diff --git a/src/ui/public/stringify/types/color.js b/src/ui/public/stringify/types/color.js
index 871a520304fc5..ed90c52027dfd 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/stringify/types/color.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/stringify/types/color.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export default function ColorFormatProvider(Private) {
   const FieldFormat = Private(IndexPatternsFieldFormatProvider);
   const DEFAULT_COLOR = {
     range: `${Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY}:${Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY}`,
-    regex: '#000000',
+    regex: '<insert regex>',
     text: '#000000',
     background: '#ffffff'
   };