diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/views/fields/many2many_tags_email/many2many_tags_email.js b/addons/mail/static/src/views/fields/many2many_tags_email/many2many_tags_email.js
index f2b8fd05734..236ef9b3282 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/views/fields/many2many_tags_email/many2many_tags_email.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/views/fields/many2many_tags_email/many2many_tags_email.js
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ FieldMany2ManyTagsEmail.components = {
     TagsList: FieldMany2ManyTagsEmailTagsList,
 };
 
-FieldMany2ManyTagsEmail.fieldsToFetch = Object.assign({}, Many2ManyTagsField.fieldsToFetch, {
-    email: { name: "email", type: "char" },
-});
+FieldMany2ManyTagsEmail.fieldsToFetch = (fieldInfo) => {
+    return [...Many2ManyTagsField.fieldsToFetch(fieldInfo), { name: "email", type: "char" }];
+};
 
 FieldMany2ManyTagsEmail.additionalClasses = ["o_field_many2many_tags"];
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/field.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/field.js
index 77f24f93bdc..3d51d513319 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/field.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/field.js
@@ -279,17 +279,16 @@ Field.parseFieldNode = function (node, models, modelName, viewType, jsClass) {
             viewMode = viewMode.replace("tree", "list");
         }
         fieldInfo.viewMode = viewMode;
-
-        const fieldsToFetch = { ...fieldInfo.FieldComponent.fieldsToFetch }; // should become an array?
-        // special case for color field
-        // GES: this is not nice, we will look for something better.
-        const colorField = fieldInfo.options.color_field;
-        if (colorField) {
-            fieldsToFetch[colorField] = { name: colorField, type: "integer", active: true };
-        }
-        fieldInfo.fieldsToFetch = fieldsToFetch;
         fieldInfo.relation = field.relation; // not really necessary
         fieldInfo.views = views;
+
+        let fieldsToFetch = fieldInfo.FieldComponent.fieldsToFetch;
+        if (fieldsToFetch) {
+            if (fieldsToFetch instanceof Function) {
+                fieldsToFetch = fieldsToFetch(fieldInfo);
+            }
+            fieldInfo.fieldsToFetch = Object.fromEntries(fieldsToFetch.map((f) => [f.name, f]));
+        }
     }
 
     return fieldInfo;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/many2many_binary/many2many_binary_field.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/many2many_binary/many2many_binary_field.js
index 0397ee08d18..e7f26fcf5b0 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/many2many_binary/many2many_binary_field.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/many2many_binary/many2many_binary_field.js
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ Many2ManyBinaryField.props = {
     uploadText: { type: String, optional: true },
 };
 Many2ManyBinaryField.supportedTypes = ["many2many"];
-Many2ManyBinaryField.fieldsToFetch = {
-    name: { type: "char" },
-    mimetype: { type: "char" },
-};
+Many2ManyBinaryField.fieldsToFetch = [
+    { name: "name", type: "char" },
+    { name: "mimetype", type: "char" },
+];
 
 Many2ManyBinaryField.isEmpty = () => false;
 Many2ManyBinaryField.extractProps = ({ attrs, field }) => {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/many2many_tags/many2many_tags_field.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/many2many_tags/many2many_tags_field.js
index c57acb133e1..5b02b501bd6 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/many2many_tags/many2many_tags_field.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/many2many_tags/many2many_tags_field.js
@@ -245,8 +245,12 @@ Many2ManyTagsField.defaultProps = {
 
 Many2ManyTagsField.displayName = _lt("Tags");
 Many2ManyTagsField.supportedTypes = ["many2many"];
-Many2ManyTagsField.fieldsToFetch = {
-    display_name: { name: "display_name", type: "char" },
+Many2ManyTagsField.fieldsToFetch = (fieldInfo) => {
+    const fieldsToFetch = [{ name: "display_name", type: "char" }];
+    if (fieldInfo.options.color_field) {
+        fieldsToFetch.push({ name: fieldInfo.options.color_field, type: "integer" });
+    }
+    return fieldsToFetch;
 };
 Many2ManyTagsField.isSet = (value) => value.count > 0;
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/legacy_utils.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/legacy_utils.js
index a98189c308e..3eb8bfa48e1 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/legacy_utils.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/legacy_utils.js
@@ -115,10 +115,15 @@ export function mapActiveFieldsToFieldsInfo(activeFields, fields, viewType, env)
         }
 
         if (!fieldInfo.__no_fetch && FieldComponent && FieldComponent.fieldsToFetch) {
-            fieldInfo.relatedFields = { ...FieldComponent.fieldsToFetch };
+            let fieldsToFetch = FieldComponent.fieldsToFetch;
+            if (fieldsToFetch instanceof Function) {
+                fieldsToFetch = fieldsToFetch(fieldInfo.__WOWL_FIELD_DESCR__);
+            }
+            fieldsToFetch = Object.fromEntries(fieldsToFetch.map((f) => [f.name, f]));
+            fieldInfo.relatedFields = { ...fieldsToFetch };
             fieldInfo.viewType = "default";
             const defaultView = {};
-            for (const fieldName of Object.keys(FieldComponent.fieldsToFetch)) {
+            for (const fieldName of Object.keys(fieldsToFetch)) {
                 defaultView[fieldName] = {};
                 if (fieldDescr.fieldsToFetch[fieldName]) {
                     defaultView[fieldName].__WOWL_FIELD_DESCR__ =
@@ -126,15 +131,6 @@ export function mapActiveFieldsToFieldsInfo(activeFields, fields, viewType, env)
                 }
             }
             fieldInfo.fieldsInfo = { default: defaultView };
-            const colorField = fieldInfo.options && fieldInfo.options.color_field;
-            if (colorField) {
-                fieldInfo.relatedFields[colorField] = { type: "integer" };
-                fieldInfo.fieldsInfo.default[colorField] = {};
-                if (fieldDescr.fieldsToFetch[colorField]) {
-                    fieldInfo.fieldsInfo.default[colorField].__WOWL_FIELD_DESCR__ =
-                        fieldDescr.fieldsToFetch[colorField];
-                }
-            }
         }
         if (fieldDescr.views && fieldDescr.views[fieldDescr.viewMode]) {
             fieldInfo.limit = fieldDescr.views[fieldDescr.viewMode].limit || 40;