diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/ResizeCanvasCommand.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/ResizeCanvasCommand.php
index 79806ba2..8884230e 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/ResizeCanvasCommand.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/ResizeCanvasCommand.php
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ class ResizeCanvasCommand extends \Intervention\Image\Commands\AbstractCommand
         $canvas->getCore()->drawImage($rect);
         $canvas->getCore()->transparentPaintImage($fill, 0, 0, false);
 
+        $canvas->getCore()->setImageColorspace($image->getCore()->getImageColorspace());
+
         // copy image into new canvas
         $image->getCore()->cropImage($src_w, $src_h, $src_x, $src_y);
         $canvas->getCore()->compositeImage($image->getCore(), \Imagick::COMPOSITE_DEFAULT, $dst_x, $dst_y);
diff --git a/tests/ResizeCanvasCommandTest.php b/tests/ResizeCanvasCommandTest.php
index 9326045f..c183ff1b 100644
--- a/tests/ResizeCanvasCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/ResizeCanvasCommandTest.php
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ class ResizeCanvasCommandTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $imagick->shouldReceive('setimagepage')->with(0, 0, 0, 0)->once();
         $imagick->shouldReceive('drawimage')->once();
         $imagick->shouldReceive('transparentpaintimage')->once();
+        $imagick->shouldReceive('getimagecolorspace')->once();
+        $imagick->shouldReceive('setimagecolorspace')->once();
 
-        $canvas->shouldReceive('getCore')->times(5)->andReturn($imagick);
+        $canvas->shouldReceive('getCore')->times(6)->andReturn($imagick);
         $canvas->shouldReceive('getSize')->andReturn($canvas_size);
         $canvas->shouldReceive('pickColor')->with(0, 0, 'hex')->once()->andReturn('#000000');
         $driver = Mockery::mock('\Intervention\Image\Gd\Driver');
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ class ResizeCanvasCommandTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $image->shouldReceive('getSize')->once()->andReturn($image_size);
         $image->shouldReceive('getWidth')->once()->andReturn(800);
         $image->shouldReceive('getHeight')->once()->andReturn(600);
-        $image->shouldReceive('getCore')->times(2)->andReturn($imagick);
+        $image->shouldReceive('getCore')->times(3)->andReturn($imagick);
         $image->shouldReceive('setCore')->once();
         $command = new ResizeCanvasImagick(array(20, 40, 'center', true, '#b53717'));
         $result = $command->execute($image);