diff --git a/geopandas/geodataframe.py b/geopandas/geodataframe.py
index 7ac969c..b8de384 100644
--- a/geopandas/geodataframe.py
+++ b/geopandas/geodataframe.py
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ class GeoDataFrame(DataFrame):
         else:
             return col
 
-    def plot(self, colormap='Accent'):
+    def plot(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # TODO: pass in argument to color geometries
-        return self['geometry'].plot(colormap)
+        return self['geometry'].plot(*args, **kwargs)