diff --git a/pkg/style/path.go b/pkg/style/path.go
index f81dfed29..69bf45993 100644
--- a/pkg/style/path.go
+++ b/pkg/style/path.go
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ func ForPathExt(path string, sc Context) string {
 	return fromSGR(lscolors.GetColorist(sc.Getenv("LS_COLORS")).GetStyleExt(path))
 }
 
+// ForExtension returns the style for given extension
+//
+//	json
+func ForExtension(path string, sc Context) string {
+	return ForPathExt("."+path, sc)
+}
+
 func fromSGR(sgr string) string {
 	s := ui.StyleFromSGR(sgr)
 	result := []string{}