diff --git a/src/OT/Color/COLR/COLR.hh b/src/OT/Color/COLR/COLR.hh
index 408ed5060..061073dff 100644
--- a/src/OT/Color/COLR/COLR.hh
+++ b/src/OT/Color/COLR/COLR.hh
@@ -2085,9 +2085,9 @@ struct COLR
 	if (is_bounded)
 	  c.recurse (*paint);
 
+	// We push root transform first and clip after in this backend
 	c.funcs->pop_clip (c.data);
-
-        c.funcs->pop_transform (c.data);
+	c.funcs->pop_transform (c.data);
 
         return true;
       }
diff --git a/src/hb-ft-colr.hh b/src/hb-ft-colr.hh
index 642897fd9..5a282e2fa 100644
--- a/src/hb-ft-colr.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ft-colr.hh
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ hb_ft_paint_glyph_colr (hb_font_t *font,
     if (is_bounded)
       c.recurse (paint);
 
+    // We push clip first and root transform after in this backend
     c.funcs->pop_transform (c.data);
     c.funcs->pop_clip (c.data);