diff --git a/editor/src/viewport_tools/tools/text.rs b/editor/src/viewport_tools/tools/text.rs
index 8d54690c..b31b217f 100644
--- a/editor/src/viewport_tools/tools/text.rs
+++ b/editor/src/viewport_tools/tools/text.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use crate::misc::{HintData, HintGroup, HintInfo, KeysGroup};
 use crate::viewport_tools::tool::{DocumentToolData, Fsm, ToolActionHandlerData};
 
 use glam::{DAffine2, DVec2};
+use graphene::color::Color;
 use graphene::intersection::Quad;
 use graphene::layers::style::{self, Fill, Stroke};
 use graphene::Operation;
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ impl Fsm for TextToolFsmState {
 								transform: DAffine2::ZERO.to_cols_array(),
 								insert_index: -1,
 								text: r#""#.to_string(),
-								style: style::PathStyle::new(Some(style::Stroke::new(tool_data.primary_color, 0.)), None),
+								style: style::PathStyle::new(None, Some(Fill::new(tool_data.primary_color))),
 								size: font_size as f64,
 							}
 							.into(),
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/panels/Document.vue b/frontend/src/components/panels/Document.vue
index e8223868..46af9f43 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/panels/Document.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/panels/Document.vue
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@
 					overflow: visible;
 
 					div {
-						color: black;
 						background: none;
 						cursor: text;
 						border: none;
diff --git a/graphene/src/layers/text/mod.rs b/graphene/src/layers/text/mod.rs
index 1b09b2c0..0dc668f9 100644
--- a/graphene/src/layers/text/mod.rs
+++ b/graphene/src/layers/text/mod.rs
@@ -43,13 +43,17 @@ impl LayerData for Text {
 		if self.editable {
 			let _ = write!(
 				svg,
-				r#"<foreignObject transform="matrix({})"></foreignObject>"#,
+				r#"<foreignObject transform="matrix({})" style="color: {}"></foreignObject>"#,
 				transform
 					.to_cols_array()
 					.iter()
 					.enumerate()
 					.map(|(i, entry)| { entry.to_string() + if i == 5 { "" } else { "," } })
 					.collect::<String>(),
+				match self.style.fill() {
+					Some(fill) => format!("#{}", fill.color().rgba_hex()),
+					None => "gray".to_string(),
+				}
 			);
 		} else {
 			let mut path = self.to_bez_path();