diff --git a/basis/ui/tools/listener/completion/completion.factor b/basis/ui/tools/listener/completion/completion.factor
index f215e297ff..760b959e78 100644
--- a/basis/ui/tools/listener/completion/completion.factor
+++ b/basis/ui/tools/listener/completion/completion.factor
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ M: definition-completion row-columns
 
 M: word-completion row-color
     [ vocabulary>> ] [ manifest>> ] bi* {
+        { [ dup not ] [ COLOR: black ] }
         { [ 2dup search-vocabs>> memq? ] [ COLOR: black ] }
         { [ over ".private" tail? ] [ COLOR: dark-red ] }
         [ COLOR: dark-gray ]