[13]:
             tag = self.db.get_tag_from_handle(handle)
diff --git a/src/gui/views/treemodels/mediamodel.py b/src/gui/views/treemodels/mediamodel.py
index 7ba1fcaae..eba60e098 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/treemodels/mediamodel.py
+++ b/src/gui/views/treemodels/mediamodel.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class MediaModel(FlatBaseModel):
         """
         Return the tag color.
         """
-        tag_color = '#000000000000'
+        tag_color = None
         tag_priority = None
         for handle in data[10]:
             tag = self.db.get_tag_from_handle(handle)
diff --git a/src/gui/views/treemodels/notemodel.py b/src/gui/views/treemodels/notemodel.py
index d3ecc400a..8575d3138 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/treemodels/notemodel.py
+++ b/src/gui/views/treemodels/notemodel.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class NoteModel(FlatBaseModel):
         """
         Return the tag color.
         """
-        tag_color = '#000000000000'
+        tag_color = None
         tag_priority = None
         for handle in data[Note.POS_TAGS]:
             tag = self.db.get_tag_from_handle(handle)
diff --git a/src/gui/views/treemodels/peoplemodel.py b/src/gui/views/treemodels/peoplemodel.py
index 21f682fd5..de7686efb 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/treemodels/peoplemodel.py
+++ b/src/gui/views/treemodels/peoplemodel.py
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ class PeopleBaseModel(object):
         """
         Return the tag color.
         """
-        tag_color = '#000000000000'
+        tag_color = None
         tag_priority = None
         for handle in data[COLUMN_TAGS]:
             tag = self.db.get_tag_from_handle(handle)