diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableBanana.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableBanana.cs
index 8625b93786..672ff2cb3a 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableBanana.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableBanana.cs
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects.Drawable
 
         private Color4? colour;
 
-        protected override void UpdateComboColour(Color4 proposedColour, IReadOnlyList<Color4> comboColours)
+        protected override Color4 GetComboColour(IReadOnlyList<Color4> comboColours)
         {
             // override any external colour changes with banananana
-            AccentColour.Value = (colour ??= getBananaColour());
+            return colour ??= getBananaColour();
         }
 
         private Color4 getBananaColour()
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableCatchHitObject.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableCatchHitObject.cs
index 188de6a6ae..3293f41eab 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableCatchHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableCatchHitObject.cs
@@ -45,11 +45,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects.Drawable
             ScaleContainer.Scale = new Vector2(HitObject.Scale);
         }
 
-        protected override void UpdateComboColour(Color4 proposedColour, IReadOnlyList<Color4> comboColours)
-        {
-            // ignore the incoming combo colour as we use a custom lookup
-            AccentColour.Value = comboColours[(HitObject.IndexInBeatmap + 1) % comboColours.Count];
-        }
+        protected override Color4 GetComboColour(IReadOnlyList<Color4> comboColours) =>
+            comboColours[(HitObject.IndexInBeatmap + 1) % comboColours.Count];
     }
 
     public abstract class DrawableCatchHitObject<TObject> : DrawableCatchHitObject