diff --git a/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/chart.py b/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/chart.py
index ac5a0618df..bfcfce3cb0 100644
--- a/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/chart.py
+++ b/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/chart.py
@@ -477,11 +477,16 @@ def get_data(self, element, ranges, style):
         data, mapping, style = HistogramPlot.get_data(self, element, ranges, style)
         color_dims = [d for d in self.adjoined.traverse(lambda x: x.handles.get('color_dim'))
                       if d is not None]
-        dim = color_dims[0] if color_dims else None
-        cmapper = self._get_colormapper(dim, element, {}, {})
-        if cmapper and dim in element.dimensions():
-            data[dim.name] = [] if self.static_source else element.dimension_values(dim)
-            mapping['fill_color'] = {'field': dim.name,
+        dimension = color_dims[0] if color_dims else None
+        cmapper = self._get_colormapper(dimension, element, {}, {})
+        if cmapper and dimension in element.dimensions():
+            if isinstance(dimension, dim):
+                dim_name = dimension.dimension.name
+                data[dim_name] = [] if self.static_source else dimension.apply(element)
+            else:
+                dim_name = dimension.name
+                data[dim_name] = [] if self.static_source else element.dimension_values(dimension)
+            mapping['fill_color'] = {'field': dim_name,
                                      'transform': cmapper}
         return (data, mapping, style)
 
diff --git a/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/element.py b/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/element.py
index 5914022258..36fe9c54a7 100644
--- a/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/element.py
+++ b/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/element.py
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 
 from bokeh.core.properties import value
 from bokeh.document.events import ModelChangedEvent
-from bokeh.models import Renderer, Title, Legend, ColorBar, tools
+from bokeh.models import (
+    ColorBar, ColorMapper, Legend, Renderer, Title, tools
+)
 from bokeh.models.axes import CategoricalAxis, DatetimeAxis
 from bokeh.models.formatters import (
     FuncTickFormatter, TickFormatter, MercatorTickFormatter
@@ -1720,12 +1722,17 @@ def _get_colormapper(self, eldim, element, ranges, style, factors=None, colors=N
 
         # Attempt to find matching colormapper on the adjoined plot
         if self.adjoined:
-            cmapper_name = dim_name+name
-            cmappers = self.adjoined.traverse(lambda x: (x.handles.get('color_dim'),
-                                                         x.handles.get(name, x.handles.get(cmapper_name))))
-            cmappers = [cmap for cdim, cmap in cmappers if cdim == eldim]
+            cmappers = self.adjoined.traverse(
+                lambda x: (x.handles.get('color_dim'),
+                           x.handles.get(name),
+                           [v for v in x.handles.values()
+                            if isinstance(v, ColorMapper)])
+                )
+            cmappers = [(cmap, mappers) for cdim, cmap, mappers in cmappers
+                        if cdim == eldim]
             if cmappers:
-                cmapper = cmappers[0]
+                cmapper, mappers  = cmappers[0]
+                cmapper = cmapper if cmapper else mappers[0]
                 self.handles['color_mapper'] = cmapper
                 return cmapper
             else:
diff --git a/holoviews/plotting/mpl/path.py b/holoviews/plotting/mpl/path.py
index 43de6c1278..d145a9934f 100644
--- a/holoviews/plotting/mpl/path.py
+++ b/holoviews/plotting/mpl/path.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class PathPlot(ColorbarPlot):
     style_opts = ['alpha', 'color', 'linestyle', 'linewidth', 'visible', 'cmap']
 
     def get_data(self, element, ranges, style):
-        cdim = element.get_dimension(self.color_index or style.get('color'))
+        cdim = element.get_dimension(self.color_index)
 
         with abbreviated_exception():
             style = self._apply_transforms(element, ranges, style)
diff --git a/holoviews/plotting/plot.py b/holoviews/plotting/plot.py
index 6425d7e1d1..5e159d8b5d 100644
--- a/holoviews/plotting/plot.py
+++ b/holoviews/plotting/plot.py
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ def _compute_group_range(cls, group, elements, ranges, framewise, top_level):
                     dim_name = repr(v)
                     if dim_name in prev_ranges and not framewise:
                         continue
-                    values = v.apply(el, expanded=False, all_values=True)
+                    values = v.apply(el, all_values=True)
                     factors = None
                     if values.dtype.kind == 'M':
                         drange = values.min(), values.max()