diff --git a/add-interactive.c b/add-interactive.c
index c298a8b80f..54dfdc56f5 100644
--- a/add-interactive.c
+++ b/add-interactive.c
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ void init_add_i_state(struct add_i_state *s, struct repository *r)
 
 	init_color(r, s, "diff.frag", s->fraginfo_color,
 		   diff_get_color(s->use_color, DIFF_FRAGINFO));
-	init_color(r, s, "diff.context", s->context_color,
-		diff_get_color(s->use_color, DIFF_CONTEXT));
+	init_color(r, s, "diff.context", s->context_color, "fall back");
+	if (!strcmp(s->context_color, "fall back"))
+		init_color(r, s, "diff.plain", s->context_color,
+			   diff_get_color(s->use_color, DIFF_CONTEXT));
 	init_color(r, s, "diff.old", s->file_old_color,
 		diff_get_color(s->use_color, DIFF_FILE_OLD));
 	init_color(r, s, "diff.new", s->file_new_color,
diff --git a/git-add--interactive.perl b/git-add--interactive.perl
index b42e15a575..f68b68f9ce 100755
--- a/git-add--interactive.perl
+++ b/git-add--interactive.perl
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ my ($fraginfo_color) =
 	$diff_use_color ? (
 		$repo->get_color('color.diff.frag', 'cyan'),
 	) : ();
-my ($diff_plain_color) =
+my ($diff_context_color) =
 	$diff_use_color ? (
-		$repo->get_color('color.diff.plain', ''),
+		$repo->get_color($repo->config('color.diff.context') ? 'color.diff.context' : 'color.diff.plain', ''),
 	) : ();
 my ($diff_old_color) =
 	$diff_use_color ? (
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ sub color_diff {
 		colored((/^@/  ? $fraginfo_color :
 			 /^\+/ ? $diff_new_color :
 			 /^-/  ? $diff_old_color :
-			 $diff_plain_color),
+			 $diff_context_color),
 			$_);
 	} @_;
 }