diff --git a/jquery.color.js b/jquery.color.js
index e599714..886c4c6 100644
--- a/jquery.color.js
+++ b/jquery.color.js
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
     // We override the animation for all of these color styles
     jQuery.each(['backgroundColor', 'borderBottomColor', 'borderLeftColor', 'borderRightColor', 'borderTopColor', 'color', 'outlineColor'], function(i,attr){
         jQuery.fx.step[attr] = function(fx){
-            if ( fx.state == 0 ) {
+            if ( !fx.colorInit ) {
                 fx.start = getColor( fx.elem, attr );
                 fx.end = getRGB( fx.end );
+                fx.colorInit = true;
             }
 
             fx.elem.style[attr] = "rgb(" + [