diff --git a/templates/ios/Launch Screen.storyboard b/templates/ios/Launch Screen.storyboard
index b0dee1b6c..d6b5d69ef 100644
--- a/templates/ios/Launch Screen.storyboard	
+++ b/templates/ios/Launch Screen.storyboard	
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
                             <label opaque="NO" clipsSubviews="YES" userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="left" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="251" text="::APP_TITLE::" textAlignment="center" lineBreakMode="middleTruncation" baselineAdjustment="alignBaselines" minimumFontSize="18" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="GJd-Yh-RWb">
                                 <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="377.5" width="834" height="43"/>
                                 <fontDescription key="fontDescription" type="boldSystem" pointSize="36"/>
-                                <color key="textColor" red="0.0" green="0.0" blue="0.0" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="sRGB"/>
+                                <color key="textColor" red="::FG_TINT_RED::" green="::FG_TINT_GREEN::" blue="::FG_TINT_BLUE::" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="sRGB"/>
                                 <nil key="highlightedColor"/>
                             </label>
                         </subviews>
diff --git a/tools/nme/src/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx b/tools/nme/src/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx
index d0ad7b7cb..534d528f4 100644
--- a/tools/nme/src/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx
+++ b/tools/nme/src/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ ${hxcpp_include}';
       context.TINT_BLUE = ((col) & 0xff) / 0xff;
       context.TINT_ALPHA = 1;
 
+      var txtCol:Int = project.window.foreground;
+      context.FG_TINT_RED = ((txtCol>>16) & 0xff) / 0xff;
+      context.FG_TINT_GREEN = ((txtCol>>8) & 0xff) / 0xff;
+      context.FG_TINT_BLUE = ((txtCol) & 0xff) / 0xff;
+
       var devTeam = project.getDef("DEVELOPMENT_TEAM");
       if (devTeam!=null)
           context.DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = devTeam;
diff --git a/tools/nme/src/project/NMMLParser.hx b/tools/nme/src/project/NMMLParser.hx
index eb07ca9b5..50903748f 100644
--- a/tools/nme/src/project/NMMLParser.hx
+++ b/tools/nme/src/project/NMMLParser.hx
@@ -1165,6 +1165,13 @@ class NMMLParser
                   value = "0x" + value;
                project.window.background = Std.parseInt(value);
 
+            case "foreground":
+               value = StringTools.replace(value, "#", "");
+               if (value.indexOf("0x") == -1) 
+                  value = "0x" + value;
+               project.window.foreground = Std.parseInt(value);
+
+
             case "orientation":
                var orientation = Reflect.field(Orientation, Std.string(value).toUpperCase());
                if (orientation != null) 
diff --git a/tools/nme/src/project/Window.hx b/tools/nme/src/project/Window.hx
index 69b9a7243..71831839d 100644
--- a/tools/nme/src/project/Window.hx
+++ b/tools/nme/src/project/Window.hx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class Window
    public var width:Int;
    public var height:Int;
    public var background:Int;
+   public var foreground:Int;
    public var parameters:String;
    public var fps:Int;
    public var hardware:Bool;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ class Window
       height = 600;
       parameters = "{}";
       background = 0xFFFFFF;
+      foreground = 0x000000;
       fps = 30;
       hardware = true;
       resizable = true;