diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_scale.c b/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
index f741419e7e..7aebf56ad8 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
@@ -572,8 +572,16 @@ static const AVOption scale_options[] = {
     { "interl", "set interlacing", OFFSET(interlaced), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = 0 }, -1, 1, FLAGS },
     { "size",   "set video size",          OFFSET(size_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = NULL}, 0, FLAGS },
     { "s",      "set video size",          OFFSET(size_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = NULL}, 0, FLAGS },
-    {  "in_color_matrix", "set input YCbCr type",   OFFSET(in_color_matrix),  AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = "auto" }, .flags = FLAGS },
-    { "out_color_matrix", "set output YCbCr type",  OFFSET(out_color_matrix), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = NULL }, .flags = FLAGS },
+    {  "in_color_matrix", "set input YCbCr type",   OFFSET(in_color_matrix),  AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = "auto" }, .flags = FLAGS, "color" },
+    { "out_color_matrix", "set output YCbCr type",  OFFSET(out_color_matrix), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = NULL }, .flags = FLAGS,  "color"},
+        { "auto",        NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .str = "auto" },      0, 0, FLAGS, "color" },
+        { "bt601",       NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .str = "bt601" },     0, 0, FLAGS, "color" },
+        { "bt470",       NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .str = "bt470" },     0, 0, FLAGS, "color" },
+        { "smpte170m",   NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .str = "smpte170m" }, 0, 0, FLAGS, "color" },
+        { "bt709",       NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .str = "bt709" },     0, 0, FLAGS, "color" },
+        { "fcc",         NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .str = "fcc" },       0, 0, FLAGS, "color" },
+        { "smpte240m",   NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .str = "smpte240m" }, 0, 0, FLAGS, "color" },
+        { "bt2020",      NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .str = "bt2020" },    0, 0, FLAGS, "color" },
     {  "in_range", "set input color range",  OFFSET( in_range), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = AVCOL_RANGE_UNSPECIFIED }, 0, 2, FLAGS, "range" },
     { "out_range", "set output color range", OFFSET(out_range), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = AVCOL_RANGE_UNSPECIFIED }, 0, 2, FLAGS, "range" },
     { "auto",   NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AVCOL_RANGE_UNSPECIFIED }, 0, 0, FLAGS, "range" },