diff --git a/joypy/joyplot.py b/joypy/joyplot.py
index 4a16e43..5a0952c 100644
--- a/joypy/joyplot.py
+++ b/joypy/joyplot.py
@@ -464,7 +464,8 @@ def _get_color(i, num_axes, j, num_subgroups):
 
         if hist:
             # matplotlib hist() already handles multiple subgroups in a histogram
-            a.hist(group, label=sublabels, bins=bins, color=color,
+            group_color = _get_color(i, num_axes, 0, num_subgroups)
+            a.hist(group, label=sublabels, bins=bins, color=group_color,
                    range=[min(global_x_range), max(global_x_range)],
                    edgecolor=linecolor, zorder=group_zorder, **kwargs)
         else:
@@ -582,4 +583,3 @@ def _get_color(i, num_axes, j, num_subgroups):
     fig.tight_layout(h_pad=h_pad)
 
     return fig, _axes
-