diff --git a/packages/icons/README.md b/packages/icons/README.md
index 7c3d9126cee7..5f90223f6684 100644
--- a/packages/icons/README.md
+++ b/packages/icons/README.md
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ svg [data-icon-path='inner-path'] {
 }
 ```
 
+<!-- alex ignore color -->
+
 In the code snippet above, we are targetting the inner path attribute with
 `[data-icon-path="inner-path"]`. The value of `fill` will be the custom color
 you would like to set for the inner path. We also need to set `opacity` to `1`