diff --git a/command/format_state.go b/command/format_state.go
index e05eadb50..4a67ef7ee 100644
--- a/command/format_state.go
+++ b/command/format_state.go
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ func FormatState(s *terraform.State, c *colorstring.Colorize) string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return strings.TrimSpace(c.Color(buf.String()))
+	return c.Color(strings.TrimSpace(buf.String()))
 }