diff --git a/src/common/Color.ts b/src/common/Color.ts
index 5ec2d87d..b7b3ff47 100644
--- a/src/common/Color.ts
+++ b/src/common/Color.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import { isNode } from 'common/Platform';
 import { IColor, IColorRGB } from 'common/Types';
 
 let $r = 0;
@@ -117,9 +116,10 @@ export namespace color {
  * '#rrggbbaa').
  */
 export namespace css {
+  // Attempt to set get the shared canvas context
   let $ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D | undefined;
   let $litmusColor: CanvasGradient | undefined;
-  if (!isNode) {
+  try {
     // This is guaranteed to run in the first window, so document should be correct
     const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
     canvas.width = 1;
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ export namespace css {
       $litmusColor = $ctx.createLinearGradient(0, 0, 1, 1);
     }
   }
+  catch {
+    // noop
+  }
 
   /**
    * Converts a css string to an IColor, this should handle all valid CSS color strings and will