diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js
index 19be3d12035..46035e1f3f5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function categoryLinkHTML(category, options) {
   if (options.hash) {
     if (options.hash.allowUncategorized) { categoryOptions.allowUncategorized = true; }
     if (options.hash.showParent) { categoryOptions.showParent = true; }
-    if (options.hash.clearChildColor) { categoryOptions.clearChildColor = true; }
+    if (options.hash.onlyStripe) { categoryOptions.onlyStripe = true; }
     if (options.hash.link !== undefined) { categoryOptions.link = options.hash.link; }
     if (options.hash.extraClasses) { categoryOptions.extraClasses = options.hash.extraClasses; }
     if (options.hash.categories) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/html.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/html.js
index a462a1f9909..4ca0e163012 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/html.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/html.js
@@ -89,18 +89,19 @@ Discourse.HTML = {
         url = Discourse.getURL("/category/") + Discourse.Category.slugFor(category),
         elem = (opts.link === false ? 'span' : 'a'),
         extraClasses = (opts.extraClasses ? (' ' + opts.extraClasses) : ''),
-        html = "<" + elem + " href=\"" + (opts.link === false ? '' : url) + "\" ";
+        html = "<" + elem + " href=\"" + (opts.link === false ? '' : url) + "\" ",
+        categoryStyle;
 
     html += "data-drop-close=\"true\" class=\"badge-category" + (restricted ? ' restricted' : '' ) +
-            (opts.clearChildColor ? ' clear-badge' : '') +
+            (opts.onlyStripe ? ' clear-badge' : '') +
             extraClasses + "\" ";
     name = Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(name);
 
     // Add description if we have it, without tags. Server has sanitized the description value.
     if (description) html += "title=\"" + $("<div/>").html(description).text() + "\" ";
 
-    if (!opts.clearChildColor) {
-      var categoryStyle = Discourse.HTML.categoryStyle(category);
+    if (!opts.onlyStripe) {
+      categoryStyle = Discourse.HTML.categoryStyle(category);
       if (categoryStyle) {
         html += "style=\"" + categoryStyle + "\" ";
       }
@@ -114,7 +115,8 @@ Discourse.HTML = {
 
     if (opts.showParent && category.get('parent_category_id')) {
       var parent = Discourse.Category.findById(category.get('parent_category_id'));
-      html = "<span class='badge-wrapper'><" + elem + " class='badge-category-parent" + extraClasses + "' style=\"" + (Discourse.HTML.categoryStyle(parent)||'') +
+      categoryStyle = Discourse.HTML.categoryStyle(opts.onlyStripe ? category : parent) || '';
+      html = "<span class='badge-wrapper'><" + elem + " class='badge-category-parent" + extraClasses + "' style=\"" + categoryStyle + 
              "\" href=\"" + (opts.link === false ? '' : url) + "\"><span class='category-name'>" +
              (Em.get(parent, 'read_restricted') ? "<i class='fa fa-group'></i> " : "") +
              Em.get(parent, 'name') + "</span></" + elem + ">" +
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/discovery/categories.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/discovery/categories.js.handlebars
index 7e7b6f4576f..68cb456bec2 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/discovery/categories.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/discovery/categories.js.handlebars
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
             {{#if subcategories}}
               <div class='subcategories'>
                 {{#each subcategories}}
-                  {{category-link this showParent=true clearChildColor=true}}
+                  {{category-link this showParent=true onlyStripe=true}}
                   {{#if unreadTopics}}
                     <a href={{unbound unreadUrl}} class='badge new-posts badge-notification' title='{{i18n topic.unread_topics count="unreadTopics"}}'>{{unbound unreadTopics}}</a>
                   {{/if}}