access template acf post color inside a query

I’m trying to use a color field from the template post, inside a query of different posts, which is working just fine in the previewer, but fails to render on the live site, and I can’t fix it.

Not sure if I’m making sense, but, each “category” has its own color theme, which I’m trying to apply to a query of services of that category. In the example below, the green background and button color, are decided by a “{acf_service_color}” tag, which refers to the main post rather than the query, despite being inside the query.

bricks preview showing the expected color:

Actual site where colors aren’t computing:

I assume I’m forgetting something dumb. Is there something I can add to the “{acf_service_color}” tag in order to help the website figure out where it’s supposed to go look for it?
Like a {outside_query:acf_service_color} type situation?