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];
diff --git a/ui/styling/stylers.ios.ts b/ui/styling/stylers.ios.ts
index c6a0e988d..0ded477d7 100644
--- a/ui/styling/stylers.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/styling/stylers.ios.ts
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ export class TextViewStyler implements definition.stylers.Styler {
         }
         else {
             textView.textColor = color;
+            textView.tintColor = color;
         }
     }
 
@@ -379,6 +380,41 @@ export class TextViewStyler implements definition.stylers.Styler {
     }
 }
 
+export class TextFieldStyler implements definition.stylers.Styler {
+    private static setColorProperty(view: view.View, newValue: any) {
+        var tf: UITextField = <UITextField>view._nativeView;
+        TextFieldStyler._setTextFieldColor(tf, newValue);
+    }
+
+    private static resetColorProperty(view: view.View, nativeValue: any) {
+        var tf: UITextField = <UITextField>view._nativeView;
+        TextFieldStyler._setTextFieldColor(tf, nativeValue);
+    }
+
+    private static _setTextFieldColor(tf: UITextField, newValue: any) {
+        var color: UIColor = <UIColor>newValue;
+        if ((<any>tf).isShowingHint && color) {
+            tf.textColor = (<UIColor>color).colorWithAlphaComponent(0.22);
+        }
+        else {
+            tf.textColor = color;
+            tf.tintColor = color;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static getNativeColorValue(view: view.View): any {
+        var tf: UITextField = <UITextField>view._nativeView;
+        return tf.tintColor;
+    }
+
+    public static registerHandlers() {
+        style.registerHandler(style.colorProperty, new stylersCommon.StylePropertyChangedHandler(
+            TextFieldStyler.setColorProperty,
+            TextFieldStyler.resetColorProperty,
+            TextFieldStyler.getNativeColorValue), "TextField");
+    }
+}
+
 export class SegmentedBarStyler implements definition.stylers.Styler {
     //Text color methods
     private static setColorProperty(view: view.View, newValue: any) {
@@ -585,6 +621,7 @@ export class SearchBarStyler implements definition.stylers.Styler {
         var sf = <UITextField>(<any>view)._textField;
         if (sf) {
             sf.textColor = newValue;
+            sf.tintColor = newValue;
         }
     }
 
@@ -592,6 +629,7 @@ export class SearchBarStyler implements definition.stylers.Styler {
         var sf = <UITextField>(<any>view)._textField;
         if (sf) {
             sf.textColor = nativeValue;
+            sf.tintColor = nativeValue;
         }
     }
 
@@ -735,4 +773,5 @@ export function _registerDefaultStylers() {
     TabViewStyler.registerHandlers();
     ProgressStyler.registerHandlers();
     SwitchStyler.registerHandlers();
+    TextFieldStyler.registerHandlers();
 }