diff --git a/skimage/color/tests/test_dE.py b/skimage/color/tests/test_dE.py
index 04ad933b..52e12724 100644
--- a/skimage/color/tests/test_dE.py
+++ b/skimage/color/tests/test_dE.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def load_ciede2000_data():
              ]
 
     # note: ciede_test_data.txt contains several intermediate quantities
-    path = pjoin(dirname(abspath(__file__)), 'ciede_test_data.txt')
+    path = pjoin(dirname(abspath(__file__)), 'ciede2000_test_data.txt')
     return np.loadtxt(path, dtype=dtype)