diff --git a/src/environments/array.js b/src/environments/array.js
index 134f2d0c..6eaceac5 100644
--- a/src/environments/array.js
+++ b/src/environments/array.js
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ function parseArray(
         }
     }
 
+    // Start group for first cell
+    parser.gullet.beginGroup();
+
     let row = [];
     const body = [row];
     const rowGaps = [];
@@ -88,7 +91,11 @@ function parseArray(
     hLinesBeforeRow.push(getHLines(parser));
 
     while (true) {  // eslint-disable-line no-constant-condition
+        // Parse each cell in its own group (namespace)
         let cell = parser.parseExpression(false, "\\cr");
+        parser.gullet.endGroup();
+        parser.gullet.beginGroup();
+
         cell = {
             type: "ordgroup",
             mode: parser.mode,
@@ -132,7 +139,12 @@ function parseArray(
                                  parser.nextToken);
         }
     }
+
+    // End cell group
     parser.gullet.endGroup();
+    // End array group defining \\
+    parser.gullet.endGroup();
+
     return {
         type: "array",
         mode: parser.mode,
@@ -671,6 +683,7 @@ defineEnvironment({
             body: [res],
             left: delimiters[0],
             right: delimiters[1],
+            rightColor: undefined, // \right uninfluenced by \color in array
         } : res;
     },
     htmlBuilder,
@@ -775,6 +788,7 @@ defineEnvironment({
             body: [res],
             left: "\\{",
             right: ".",
+            rightColor: undefined,
         };
     },
     htmlBuilder,
diff --git a/src/functions/color.js b/src/functions/color.js
index f2aabe78..305dac9a 100644
--- a/src/functions/color.js
+++ b/src/functions/color.js
@@ -67,7 +67,13 @@ defineFunction({
     handler({parser, breakOnTokenText}, args) {
         const color = assertNodeType(args[0], "color-token").color;
 
-        // If we see a styling function, parse out the implicit body
+        // Set macro \current@color in current namespace to store the current
+        // color, mimicking the behavior of color.sty.
+        // This is currently used just to correctly color a \right
+        // that follows a \color command.
+        parser.gullet.macros.set("\\current@color", color);
+
+        // Parse out the implicit body that should be colored.
         const body = parser.parseExpression(true, breakOnTokenText);
 
         return {
diff --git a/src/functions/delimsizing.js b/src/functions/delimsizing.js
index 2f8a087c..25c26017 100644
--- a/src/functions/delimsizing.js
+++ b/src/functions/delimsizing.js
@@ -145,10 +145,16 @@ defineFunction({
         // \left case below triggers parsing of \right in
         //   `const right = parser.parseFunction();`
         // uses this return value.
+        const color = context.parser.gullet.macros.get("\\current@color");
+        if (color && typeof color !== "string") {
+            throw new ParseError(
+                "\\current@color set to non-string in \\right");
+        }
         return {
             type: "leftright-right",
             mode: context.parser.mode,
             delim: checkDelimiter(args[0], context).text,
+            color, // undefined if not set via \color
         };
     },
 });
@@ -178,6 +184,7 @@ defineFunction({
             body,
             left: delim.text,
             right: right.delim,
+            rightColor: right.color,
         };
     },
     htmlBuilder: (group, options) => {
@@ -241,12 +248,14 @@ defineFunction({
         }
 
         let rightDelim;
-        // Same for the right delimiter
+        // Same for the right delimiter, but using color specified by \color
         if (group.right === ".") {
             rightDelim = html.makeNullDelimiter(options, ["mclose"]);
         } else {
+            const colorOptions = group.rightColor ?
+                options.withColor(group.rightColor) : options;
             rightDelim = delimiter.leftRightDelim(
-                group.right, innerHeight, innerDepth, options,
+                group.right, innerHeight, innerDepth, colorOptions,
                 group.mode, ["mclose"]);
         }
         // Add it to the end of the expression.
@@ -273,6 +282,10 @@ defineFunction({
 
             rightNode.setAttribute("fence", "true");
 
+            if (group.rightColor) {
+                rightNode.setAttribute("mathcolor", group.rightColor);
+            }
+
             inner.push(rightNode);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/parseNode.js b/src/parseNode.js
index 5337ebbf..5b2f0c4b 100644
--- a/src/parseNode.js
+++ b/src/parseNode.js
@@ -318,12 +318,14 @@ type ParseNodeTypes = {
         body: AnyParseNode[],
         left: string,
         right: string,
+        rightColor: ?string, // undefined means "inherit"
     |},
     "leftright-right": {|
         type: "leftright-right",
         mode: Mode,
         loc?: ?SourceLocation,
         delim: string,
+        color: ?string, // undefined means "inherit"
     |},
     "mathchoice": {|
         type: "mathchoice",
diff --git a/test/katex-spec.js b/test/katex-spec.js
index 9cdf8ae5..5426be68 100644
--- a/test/katex-spec.js
+++ b/test/katex-spec.js
@@ -3123,6 +3123,21 @@ describe("A macro expander", function() {
             .toParseLike`11\sqrt[2]{2}11`;
     });
 
+    it("array cells generate groups", () => {
+        expect`\def\x{1}\begin{matrix}\x&\def\x{2}\x&\x\end{matrix}`
+            .toParseLike`\begin{matrix}1&2&1\end{matrix}`;
+    });
+
+    // TODO: This doesn't yet work; before the environment gets called,
+    // {matrix} gets consumed which means that the \def gets executed, before
+    // we can create a group. :-(  Issue #1989
+    /*
+    it("array cells generate groups", () => {
+        expect`\def\x{1}\begin{matrix}\def\x{2}&\x\end{matrix}`
+            .toParseLike`\begin{matrix}&1\end{matrix}`;
+    });
+    */
+
     it("\\gdef changes settings.macros", () => {
         const macros = {};
         expect`\gdef\foo{1}`.toParse(new Settings({macros}));
diff --git a/test/screenshotter/images/ColorImplicit-chrome.png b/test/screenshotter/images/ColorImplicit-chrome.png
index 1b153a81..d2f10d2d 100644
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diff --git a/test/screenshotter/images/ColorImplicit-firefox.png b/test/screenshotter/images/ColorImplicit-firefox.png
index b136ee3a..5467711f 100644
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diff --git a/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml b/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml
index 2bd841b3..b00638ac 100644
--- a/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml
+++ b/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ Cases: |
 Colors:
     tex: \blue{a}\textcolor{#0f0}{b}\textcolor{red}{c}
     nolatex: different syntax and different scope
-ColorImplicit: bl{ack\color{red}red\textcolor{green}{green}red\color{blue}blue}black
+ColorImplicit:
+  \begin{array}{l}
+  bl{ack\color{red}red\textcolor{green}{green}red\color{blue}blue}black \\
+  black\left(black\color{red}red\right)black
+  \end{array}
 ColorSpacing: \textcolor{red}{\displaystyle \int x} + 1
 Colorbox:  a \colorbox{teal} B \fcolorbox{blue}{red}{C} e+\colorbox{teal}x
 DashesAndQuotes: |