diff --git a/darwin/drawtext.m b/darwin/drawtext.m
index 6206c810..e56e1763 100644
--- a/darwin/drawtext.m
+++ b/darwin/drawtext.m
@@ -600,3 +600,28 @@ void doDrawText(CGContextRef c, CGFloat cheight, double x, double y, uiDrawTextL
 	y -= yoff;
 	CGContextSetTextPosition(c, x, y);
 #endif
+
+// TODO length - 1?
+#define rangeToCFRange() CFRangeMake(startChar, endChar - startChar)
+
+void uiDrawTextLayoutSetColor(uiDrawTextLayout *layout, intmax_t startChar, intmax_t endChar, double r, double g, double b, double a)
+{
+	CGColorSpaceRef colorspace;
+	CGFloat components[4];
+	CGColorRef color;
+
+	// for consistency with windows, use sRGB
+	colorspace = CGColorSpaceCreateWithName(kCGColorSpaceSRGB);
+	components[0] = r;
+	components[1] = g;
+	components[2] = b;
+	components[3] = a;
+	color = CGColorCreate(colorspace, components);
+	CGColorSpaceRelease(colorspace);
+
+	CFAttributedStringSetAttribute(layout->mas,
+		rangeToCFRange(),
+		kCTForegroundColorAttributeName,
+		color);
+	CGColorRelease(color);		// TODO safe?
+}
diff --git a/test/page10.c b/test/page10.c
index b887af02..db104b93 100644
--- a/test/page10.c
+++ b/test/page10.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ static void handlerDraw(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area, uiAreaDrawParams *dp)
 
 	// TODO
 	memset(&desc, 0, sizeof (uiDrawTextFontDescriptor));
-	family = uiEntryText(textFont);
 	desc.Family = "Arial";
 	desc.Size = 36;
 	desc.Weight = uiDrawTextWeightNormal;
@@ -38,11 +37,11 @@ static void handlerDraw(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area, uiAreaDrawParams *dp)
 	desc.Stretch = uiDrawTextStretchNormal;
 	font = uiDrawLoadClosestFont(&desc);
 
-	layout = uiDrawNewTextLayout(s, "One two three four", -1);
-	uiDrawTextLayoutSetForegroundColor(layout,
+	layout = uiDrawNewTextLayout("One two three four", font, -1);
+	uiDrawTextLayoutSetColor(layout,
 		4, 7,
 		1, 0, 0, 1);
-	uiDrawTextLayoutSetForegroundColor(layout,
+	uiDrawTextLayoutSetColor(layout,
 		8, 14,
 		1, 0, 0.5, 0.5);
 	uiDrawText(dp->Context, 10, 10, layout);