diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index bf7b70299b..a6c0804f40 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ static int populate_value(struct ref_array_item *ref, struct strbuf *err)
 			else
 				v->s = xstrdup("");
 			continue;
-		} else if (atom->u.remote_ref.push) {
+		} else if (!strcmp(atom->name, "push") || starts_with(atom->name, "push:")) {
 			const char *branch_name;
 			v->s = xstrdup("");
 			if (!skip_prefix(ref->refname, "refs/heads/",
diff --git a/t/t6302-for-each-ref-filter.sh b/t/t6302-for-each-ref-filter.sh
index 35408d53fd..529ca556c8 100755
--- a/t/t6302-for-each-ref-filter.sh
+++ b/t/t6302-for-each-ref-filter.sh
@@ -113,6 +113,25 @@ test_expect_success '%(color) must fail' '
 	test_must_fail git for-each-ref --format="%(color)%(refname)"
 '
 
+test_expect_success '%(color:#aa22ac) must succeed' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf test &&
+	git init test &&
+	(
+		cd test &&
+		test_commit initial &&
+		git branch -M main &&
+		cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+		refs/heads/main
+		refs/tags/initial
+		EOF
+		git remote add origin nowhere &&
+		git config branch.main.remote origin &&
+		git config branch.main.merge refs/heads/main &&
+		git for-each-ref --format="%(color:#aa22ac)%(refname)" >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'left alignment is default' '
 	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
 	refname is refs/heads/master  |refs/heads/master