diff --git a/crates/obscura-render/src/paint.rs b/crates/obscura-render/src/paint.rs
index f566df8..f3c5b8f 100644
--- a/crates/obscura-render/src/paint.rs
+++ b/crates/obscura-render/src/paint.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 use obscura_dom::tree::DomTree;
 use tiny_skia::{Color, FillRule, Paint, PathBuilder, Pixmap, Rect, Transform};
+use ab_glyph::{Font, FontRef, PxScale, ScaleFont};
+
+static FONT_BYTES: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../assets/dejavu-sans.ttf");
 
 use crate::{compute_style, layout_dom};
 
@@ -20,6 +23,16 @@ pub fn paint_dom(tree: &DomTree, viewport: (f32, f32)) -> Option<Pixmap> {
     let laid = layout_dom(tree, viewport);
     // Tree order so later elements paint over earlier ones (normal flow).
     for nid in tree.descendants(tree.document()) {
+        let node = match tree.get_node(nid) {
+            Some(n) => n,
+            None => continue,
+        };
+        
+        if node.is_text() {
+            paint_text_node(tree, nid, &laid, &mut pixmap);
+            continue;
+        }
+
         let bg = match bg_color_for(tree, nid) {
             Some(c) => c,
             None => continue,
@@ -59,6 +72,91 @@ pub fn screenshot_png(tree: &DomTree, viewport: (f32, f32)) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
     paint_dom(tree, viewport)?.encode_png().ok()
 }
 
+fn paint_text_node(
+    tree: &DomTree,
+    nid: obscura_dom::tree::NodeId,
+    laid: &crate::DomLayout,
+    pixmap: &mut Pixmap,
+) -> Option<()> {
+    let node = tree.get_node(nid)?;
+    let text = match &node.data {
+        obscura_dom::tree::NodeData::Text { contents } => contents,
+        _ => return None,
+    };
+    
+    // Find parent element to get geometry and color
+    let parent_id = node.parent?;
+    let parent = tree.get_node(parent_id)?;
+    let parent_name = parent.as_element()?;
+    
+    let rect = laid.rects.get(&parent_id)?;
+    let style = crate::compute_style(parent_name.local.as_ref(), parent.get_attribute("style"));
+    // Default color to black if not specified.
+    let color = style.color.unwrap_or([0, 0, 0, 255]);
+    
+    // Paint text at rect.x, rect.y
+    draw_text(pixmap, text, rect.x, rect.y, color);
+    Some(())
+}
+
+fn draw_text(pixmap: &mut Pixmap, text: &str, x: f32, y: f32, color: [u8; 4]) {
+    let font = FontRef::try_from_slice(FONT_BYTES).unwrap();
+    let scale = PxScale::from(16.0); // Default font size
+    let scaled_font = font.as_scaled(scale);
+    let mut caret = ab_glyph::point(x, y + scaled_font.ascent());
+
+    for c in text.chars() {
+        if c.is_control() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let glyph_id = font.glyph_id(c);
+        let id = glyph_id;
+        let glyph = glyph_id.with_scale_and_position(scale, caret);
+        if let Some(outlined) = font.outline_glyph(glyph) {
+            let bounds = outlined.px_bounds();
+            outlined.draw(|gx, gy, c| {
+                let px = (bounds.min.x + gx as f32) as i32;
+                let py = (bounds.min.y + gy as f32) as i32;
+                if px >= 0 && px < pixmap.width() as i32 && py >= 0 && py < pixmap.height() as i32 {
+                    let alpha = (color[3] as f32 * c) as u8;
+                    if alpha > 0 {
+                        blend_pixel(pixmap, px as u32, py as u32, color[0], color[1], color[2], alpha);
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            caret.x += scaled_font.h_advance(id);
+        } else {
+            caret.x += scaled_font.h_advance(id);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn blend_pixel(pixmap: &mut Pixmap, x: u32, y: u32, r: u8, g: u8, b: u8, a: u8) {
+    let width = pixmap.width();
+    let pixels = pixmap.pixels_mut();
+    let idx = (y * width + x) as usize;
+    let dst = pixels[idx];
+    
+    // source pre-multiplied
+    let src_a = a as u32;
+    let src_r = (r as u32 * src_a) / 255;
+    let src_g = (g as u32 * src_a) / 255;
+    let src_b = (b as u32 * src_a) / 255;
+    
+    let dst_a = dst.alpha() as u32;
+    
+    let out_a = src_a + (dst_a * (255 - src_a) / 255);
+    if out_a > 0 {
+        let out_r = src_r + (dst.red() as u32 * (255 - src_a) / 255);
+        let out_g = src_g + (dst.green() as u32 * (255 - src_a) / 255);
+        let out_b = src_b + (dst.blue() as u32 * (255 - src_a) / 255);
+        
+        pixels[idx] = tiny_skia::PremultipliedColorU8::from_rgba(
+            out_r as u8, out_g as u8, out_b as u8, out_a as u8
+        ).unwrap_or_else(|| tiny_skia::PremultipliedColorU8::from_rgba(0,0,0,0).unwrap());
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -98,4 +196,24 @@ mod tests {
         let p = pixmap.pixel(5, 5).expect("pixel");
         assert!(p.blue() > 200, "expected blue to paint over red, got {:?}", p);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn paints_text_color() {
+        let tree = parse_html(
+            "<html><body><div style=\"color: #00ff00; width: 100px; height: 100px\">Hello</div></body></html>",
+        );
+        let pixmap = paint_dom(&tree, (200.0, 200.0)).expect("pixmap");
+        let mut found_green = false;
+        for y in 0..200 {
+            for x in 0..200 {
+                let p = pixmap.pixel(x, y).expect("pixel");
+                if p.green() > 200 && p.red() < 50 && p.blue() < 50 {
+                    found_green = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if found_green { break; }
+        }
+        assert!(found_green, "expected green text to be painted");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/obscura-render/src/style.rs b/crates/obscura-render/src/style.rs
index 25103ea..bf46a3c 100644
--- a/crates/obscura-render/src/style.rs
+++ b/crates/obscura-render/src/style.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ fn apply_value(style: &mut LayoutStyle, name: &str, value: &str) {
         "border-bottom-width" | "border-bottom" => set_edge(&mut style.border, Side::Bottom, px(value)),
         "border-left-width" | "border-left" => set_edge(&mut style.border, Side::Left, px(value)),
         "background-color" | "background" => style.background_color = parse_color(value),
+        "color" => style.color = parse_color(value),
         _ => {}
     }
 }