diff --git a/java/src/processing/mode/java/preproc/PdeParseTreeListener.java b/java/src/processing/mode/java/preproc/PdeParseTreeListener.java
index 184c22d92..74c9f1496 100644
--- a/java/src/processing/mode/java/preproc/PdeParseTreeListener.java
+++ b/java/src/processing/mode/java/preproc/PdeParseTreeListener.java
@@ -635,7 +635,8 @@ public class PdeParseTreeListener extends ProcessingBaseListener {
    * @param ctx ANTLR context for the type token.
    */
   public void exitColorPrimitiveType(ProcessingParser.ColorPrimitiveTypeContext ctx) {
-    if (ctx.getText().equals("color")) {
+    boolean isQualifiedName = ctx.getParent() instanceof ProcessingParser.QualifiedNameContext; 
+    if (ctx.getText().equals("color") && !isQualifiedName) {
       insertAfter(ctx.stop, "int");
       delete(ctx.start, ctx.stop);
     }