diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.cpp b/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.cpp
index 2e43fff4b..34cd31277 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-	Based up Neutrino-GUI - Tuxbox-Project 
+	Based up Neutrino-GUI - Tuxbox-Project
 	Copyright (C) 2001 by Steffen Hehn 'McClean'
 
 	Classes for generic GUI-related components.
@@ -57,17 +57,17 @@ CComponentsText::CComponentsText(	const int x_pos, const int y_pos, const int w,
 	y 		= y_pos,
 	width		= w;
 	height		= h;
-	
+
 	col_frame	= color_frame;
 	col_body	= color_body;
 	col_shadow	= color_shadow;
 	shadow		= has_shadow;
-	
+
 	ct_font 	= font_text;
 	ct_text 	= text;
 	ct_text_mode	= mode;
 	ct_col_text	= color_text;
-	
+
 	initCCText();
 }
 
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ void CComponentsText::initVarText()
 	ct_text_Vborder	= 0;
 
 	ct_col_text	= COL_MENUCONTENT_TEXT;
+	ct_old_col_text = ct_col_text;
 	ct_text_sent	= false;
 	ct_paint_textbg = false;
 	ct_force_text_paint = false;
@@ -150,10 +151,11 @@ void CComponentsText::initCCText()
 	ct_textbox->setWindowMaxDimensions(width, height);
 	ct_textbox->setWindowMinDimensions(width, height);
 
-	//send text to CTextBox object, but paint text only if text has changed or force option is enabled
-	if ((ct_old_text != ct_text) || ct_force_text_paint)
+	//send text to CTextBox object, but paint text only if text or text coloer has changed or force option is enabled
+	if ((ct_old_text != ct_text) || ct_old_col_text != ct_col_text || ct_force_text_paint)
 		ct_text_sent = ct_textbox->setText(&ct_text, this->iWidth);
-	ct_old_text = ct_text;
+	ct_old_text 	= ct_text;
+	ct_old_col_text = ct_col_text;
 #ifdef DEBUG_CC
 	printf("    [CComponentsText]   [%s - %d] init text: %s [x %d, y %d, w %d, h %d]\n", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, ct_text.c_str(), this->iX, this->iY, this->iWidth, this->iHeight);
 #endif
@@ -200,21 +202,21 @@ bool CComponentsText::setTextFromFile(const string& path_to_textfile, const int
 {
 	string file = path_to_textfile;
 	string txt = "";
-	
+
 	ifstream in (file.c_str(), ios::in);
 	if (!in){
 		printf("[CComponentsText]    [%s - %d] error while open %s -> %s\n", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, file.c_str(), strerror(errno));
 		return false;
 	}
 	string line;
-	
+
 	while(getline(in, line)){
 		txt += line + '\n';
 	}
 	in.close();
 
 	setText(txt, mode, font_text);
-	
+
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.h b/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.h
index aba86c1fe..194bd2dfb 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.h
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-	Based up Neutrino-GUI - Tuxbox-Project 
+	Based up Neutrino-GUI - Tuxbox-Project
 	Copyright (C) 2001 by Steffen Hehn 'McClean'
 
 	Classes for generic GUI-related components.
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ class CComponentsText : public CComponentsItem, public CBox
 		///object: Fontrenderer object
 		Font		* ct_font;
 
-		///property: CTextBox object
+		///property: text color
 		fb_pixel_t ct_col_text;
+		///property: cached text color
+		fb_pixel_t ct_old_col_text;
 		///property: text display modes, see textbox.h for possible modes
 		int ct_text_mode;
 		///property: horizontal text border width (left and right)
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ class CComponentsText : public CComponentsItem, public CBox
 		bool ct_text_sent;
 		///property: send to CTextBox object enableBackgroundPaint(true)
 		bool ct_paint_textbg;
-		
+
 		///property: force sending text to the CTextBox object, false= text only sended, if text was changed, see also textChanged()
 		bool ct_force_text_paint;
 
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ class CComponentsText : public CComponentsItem, public CBox
 
 		///destroy current CTextBox and CBox objects
 		void clearCCText();
-		
+
 		///initialize all required attributes for text and send to the CTextBox object
 		void initCCText();
 		///paint CCItem backckrond (if paint_bg=true), apply initCCText() and send paint() to the CTextBox object
@@ -90,9 +92,9 @@ class CComponentsText : public CComponentsItem, public CBox
 
 		///default members to paint a text box and hide painted text
 		///hide textbox
-		void hide(bool no_restore = false); 
+		void hide(bool no_restore = false);
 		///paint text box, parameter do_save_bg: default = true, causes fill of backckrond pixel buffer
-		void paint(bool do_save_bg = CC_SAVE_SCREEN_YES); 
+		void paint(bool do_save_bg = CC_SAVE_SCREEN_YES);
 
 		///send options for text font (size and type), color and mode (allignment)
 		virtual inline void setTextFont(Font* font_text){ct_font = font_text;};
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ class CComponentsText : public CComponentsItem, public CBox
 
 		///helper to remove linebreak chars from a string if needed
 		virtual void removeLineBreaks(std::string& str);
-		
+
 		///returns true, if text was changed
 		virtual bool textChanged(){return ct_old_text != ct_text;};
 		///force paint of text even if text was changed or not