diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
index fa36b9f8a..45689d4fa 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
@@ -142,13 +142,7 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
     }
     [colorProperty.setNative](value: Color | UIColor) {
         const color = value instanceof Color ? value.ios : value;
-        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
-        if (nativeView instanceof UIButton) {
-            nativeView.setTitleColorForState(color, UIControlState.Normal);
-            nativeView.titleLabel.textColor = color;
-        } else {
-            nativeView.textColor = color;
-        }
+        this._setColor(color);
     }
 
     [fontInternalProperty.getDefault](): UIFont {
@@ -221,6 +215,16 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
         }
     }
 
+    _setColor(color: UIColor): void {
+        const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
+        if (nativeView instanceof UIButton) {
+            nativeView.setTitleColorForState(color, UIControlState.Normal);
+            nativeView.titleLabel.textColor = color;
+        } else {
+            nativeView.textColor = color;
+        }
+    }
+
     setFormattedTextDecorationAndTransform() {
         const attrText = this.createNSMutableAttributedString(this.formattedText);
         // TODO: letterSpacing should be applied per Span.
@@ -339,6 +343,10 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
                 this.nativeTextViewProtected.text = source;
             }
         }
+
+        if (!style.color && majorVersion >= 13 && UIColor.labelColor) {
+            this._setColor(UIColor.labelColor);
+        }
     }
 
     createNSMutableAttributedString(formattedString: FormattedString): NSMutableAttributedString {