diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 81e2d49..6053f6d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Yael Mintz
 Lumír 'Frenzy' Balhar
 Lukas Klenk
 sizhky
+Andrej730
diff --git a/pysnooper/__init__.py b/pysnooper/__init__.py
index df9fc90..027a7f2 100644
--- a/pysnooper/__init__.py
+++ b/pysnooper/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import collections
 __VersionInfo = collections.namedtuple('VersionInfo',
                                        ('major', 'minor', 'micro'))
 
-__version__ = '1.2.2'
+__version__ = '1.2.3'
 __version_info__ = __VersionInfo(*(map(int, __version__.split('.'))))
 
 del collections, __VersionInfo # Avoid polluting the namespace
diff --git a/pysnooper/tracer.py b/pysnooper/tracer.py
index 206866c..59509f2 100644
--- a/pysnooper/tracer.py
+++ b/pysnooper/tracer.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class Tracer:
         self.max_variable_length = max_variable_length
         self.normalize = normalize
         self.relative_time = relative_time
-        self.color = color
+        self.color = color and (output is None)
 
         if self.color:
             self._FOREGROUND_BLUE = '\x1b[34m'