diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/speckle_utils/display_utils.py b/pygeoapi/provider/speckle_utils/display_utils.py
index 9ae1a21..4fe3ad4 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/speckle_utils/display_utils.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/speckle_utils/display_utils.py
@@ -354,6 +354,17 @@ def assign_color(self: "SpeckleProvider", obj_display_tc: "TraversalContext", pr
     obj_display = obj_display_tc.current
 
     try:
+        # first, choose if get color from the parent obj or displayValue
+        if hasattr(obj_display, 'displayStyle') or hasattr(obj_display, '@displayStyle') or hasattr(obj_display, 'renderMaterial') or hasattr(obj_display, '@renderMaterial'):
+            obj_display = obj_display_tc.current
+        else:
+            # this option will be not very reliable: 
+            # there could be different colors for diff displayValues in the list
+            if hasattr(obj_display, 'displayValue') and isinstance(obj_display['displayValue'], list) and len(obj_display['displayValue'])>0:
+                obj_display = obj_display['displayValue'][0]
+            elif hasattr(obj_display, '@displayValue') and isinstance(obj_display['@displayValue'], list) and len(obj_display['@displayValue'])>0:
+                obj_display = obj_display['@displayValue'][0]
+
         # prioritize renderMaterials for Meshes & Brep
         if isinstance(obj_display, Mesh) or isinstance(obj_display, Brep): 
             # print(obj_display.get_member_names())
diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/speckle_utils/feature_utils.py b/pygeoapi/provider/speckle_utils/feature_utils.py
index 1b704ce..f8a7233 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/speckle_utils/feature_utils.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/speckle_utils/feature_utils.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def initialize_features(self: "SpeckleProvider", all_coords, all_coord_counts, d
                     
                     obj_get_color_tc = TraversalContext(obj_get_color, "", item)
 
-                    assign_display_properties(self, feature, f_base,  obj_get_color_tc)
+                    assign_display_properties(self, feature, f_base, obj_get_color_tc)
                     feature["max_height"] = max([c[2] for c in coords])
                     feature["bbox"] = get_feature_bbox(coords)
                     data["features"].append(feature)