diff --git a/versions/html3_2.pl b/versions/html3_2.pl
index 58429ac..0cb404c 100644
--- a/versions/html3_2.pl
+++ b/versions/html3_2.pl
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ sub process_tabular {
 
     if ($color_env) {
 	local($color_test) = join(',',@$open_tags_R);
-	if ($color_test =~ /(color{[^}]*})/g ) {
+	if ($color_test =~ /(color\{[^}]*\})/g ) {
 	    $color_env = $1;
 	}
     }
diff --git a/versions/html4_01.pl b/versions/html4_01.pl
index 9cc3e31..250b5b0 100644
--- a/versions/html4_01.pl
+++ b/versions/html4_01.pl
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ sub process_tabular {
 
     if ($color_env) {
 	local($color_test) = join(',',@$open_tags_R);
-	if ($color_test =~ /(color{[^}]*})/g ) {
+	if ($color_test =~ /(color\{[^}]*\})/g ) {
 	    $color_env = $1;
 	}
     }
diff --git a/versions/html4_1.pl b/versions/html4_1.pl
index 9cc3e31..250b5b0 100644
--- a/versions/html4_1.pl
+++ b/versions/html4_1.pl
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ sub process_tabular {
 
     if ($color_env) {
 	local($color_test) = join(',',@$open_tags_R);
-	if ($color_test =~ /(color{[^}]*})/g ) {
+	if ($color_test =~ /(color\{[^}]*\})/g ) {
 	    $color_env = $1;
 	}
     }