diff --git a/toonz/sources/include/toonz/navigationtags.h b/toonz/sources/include/toonz/navigationtags.h
index e5ee6270..06d9fd84 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/include/toonz/navigationtags.h
+++ b/toonz/sources/include/toonz/navigationtags.h
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ public:
   };
   std::vector<Tag> m_tags;
 
-  NavigationTags() {}
+  QColor m_lastTagColorUsed;
+
+  NavigationTags();
   ~NavigationTags() {}
 
   std::vector<Tag> getTags() { return m_tags; }
diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonzlib/navigationtags.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonzlib/navigationtags.cpp
index 4ef73203..2fdf12a4 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonzlib/navigationtags.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonzlib/navigationtags.cpp
@@ -2,11 +2,21 @@
 
 #include "tstream.h"
 #include "texception.h"
+#include "tenv.h"
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <limits.h>
 #endif
 
+TEnv::IntVar NavigationTagLastColorR("NavigationTagLastColorR", 255);
+TEnv::IntVar NavigationTagLastColorG("NavigationTagLastColorG", 0);
+TEnv::IntVar NavigationTagLastColorB("NavigationTagLastColorB", 255);
+
+NavigationTags::NavigationTags() {
+  m_lastTagColorUsed = QColor(NavigationTagLastColorR, NavigationTagLastColorG,
+                              NavigationTagLastColorB);
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 int NavigationTags::getCount() const {
@@ -28,7 +38,7 @@ NavigationTags::Tag NavigationTags::getTag(int frame) {
 void NavigationTags::addTag(int frame, QString label) {
   if (frame < 0 || isTagged(frame)) return;
 
-  m_tags.push_back(Tag(frame, label));
+  m_tags.push_back(Tag(frame, label, m_lastTagColorUsed));
 
   std::sort(m_tags.begin(), m_tags.end());
 }
@@ -146,7 +156,7 @@ void NavigationTags::setTagLabel(int frame, QString label) {
 QColor NavigationTags::getTagColor(int frame) {
   Tag tag = getTag(frame);
 
-  return tag.m_color;
+  return (tag.m_frame == -1) ? m_lastTagColorUsed : tag.m_color;
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -159,6 +169,11 @@ void NavigationTags::setTagColor(int frame, QColor color) {
       m_tags[i].m_color = color;
       break;
     }
+
+  m_lastTagColorUsed      = color;
+  NavigationTagLastColorR = color.red();
+  NavigationTagLastColorG = color.green();
+  NavigationTagLastColorB = color.blue();
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------