diff --git a/lib/line_wrapper.coffee b/lib/line_wrapper.coffee
index c3f5d96..a087905 100644
--- a/lib/line_wrapper.coffee
+++ b/lib/line_wrapper.coffee
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ class LineWrapper extends EventEmitter
             @column = 1
             @startY = @document.page.margins.top
             @maxY = @document.page.maxY()
-            @document.x = x 
+            @document.x = x
+            @document.fillColor @document._fillColor... if @document._fillColor
             @emit 'pageBreak', options, this
             
         else
diff --git a/lib/mixins/color.coffee b/lib/mixins/color.coffee
index 0d51ccf..f848807 100644
--- a/lib/mixins/color.coffee
+++ b/lib/mixins/color.coffee
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ module.exports =
     fillColor: (color, opacity = 1) ->
         set = @_setColor color, no
         @fillOpacity opacity if set
+        
+        # save this for text wrapper, which needs to reset 
+        # the fill color on new pages
+        @_fillColor = [color, opacity]
         return this
 
     strokeColor: (color, opacity = 1) ->