diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/visual_database_display/visual_database_display_color_filter_widget.cpp b/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/visual_database_display/visual_database_display_color_filter_widget.cpp
index 82c3f5801..dba081de9 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/visual_database_display/visual_database_display_color_filter_widget.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/visual_database_display/visual_database_display_color_filter_widget.cpp
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ QList<QChar> VisualDatabaseDisplayColorFilterWidget::getActiveColors()
 void VisualDatabaseDisplayColorFilterWidget::syncWithFilterModel()
 {
     // Determine the correct currentMode from the filter model by finding which modes
-    // are not possible due to the model containing filters that that mode cannot add.
+    // are not possible due to the model containing (a combination of) filters that
+    // that mode cannot add.
     constexpr int modeCount = static_cast<int>(FilterMode::End);
     bool modeImpossible[modeCount] = {};
 
@@ -262,23 +263,29 @@ void VisualDatabaseDisplayColorFilterWidget::syncWithFilterModel()
     filters.append(filterModel->getFiltersOfType(CardFilter::Attr::AttrColor));
     filters.append(filterModel->getFiltersOfType(CardFilter::Attr::AttrColorIdentity));
 
-    if (filters.empty()) {
-        // Remove the modes that should always contain filters.
-        for (int i = 0; i < modeCount; ++i) {
-            FilterModeInfo modeInfo = getFilterModeInfo(static_cast<FilterMode>(i));
-            if (modeInfo.includeType != CardFilter::Type::TypeEnd &&
-                modeInfo.excludeType != CardFilter::Type::TypeEnd) {
-                modeImpossible[i] = true;
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
+    for (int i = 0; i < modeCount; ++i) {
+        FilterModeInfo modeInfo = getFilterModeInfo(static_cast<FilterMode>(i));
+
         // Remove the modes that cannot create one of the filters.
         for (const CardFilter *filter : filters) {
-            for (int i = 0; i < modeCount; ++i) {
-                FilterModeInfo modeInfo = getFilterModeInfo(static_cast<FilterMode>(i));
-                if (filter->attr() != modeInfo.attr ||
-                    (filter->type() != modeInfo.includeType && filter->type() != modeInfo.excludeType)) {
+            if (filter->attr() != modeInfo.attr ||
+                (filter->type() != modeInfo.includeType && filter->type() != modeInfo.excludeType)) {
+                modeImpossible[i] = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Modes that have both an include and exclude filter should always have a filter for each color.
+        if (modeInfo.includeType != CardFilter::Type::TypeEnd && modeInfo.excludeType != CardFilter::Type::TypeEnd &&
+            !modeImpossible[i]) {
+            for (const QChar &color : QString("WUBRG")) {
+                int count = 0;
+                for (const CardFilter *filter : filters) {
+                    count += filter->term() == color;
+                }
+                if (count != 1) {
                     modeImpossible[i] = true;
+                    break;
                 }
             }
         }