Index: wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/sass/05-blocks/quote/_editor.scss
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--- wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/sass/05-blocks/quote/_editor.scss	(revision 53101)
+++ wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/assets/sass/05-blocks/quote/_editor.scss	(working copy)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	}
 
 	.wp-block-quote__citation {
-		color: var(--global--color-primary);
+		color: currentColor;
 		font-size: var(--global--font-size-xs);
 		font-style: var(--quote--font-style-cite);
 
@@ -147,4 +147,4 @@
 			margin-right: auto;
 		}
 	}
-}
+}
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