diff --git a/examples/text.rs b/examples/text.rs
index 2571f0380c31e992826aabe08e70fa9e7c08ce21..b789465eb6c23b30dc0fdec9c3f3620dc208fa34 100644
--- a/examples/text.rs
+++ b/examples/text.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ fn my_widget_1_render(
         // Note: We will see two updates because of the mutable change to styles.
         // Which means when foo changes MyWidget will render twice!
         *computed_styles = KStyle {
+            color: Color::RED.into(),
             render_command: StyleProp::Value(RenderCommand::Text {
                 content: format!("My number is: {}", my_widget.foo),
                 alignment: Alignment::Start,
diff --git a/src/render/font/extract.rs b/src/render/font/extract.rs
index 1681451cfcf358b27b49f4cad4f930b73105f833..28dcf3e2680a29e8c6568aab8a74dc42e585a281 100644
--- a/src/render/font/extract.rs
+++ b/src/render/font/extract.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use super::font_mapping::FontMapping;
 
 pub fn extract_texts(
     camera_entity: Entity,
-    background_color: Color,
+    color: Color,
     text_layout: TextLayout,
     layout: crate::layout::Rect,
     font: String,
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pub fn extract_texts(
                 min: position,
                 max: position + size,
             },
-            color: background_color,
+            color,
             char_id: font.get_char_id(glyph_rect.content).unwrap(),
             z_index: layout.z_index,
             quad_type: if subpixel || forced {
diff --git a/src/render_primitive.rs b/src/render_primitive.rs
index 7b5c0e409b12e2f103b9f280225c9cd32039b353..5623b4ad531f67307a42cb3a51aaae56d0e2ad49 100644
--- a/src/render_primitive.rs
+++ b/src/render_primitive.rs
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ impl RenderPrimitive for KStyle {
                 let font = self
                     .font
                     .resolve_or_else(|| String::from(crate::DEFAULT_FONT));
+                let color = self.color.resolve_or(Color::WHITE);
                 let text = crate::render::font::extract_texts(
                     camera_entity,
-                    background_color,
+                    color,
                     text_layout,
                     *layout,
                     font,