diff --git a/gsk/gskrendernodeparser.c b/gsk/gskrendernodeparser.c
index e6ee8383c1..5d9f55a01a 100644
--- a/gsk/gskrendernodeparser.c
+++ b/gsk/gskrendernodeparser.c
@@ -3286,7 +3286,7 @@ gsk_text_node_serialize_glyphs (GskRenderNode *node,
           string_append_double (p, (double) glyphs[i].geometry.y_offset / PANGO_SCALE);
           if (!glyphs[i].attr.is_cluster_start)
             g_string_append (p, " same-cluster");
-          if (!glyphs[i].attr.is_color)
+          if (glyphs[i].attr.is_color)
             g_string_append (p, " color");
         }
 
diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/meson.build b/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
index dc21ff9c18..da49766f9e 100644
--- a/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ node_parser_tests = [
   'stroke.node',
   'stroke.ref.node',
   'testswitch.node',
+  'text-color.node',
+  'text-color.ref.node',
   'text-fail.node',
   'text-fail.ref.node',
   'text-fail.errors',
diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/nodeparser/text-color.node b/testsuite/gsk/nodeparser/text-color.node
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c0786bbab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/nodeparser/text-color.node
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+text {
+  color: rgba(255,0,0,0.533333);
+  font: "Noto Sans 300";
+  glyphs: 50 312, 2712 0 -156 -28.7891 color;
+}
diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/nodeparser/text-color.ref.node b/testsuite/gsk/nodeparser/text-color.ref.node
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c0786bbab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/nodeparser/text-color.ref.node
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+text {
+  color: rgba(255,0,0,0.533333);
+  font: "Noto Sans 300";
+  glyphs: 50 312, 2712 0 -156 -28.7891 color;
+}