diff --git a/components/layout/display_list/builder.rs b/components/layout/display_list/builder.rs
index cc2585c3043..08fad71b4ea 100644
--- a/components/layout/display_list/builder.rs
+++ b/components/layout/display_list/builder.rs
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ impl Fragment {
         state.add_display_item(DisplayItem::Rectangle(CommonDisplayItem::new(
             base,
             webrender_api::RectangleDisplayItem {
-                color: self.style().get_color().color.to_layout(),
+                color: self.style().get_inherited_text().color.to_layout(),
             },
         )));
     }
@@ -1967,9 +1967,9 @@ impl Fragment {
         // TODO(emilio): Allow changing more properties by ::selection
         // Paint the text with the color as described in its styling.
         let text_color = if text_fragment.selected() {
-            self.selected_style().get_color().color
+            self.selected_style().get_inherited_text().color
         } else {
-            self.style().get_color().color
+            self.style().get_inherited_text().color
         };
 
         // Determine the orientation and cursor to use.
diff --git a/components/layout/fragment.rs b/components/layout/fragment.rs
index d3e9dbb6779..72029fb2484 100644
--- a/components/layout/fragment.rs
+++ b/components/layout/fragment.rs
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ impl Fragment {
     }
 
     pub fn color(&self) -> Color {
-        self.style().get_color().color
+        self.style().get_inherited_text().color
     }
 
     /// Returns the text decoration line of this fragment, according to the style of the nearest ancestor
diff --git a/components/script/dom/canvasrenderingcontext2d.rs b/components/script/dom/canvasrenderingcontext2d.rs
index 2a26a1c5752..039ff1039f9 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/canvasrenderingcontext2d.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/canvasrenderingcontext2d.rs
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ impl CanvasState {
 
                     match canvas_element.style() {
                         Some(ref s) if canvas_element.has_css_layout_box() => {
-                            Ok(s.get_color().color)
+                            Ok(s.get_inherited_text().color)
                         },
                         _ => Ok(RGBA::new(0, 0, 0, 255)),
                     }