diff --git a/xgi/drawing/draw.py b/xgi/drawing/draw.py
index 37032ea4e..09dfe5d18 100644
--- a/xgi/drawing/draw.py
+++ b/xgi/drawing/draw.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import seaborn as sb  # for cmap "crest"
 from matplotlib import cm
+from matplotlib.colors import is_color_like
 from matplotlib.patches import FancyArrowPatch
 from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d import (
     Line3DCollection,
@@ -433,10 +434,6 @@ def draw_nodes(
     settings.update(params)
     settings.update(kwargs)
 
-    # avoid matplotlib scatter UserWarning "Parameters 'cmap' will be ignored"
-    if isinstance(node_fc, str):
-        node_fc_cmap = None
-
     ax, pos = _draw_init(H, ax, pos)
 
     # convert pos to format convenient for scatter
@@ -450,6 +447,12 @@ def draw_nodes(
     node_fc = _draw_arg_to_arr(node_fc)
     node_lw = _draw_arg_to_arr(node_lw)
 
+    # avoid matplotlib scatter UserWarning "Parameters 'cmap' will be ignored"
+    if isinstance(node_fc, str) or (
+        isinstance(node_fc, np.ndarray) and is_color_like(node_fc[0])
+    ):
+        node_fc_cmap = None
+
     # check validity of input values
     if np.any(node_size < 0):
         raise ValueError("node_size cannot contain negative values.")