diff --git a/src/highlight/highlight.rs b/src/highlight/highlight.rs
index 587e64293..4090cf569 100644
--- a/src/highlight/highlight.rs
+++ b/src/highlight/highlight.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 };
 use crate::path::{path_as_implicit_cd, path_get_cdpath, path_get_path, paths_are_same_file};
 use crate::terminal::Outputter;
-use crate::text_face::{parse_text_face, TextFace, TextStyling};
+use crate::text_face::{parse_text_face, SpecifiedTextFace, TextFace, TextStyling};
 use crate::threads::assert_is_background_thread;
 use crate::tokenizer::{variable_assignment_equals_pos, PipeOrRedir};
 use crate::wchar::{wstr, WString, L};
@@ -177,21 +177,22 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_text_face_for_highlight(
 ) -> TextFace {
     let parse_var = |maybe_var: Option<&EnvVar>| {
         let Some(var) = maybe_var else {
-            return (
-                Some(Color::Normal),
-                Some(Color::Normal),
-                TextStyling::default(),
-            );
+            return SpecifiedTextFace {
+                fg: Some(Color::Normal),
+                bg: Some(Color::Normal),
+                style: TextStyling::default(),
+            };
         };
         parse_text_face(var.as_list())
     };
-    let (fg, _bg, mut style) = parse_var(fg_var);
-    let (_fg, bg, bg_style) = parse_var(bg_var);
-    let fg = fg.unwrap_or(Color::Normal);
-    let bg = bg.unwrap_or(Color::Normal);
+    let fg_face = parse_var(fg_var);
+    let bg_face = parse_var(bg_var);
+    let fg = fg_face.fg.unwrap_or(Color::Normal);
+    let bg = bg_face.bg.unwrap_or(Color::Normal);
     // In case the background role is different from the foreground one, we ignore its style
     // except for reverse mode.
-    style.reverse |= bg_style.reverse;
+    let mut style = fg_face.style;
+    style.reverse |= bg_face.style.reverse;
     TextFace { fg, bg, style }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/reader.rs b/src/reader.rs
index bccd23764..d95c3d331 100644
--- a/src/reader.rs
+++ b/src/reader.rs
@@ -1660,10 +1660,7 @@ fn paint_layout(&mut self, reason: &wstr, is_final_rendering: bool) {
             let explicit_foreground = self
                 .vars()
                 .get_unless_empty(L!("fish_color_search_match"))
-                .is_some_and(|var| {
-                    let (fg, _bg, _style) = parse_text_face(var.as_list());
-                    !fg.is_none()
-                });
+                .is_some_and(|var| parse_text_face(var.as_list()).fg.is_some());
 
             for color in &mut colors[range] {
                 if explicit_foreground {
diff --git a/src/text_face.rs b/src/text_face.rs
index 26f7a4618..8220efbbb 100644
--- a/src/text_face.rs
+++ b/src/text_face.rs
@@ -96,9 +96,13 @@ pub fn new(fg: Color, bg: Color, style: TextStyling) -> Self {
     }
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn parse_text_face(
-    arguments: &[WString],
-) -> (Option<Color>, Option<Color>, TextStyling) {
+pub(crate) struct SpecifiedTextFace {
+    pub(crate) fg: Option<Color>,
+    pub(crate) bg: Option<Color>,
+    pub(crate) style: TextStyling,
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn parse_text_face(arguments: &[WString]) -> SpecifiedTextFace {
     let mut argv: Vec<&wstr> = Some(L!(""))
         .into_iter()
         .chain(arguments.iter().map(|s| s.as_utfstr()))
@@ -124,7 +128,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_text_face(
     let bg = bgcolor.and_then(Color::from_wstr);
     assert!(fg.map_or(true, |fg| !fg.is_none()));
     assert!(bg.map_or(true, |bg| !bg.is_none()));
-    (fg, bg, style)
+    SpecifiedTextFace { fg, bg, style }
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct TextFaceArgsAndOptions<'a> {