diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
index 648b20f2ee6d76..b11ef472ba7ccb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.CustomStyleSpan;
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan;
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactBackgroundColorSpan;
+import com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactForegroundColorSpan;
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactSpan;
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactTextUpdate;
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactTypefaceUtils;
@@ -692,6 +693,16 @@ public boolean test(ReactBackgroundColorSpan span) {
             return span.getBackgroundColor() == mReactBackgroundManager.getBackgroundColor();
           }
         });
+
+    stripSpansOfKind(
+        sb,
+        ReactForegroundColorSpan.class,
+        new SpanPredicate<ReactForegroundColorSpan>() {
+          @Override
+          public boolean test(ReactForegroundColorSpan span) {
+            return span.getForegroundColor() == getCurrentTextColor();
+          }
+        });
   }
 
   private <T> void stripSpansOfKind(
@@ -731,6 +742,7 @@ private void restoreStyleEquivalentSpans(SpannableStringBuilder workingText) {
 
     List<Object> spans = new ArrayList<>();
     spans.add(new ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan(mTextAttributes.getEffectiveFontSize()));
+    spans.add(new ReactForegroundColorSpan(getCurrentTextColor()));
 
     int backgroundColor = mReactBackgroundManager.getBackgroundColor();
     if (backgroundColor != Color.TRANSPARENT) {