diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 583e73e..42411c8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ $data = [
     ['Italic', '<i>12345.67</i>'],
     ['Underline', '<u>12345.67</u>'],
     ['Strike', '<s>12345.67</s>'],
+    ['Green', '<style color="0000FF00">12345.67</style>'],
+    ['Bold Red Text', '<b><style color="00FF0000">12345.67</style></b>'],
+    ['Blue Text and Yellow Fill', '<style bgcolor="00FFFF00" color="000000FF">12345.67</style>'],
     ['Bold + Italic', '<b><i>12345.67</i></b>'],
     ['Hyperlink', 'https://github.com/shuchkin/simplexlsxgen'],
     ['Italic + Hyperlink + Anchor', '<i><a href="https://github.com/shuchkin/simplexlsxgen">SimpleXLSXGen</a></i>'],
diff --git a/src/SimpleXLSXGen.php b/src/SimpleXLSXGen.php
index 8809947..762b64f 100644
--- a/src/SimpleXLSXGen.php
+++ b/src/SimpleXLSXGen.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class SimpleXLSXGen {
     protected $template;
     protected $F, $F_KEYS; // fonts
     protected $XF, $XF_KEYS; // cellXfs
+    protected $B, $B_KEYS; // background fills
     protected $SI, $SI_KEYS; // shared strings
     const N_NORMAL = 0; // General
     const N_INT = 1; // 0
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ class SimpleXLSXGen {
     const F_ITALIC = 4;
     const F_UNDERLINE = 8;
     const F_STRIKE = 16;
+    const C_NORMAL = 0;
+    const B_NORMAL = 0;
     const A_DEFAULT = 0;
     const A_LEFT = 1;
     const A_RIGHT = 2;
@@ -44,8 +47,10 @@ class SimpleXLSXGen {
         $this->SI_KEYS = []; //  & keys
         $this->F = [ self::F_NORMAL ]; // fonts
         $this->F_KEYS = [0]; // & keys
-        $this->XF  = [ [self::N_NORMAL, self::F_NORMAL, self::A_DEFAULT] ]; // styles
-        $this->XF_KEYS = ['N0F0A0' => 0 ]; // & keys
+        $this->C = [ self::C_NORMAL ]; // 
+        $this->B = [ self::B_NORMAL ]; // 
+        $this->XF  = [ [self::N_NORMAL, self::F_NORMAL, self::A_DEFAULT, self::C_NORMAL, self::B_NORMAL] ]; // styles
+        $this->XF_KEYS = ['N0F0A0C0B0' => 0 ]; // & keys
 
         $this->template = [
             '_rels/.rels' => '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ class SimpleXLSXGen {
             'xl/styles.xml' => '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <styleSheet xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main">
 {FONTS}
-<fills count="1"><fill><patternFill patternType="none"/></fill></fills>
+{FILLS}
 <borders count="1"><border><left/><right/><top/><bottom/><diagonal/></border></borders>
 <cellStyleXfs count="1"><xf numFmtId="0" fontId="0" fillId="0" borderId="0" /></cellStyleXfs>
 {XF}
@@ -295,14 +300,15 @@ class SimpleXLSXGen {
                 $entries++;
             } elseif ( $cfilename === 'xl/styles.xml' ) {
                 $FONTS = ['<fonts count="'.count($this->F).'">'];
-                foreach ( $this->F as $f ) {
+                foreach ( $this->F as $index => $f ) {
                     $FONTS[] = '<font><name val="'.$this->defaultFont.'"/><family val="2"/>'
                         . ( $this->defaultFontSize ? '<sz val="'.$this->defaultFontSize.'"/>' : '' )
                         .( $f & self::F_BOLD ? '<b/>' : '')
                         .( $f & self::F_ITALIC ? '<i/>' : '')
                         .( $f & self::F_UNDERLINE ? '<u/>' : '')
                         .( $f & self::F_STRIKE ? '<strike/>' : '')
-                        .( $f & self::F_HYPERLINK ? '<color rgb="FF0563C1"/><u/>' : '')
+                        .( $f & self::F_HYPERLINK ? '<u/>' : '')
+                        .( isset($this->C[$index]) ? '<color rgb="'.$this->C[$index].'"/>' : '')
                         .'</font>';
                 }
                 $FONTS[] = '</fonts>';
@@ -311,13 +317,22 @@ class SimpleXLSXGen {
                     $align = ($xf[2] === self::A_LEFT ? ' applyAlignment="1"><alignment horizontal="left"/>' : '')
                         .($xf[2] === self::A_RIGHT ? ' applyAlignment="1"><alignment horizontal="right"/>' : '')
                         .($xf[2] === self::A_CENTER ? ' applyAlignment="1"><alignment horizontal="center"/>' : '');
-                    $XF[] = '<xf numFmtId="'.$xf[0].'" fontId="'.$xf[1].'" fillId="0" borderId="0" xfId="0"'
+                    $XF[] = '<xf numFmtId="'.$xf[0].'" fontId="'.$xf[1].'" fillId="'.$xf[4].'" borderId="0" xfId="0"'
                         .($xf[0] > 0 ? ' applyNumberFormat="1"' : '')
                         .($align ? $align . '</xf>' : '/>');
 
