diff --git a/papis_extract/annotation_data.py b/papis_extract/annotation_data.py
index 26e63cd..fa06e0d 100644
--- a/papis_extract/annotation_data.py
+++ b/papis_extract/annotation_data.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Annotation:
     """A PDF annotation object"""
 
     file: str
-    colors: dict = field(default_factory=lambda: {"stroke": (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)})
+    colors: tuple[float, float, float] = field(default_factory=lambda: (0.0, 0.0, 0.0))
     content: str = ""
     page: int = 0
     tag: str = ""
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Annotation:
         using euclidian distance between the two color vectors.
         """
         annot_colors = (
-            self.colors.get("stroke") or self.colors.get("fill") or (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
+            self.colors or (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
         )
         nearest = None
         minimum_similarity = (
diff --git a/papis_extract/extractor.py b/papis_extract/extractor.py
index 51d6ade..a4bc536 100644
--- a/papis_extract/extractor.py
+++ b/papis_extract/extractor.py
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ from papis_extract.annotation_data import Annotation, AnnotatedDocument
 
 logger = papis.logging.get_logger(__name__)
 
+
 def start(
     documents: list[Document],
 ) -> list[AnnotatedDocument]:
     """Extract all annotations from passed documents.
 
-    Returns all annotations contained in the papis 
+    Returns all annotations contained in the papis
     documents passed in.
     """
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ def start(
         output.append(AnnotatedDocument(doc, annotations))
     return output
 
+
 def extract(filename: Path) -> list[Annotation]:
     """Extract annotations from a file.
 
@@ -58,11 +60,16 @@ def extract(filename: Path) -> list[Annotation]:
                 quote, note = _retrieve_annotation_content(page, annot)
                 if not quote and not note:
                     continue
+                col = (
+                    annot.colors.get("fill")
+                    or annot.colors.get("stroke")
+                    or (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
+                )
                 a = Annotation(
                     file=str(filename),
                     text=quote or "",
                     content=note or "",
-                    colors=annot.colors,
+                    colors=col,
                     type=annot.type[1],
                     page=(page.number or 0) + 1,
                 )
@@ -79,8 +86,6 @@ def is_pdf(fname: Path) -> bool:
     return magic.from_file(fname, mime=True) == "application/pdf"
 
 
-
-
 def _is_file_processable(fname: Path) -> bool:
     if not fname.is_file():
         logger.error(f"File {str(fname)} not readable.")
@@ -89,6 +94,7 @@ def _is_file_processable(fname: Path) -> bool:
         return False
     return True
 
+
 def _tag_from_colorname(colorname: str) -> str:
     color_mapping: dict[str, str] = getdict("tags", "plugins.extract")
     if not color_mapping:
diff --git a/tests/test_annotation.py b/tests/test_annotation.py
index d9f6188..542c3a8 100644
--- a/tests/test_annotation.py
+++ b/tests/test_annotation.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def test_formatting(fmt_string, expected):
 
 def test_colorname_matches_exact():
     sut = Annotation(
-        "testfile", colors={"stroke": (1.0,0.0,0.0)}, minimum_similarity_color=1.0
+        "testfile", colors=(1.0,0.0,0.0), minimum_similarity_color=1.0
     )
     c_name = sut.colorname
     assert c_name == "red"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def test_colorname_matches_exact():
 )
 def test_matches_inexact_colorname(color_value):
     sut = Annotation(
-        "testfile", colors={"stroke": color_value}, minimum_similarity_color=0.833
+        "testfile", colors=color_value, minimum_similarity_color=0.833
     )
     c_name = sut.colorname
     assert c_name == "red"