diff --git a/display/overlays/filteroverlay.js b/display/overlays/filteroverlay.js
index 76db39e8c433dc237899646036cdabf79ba57aba..36c1cbb4cd58424c4e7c0f306128576013e48ca1 100644
--- a/display/overlays/filteroverlay.js
+++ b/display/overlays/filteroverlay.js
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ class FilterOverlay {
             jQuery(relation).click((event) => this.toggleVisibility(event));
 
             const colorStrip = Helpers.createDiv("rel-container", relation);
-            colorStrip.style.backgroundColor = this.graph.edgeColors[link];
+            colorStrip.style.backgroundColor =
+                this.type === "link"
+                    ? this.graph.edgeColors[link]
+                    : this.graph.nodeColors[link];
             colorStrip.style.width = 10 * chars + "px";
         }
     }