diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts
index 22a26719f..d1cfcf555 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/text-field/text-field-tests.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import pagesModule = require("ui/page");
 import textFieldTestsNative = require("./text-field-tests-native");
 import colorModule = require("color");
 import enums = require("ui/enums");
+import platform = require("platform");
 
 // <snippet module="ui/text-field" title="TextField">
 // # TextField
@@ -116,6 +117,17 @@ export var testBindTextDirectlyToModel = function () {
     });
 }
 
+// Supported for ios only.
+if (platform.device.os === platform.platformNames.ios) {
+    exports.test_set_color = function () {
+        helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createTextFieldFunc(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+            var textField = <textFieldModule.TextField>views[0];
+            textField.color = new colorModule.Color("red");
+            TKUnit.assertEqual(textField.color.ios.CGColor, textField.ios.tintColor.CGColor, "textField.color");
+        });
+    }
+}
+
 export var testBindTextToBindingContext = function () {
     helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createTextFieldFunc(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
         var textField = <textFieldModule.TextField>views[0];
diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/text-view/text-view-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/text-view/text-view-tests.ts
index 1c5b05cf6..78cde0533 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/text-view/text-view-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/text-view/text-view-tests.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import pagesModule = require("ui/page");
 import textViewTestsNative = require("./text-view-tests-native");
 import colorModule = require("color");
 import enums = require("ui/enums");
+import platform = require("platform");
 
 // <snippet module="ui/text-view" title="TextView">
 // # TextView
@@ -69,6 +70,17 @@ export var testSetText = function () {
     });
 }
 
+// Supported for ios only.
+if (platform.device.os === platform.platformNames.ios) {
+    exports.test_set_color = function () {
+        helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createTextViewFunc(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+            var textView = <textViewModule.TextView>views[0];
+            textView.color = new colorModule.Color("red");
+            TKUnit.assertEqual(textView.color.ios.CGColor, textView.ios.tintColor.CGColor, "textView.color");
+        });
+    }
+}
+
 export var testBindTextDirectlyToModel = function () {
     helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createTextViewFunc(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
         var textView = <textViewModule.TextView>views[0];