diff --git a/darwin/table.m b/darwin/table.m
index 01dcdc78..7bbbddb9 100644
--- a/darwin/table.m
+++ b/darwin/table.m
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ enum {
 @interface tablePart : NSObject
 @property int type;
 @property int textColumn;
+@property int textColorColumn;
 @property int expand;
 - (NSView *)mkView:(uiTableModel *)m row:(int)row;
 @end
@@ -150,6 +151,16 @@ done:
 
 @implementation tablePart
 
+- (id)init
+{
+	self = [super init];
+	if (self) {
+		self.textColumn = -1;
+		self.textColorColumn = -1;
+	}
+	return self;
+}
+
 - (NSView *)mkView:(uiTableModel *)m row:(int)row
 {
 	void *data;
@@ -163,7 +174,15 @@ done:
 		str = toNSString((char *) data);
 		uiFree(data);
 		tf = newLabel(str);
-		// TODO set wrap and ellipsize modes
+		// TODO set wrap and ellipsize modes?
+		if (self.textColorColumn != -1) {
+			NSColor *color;
+
+			color = (NSColor *) ((*(m->mh->CellValue))(m->mh, m, row, self.textColorColumn));
+			if (color != nil)
+				[tf setTextColor:color];
+			// TODO release color
+		}
 		view = tf;
 		break;
 	}
@@ -268,6 +287,14 @@ void uiTableColumnAppendTextPart(uiTableColumn *c, int modelColumn, int expand)
 	[c->parts addObject:part];
 }
 
+void uiTableColumnPartSetTextColor(uiTableColumn *c, int part, int modelColumn)
+{
+	tablePart *p;
+
+	p = (tablePart *) [c->parts objectAtIndex:part];
+	p.textColorColumn = modelColumn;
+}
+
 uiDarwinControlAllDefaultsExceptDestroy(uiTable, sv)
 
 static void uiTableDestroy(uiControl *c)
diff --git a/test/page16.c b/test/page16.c
index 66df42b1..66ba268b 100644
--- a/test/page16.c
+++ b/test/page16.c
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ static uiTableModelHandler mh;
 
 static int modelNumColumns(uiTableModelHandler *mh, uiTableModel *m)
 {
-	return 4;
+	return 5;
 }
 
 static uiTableModelColumnType modelColumnType(uiTableModelHandler *mh, uiTableModel *m, int column)
 {
-	if (column == 3)
+	if (column == 3 || column == 4)
 		return uiTableModelColumnColor;
 	return uiTableModelColumnString;
 }
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ static void *modelCellValue(uiTableModelHandler *mh, uiTableModel *m, int row, i
 			return uiTableModelGiveColor(0, 0.5, 1, 0.5);
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	if (col == 4) {
+		if ((row % 2) == 1)
+			return uiTableModelGiveColor(0.5, 0, 0.75, 1);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	switch (col) {
 	case 0:
 		sprintf(buf, "Row %d", row);
@@ -72,6 +77,7 @@ uiBox *makePage16(void)
 	tc = uiTableAppendColumn(t, "Column 2");
 	uiTableColumnAppendTextPart(tc, 1, 0);
 	uiTableColumnAppendTextPart(tc, 2, 1);
+	uiTableColumnPartSetTextColor(tc, 1, 4);
 
 	uiTableSetRowBackgroundColorModelColumn(t, 3);
 
diff --git a/uitable.h b/uitable.h
index 05c5acd2..5860bf57 100644
--- a/uitable.h
+++ b/uitable.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ _UI_EXTERN void uiTableModelRowDeleted(uiTableModel *m, int oldIndex);
 typedef struct uiTableColumn uiTableColumn;
 
 _UI_EXTERN void uiTableColumnAppendTextPart(uiTableColumn *c, int modelColumn, int expand);
+_UI_EXTERN void uiTableColumnPartSetTextColor(uiTableColumn *c, int part, int modelColumn);
 
 typedef struct uiTable uiTable;
 #define uiTable(this) ((uiTable *) (this))