diff --git a/common/src/app/common/types/color.cljc b/common/src/app/common/types/color.cljc
index 7d55b99c19..37c909d4a2 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/types/color.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/types/color.cljc
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
    [:ref-id {:optional true} ::sm/uuid]
    [:ref-file {:optional true} ::sm/uuid]])
 
+;; This schema represent an "applied color"
 (def schema:color
   [:and
    [:merge {:title "Color"}
diff --git a/common/src/app/common/types/path/impl.cljc b/common/src/app/common/types/path/impl.cljc
index 5ec185f1a4..ae1520e78b 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/types/path/impl.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/types/path/impl.cljc
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
    [app.common.schema.generators :as sg]
    [app.common.svg.path :as svg.path]
    [app.common.transit :as t]
-   [app.common.types.path :as-alias path])
+   [app.common.types.path :as-alias path]
+   [cuerdas.core :as str])
   (:import
    #?(:cljs [goog.string StringBuffer]
       :clj  [java.nio ByteBuffer ByteOrder])))
@@ -530,7 +531,9 @@
           :decode/json (fn [s]
                          (cond
                            (string? s)
-                           (from-string s)
+                           (if (str/empty? s)
+                             (from-plain [])
+                             (from-string s))
 
                            (vector? s)
                            (let [decode-fn (deref decoder)]