                 }
                 $XF[] = '</cellXfs>';
-                $template = str_replace(['{FONTS}','{XF}'], [implode("\r\n", $FONTS), implode("\r\n", $XF)], $template);
+                $FILLS = ['<fills count="'.count($this->B).'">'];
+                foreach( $this->B as $fill){
+                    if($fill===0){
+                        $FILLS[] = '<fill><patternFill patternType="none"></patternFill></fill>';
+                    } else {
+                        $FILLS[] = '<fill><patternFill patternType="solid"><fgColor rgb="'.$fill.'"/><bgColor indexed="64"/></patternFill></fill>';
+                    }
+                }
+                $FILLS[] = '</fills>';
+                $template = str_replace(['{FONTS}','{XF}','{FILLS}'], [implode("\r\n", $FONTS), implode("\r\n", $XF), implode("\r\n", $FILLS)], $template);
                 $this->_writeEntry($fh, $cdrec, $cfilename, $template);
                 $entries++;
             } else {
@@ -448,7 +463,7 @@ class SimpleXLSXGen {
                     }
 
                     $ct = $cv = null;
-                    $N = $F = $A = 0;
+                    $N = $F = $A = $C = $B =  0;
 
                     if ( is_string($v) ) {
 
@@ -469,6 +484,16 @@ class SimpleXLSXGen {
                                 if ( strpos( $v, '<s>' ) !== false ) {
                                     $F += self::F_STRIKE;
                                 }
+                                if ( strpos( $v, '<style' ) !== false ) {
+                                    preg_match('/(?<= color=").*?(?=")/', $v, $cValue);
+                                    if(!empty($cValue)){
+                                        $C = $cValue[0];
+                                    }
+                                    preg_match('/(?<= bgcolor=").*?(?=")/', $v, $bValue);
+                                    if(!empty($bValue)){
+                                        $B = $bValue[0];
+                                    }
+                                }
                                 if ( strpos( $v, '<left>' ) !== false ) {
                                     $A += self::A_LEFT;
                                 }
@@ -574,23 +599,31 @@ class SimpleXLSXGen {
                     $COL[ $CUR_COL ] = max( $vl, $COL[ $CUR_COL ] );
 
                     $cs = 0;
-                    if ( $N + $F + $A > 0 ) {
+                    if ( $N + $F + $A > 0 OR $C != 0 OR $B !=0) {
 
-                        if ( isset($this->F_KEYS[ $F ] ) ) {
-                            $cf = $this->F_KEYS[ $F ];
+                        if ( isset($this->F_KEYS[ $F."-".$C ] ) ) {
+                            $cf = $this->F_KEYS[ $F."-".$C ];
                         } else {
                             $cf = count($this->F);
-                            $this->F_KEYS[$F] = $cf;
+                            $this->F_KEYS[$F."-".$C] = $cf;
                             $this->F[] = $F;
+                            $this->C[] = $C;
                         }
-                        $NFA = 'N' . $N . 'F' . $cf . 'A' . $A;
+                        if ( isset($this->B_KEYS[ $B ] ) ) {
+                            $bk = $this->B_KEYS[ $B ];
+                        } else {
+                            $bk = count($this->B);
+                            $this->B_KEYS[$B] = $bk;
+                            $this->B[] = $B;
+                        }
+                        $NFA = 'N' . $N . 'F' . $cf . 'A' . $A . 'C'. $C . 'B' . $bk;
                         if ( isset( $this->XF_KEYS[ $NFA ] ) ) {
                             $cs = $this->XF_KEYS[ $NFA ];
                         }
                         if ( $cs === 0 ) {
                             $cs = count( $this->XF );
                             $this->XF_KEYS[ $NFA ] = $cs;
-                            $this->XF[] = [$N, $cf, $A];
+                            $this->XF[] = [$N, $cf, $A, $C, $bk];
                         }
                     }
 
@@ -689,4 +722,4 @@ class SimpleXLSXGen {
         // but we use fast version
         return str_replace( ['&', '<', '>', "\x00","\x03","\x0B"], ['&amp;', '&lt;', '&gt;', '', '', ''], $str );
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/styles.png b/styles.png
index 833cf97..37624bb 100644
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