diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableBanana.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableBanana.cs
index 4b4e381efd..8625b93786 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableBanana.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableBanana.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-using osu.Framework.Bindables;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Framework.Utils;
 using osuTK.Graphics;
 
@@ -14,16 +14,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects.Drawable
         {
         }
 
-        protected override void LoadComplete()
-        {
-            base.LoadComplete();
-
-            AccentColour.BindValueChanged(accentChanged, true);
-        }
-
         private Color4? colour;
 
-        private void accentChanged(ValueChangedEvent<Color4> obj)
+        protected override void UpdateComboColour(Color4 proposedColour, IReadOnlyList<Color4> comboColours)
         {
             // override any external colour changes with banananana
             AccentColour.Value = (colour ??= getBananaColour());
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableDroplet.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableDroplet.cs
index e645b17c05..fc5a8b2938 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableDroplet.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableDroplet.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
@@ -15,13 +16,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects.Drawable
     {
         public override bool StaysOnPlate => false;
 
+        protected Container ScaleContainer;
+
         public DrawableDroplet(Droplet h)
             : base(h)
         {
         }
 
-        protected Container ScaleContainer;
-
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load()
         {
@@ -46,5 +47,11 @@ 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 % comboColours.Count];
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableFruit.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableFruit.cs
index edcb5eb13d..99f7e9386e 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableFruit.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Objects/Drawable/DrawableFruit.cs
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Utils;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
 using osuTK;
+using osuTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Objects.Drawable
 {
@@ -42,6 +44,12 @@ 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];
+        }
+
         private CatchSkinComponents getComponent(FruitVisualRepresentation hitObjectVisualRepresentation)
         {
             switch (hitObjectVisualRepresentation)