diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
index 8d29df3b72e8..b113b0f21156 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ def set_facecolor(self, color):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        color : color
+        color : color; see :ref:`colors_def`
         """
         self._facecolor = color
         self.stale = True
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_secondary_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_secondary_axes.py
index f0ab4f3e3be8..4c757f61c7b6 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_secondary_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_secondary_axes.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def set_color(self, color):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        color : color
+        color : color; see :ref:`colors_def`
         """
         axis = self._axis_map[self._orientation]
         axis.set_tick_params(colors=color)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
index 2b83a7ae4a73..baea9232800f 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ def set_edgecolor(self, color):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        color : color
+        color : color; see :ref:`colors_def`
         """
         self.patch.set_edgecolor(color)
 
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ def set_facecolor(self, color):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        color : color
+        color : color; see :ref:`colors_def`
         """
         self.patch.set_facecolor(color)
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/lines.py b/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
index 31b931a52c82..0b4b8d48adc2 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ def set_color(self, color):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        color : color
+        color : color; see :ref:`colors_def`
         """
         mcolors._check_color_like(color=color)
         self._color = color
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/patches.py b/lib/matplotlib/patches.py
index 7b9e6e7aa060..d1537322ab76 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/patches.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/patches.py
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ def set_edgecolor(self, color):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        color : color or None
+        color : color or None; see :ref:`colors_def`
         """
         self._original_edgecolor = color
         self._set_edgecolor(color)
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ def set_facecolor(self, color):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        color : color or None
+        color : color or None; see :ref:`colors_def`
         """
         self._original_facecolor = color
         self._set_facecolor(color)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/text.py b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
index 7a58ce717200..6371e03603d6 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/text.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ def set_backgroundcolor(self, color):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        color : color
+        color : color; see :ref:`colors_def`
 
         See Also
         --------
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ def set_color(self, color):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        color : color
+        color : color; see :ref:`colors_def`
         """
         # "auto" is only supported by axisartist, but we can just let it error
         # out at draw time for simplicity.