diff --git a/doomsday/client/include/ui/widgets/labelwidget.h b/doomsday/client/include/ui/widgets/labelwidget.h
index 0694643e33..b4edb1910d 100644
--- a/doomsday/client/include/ui/widgets/labelwidget.h
+++ b/doomsday/client/include/ui/widgets/labelwidget.h
@@ -112,15 +112,7 @@ class LabelWidget : public GuiWidget
 
     void setTextLineAlignment(ui::Alignment const &textLineAlign);
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the alignment of the image when there is both an image
-     * and a text in the label.
-     *
-     * @param imageAlign  Alignment for the image.
-     */
-    void setImageAlignment(ui::Alignment const &imageAlign);
-
-    void setImageFit(ui::ContentFit const &fit);
+    void setTextModulationColorf(de::Vector4f const &colorf);
 
     /**
      * Sets the maximum width used for text. By default, the maximum width is determined
@@ -138,6 +130,16 @@ class LabelWidget : public GuiWidget
      */
     void setTextStyle(de::Font::RichFormat::IStyle const *richStyle);
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the alignment of the image when there is both an image
+     * and a text in the label.
+     *
+     * @param imageAlign  Alignment for the image.
+     */
+    void setImageAlignment(ui::Alignment const &imageAlign);
+
+    void setImageFit(ui::ContentFit const &fit);
+
     /**
      * The image's actual size will be overridden by this size.
      * @param size  Image size.
diff --git a/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/buttonwidget.cpp b/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/buttonwidget.cpp
index 87b37734f1..2d6fb1a582 100644
--- a/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/buttonwidget.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/buttonwidget.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ DENG2_OBSERVES(Action, Triggered)
 {
     State state;
     DotPath hoverTextColor;
-    DotPath textColor;
     QScopedPointer<Action> action;
     Animation scale;
     Animation frameOpacity;
@@ -62,20 +61,15 @@ DENG2_OBSERVES(Action, Triggered)
             if(!hoverTextColor.isEmpty())
             {
                 // Restore old color.
-                self.setTextColor(textColor);
+                self.setTextModulationColorf(Vector4f(1, 1, 1, 1));
             }
             break;
 
         case Hover:
-            //scale.setValue(1.1f, .15f);
-            //scale.setStyle(Animation::EaseOut);
             frameOpacity.setValue(.4f, .15f);
             if(!hoverTextColor.isEmpty())
             {
-                // Remember the old color.
-                textColor = self.textColorId();
-
-                self.setTextColor(hoverTextColor);
+                self.setTextModulationColorf(style().colors().colorf(hoverTextColor));
             }
             break;
 
@@ -152,7 +146,7 @@ DENG2_OBSERVES(Action, Triggered)
 ButtonWidget::ButtonWidget(String const &name) : LabelWidget(name), d(new Instance(this))
 {}
 
-void ButtonWidget::setHoverTextColor(const DotPath &hoverTextId)
+void ButtonWidget::setHoverTextColor(DotPath const &hoverTextId)
 {
     d->hoverTextColor = hoverTextId;
 }
diff --git a/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/labelwidget.cpp b/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/labelwidget.cpp
index 72edba97cf..2134bad37c 100644
--- a/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/labelwidget.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/labelwidget.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public Font::RichFormat::IStyle
     Vector2f overrideImageSize;
     float imageScale;
     Vector4f imageColor;
+    Vector4f textGLColor;
     int maxTextWidth;
 
     ConstantRule *width;
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ public Font::RichFormat::IStyle
         , imageFit    (OriginalAspectRatio | FitToSize)
         , imageScale  (1)
         , imageColor  (1, 1, 1, 1)
+        , textGLColor (1, 1, 1, 1)
         , maxTextWidth(0)
         , gapId       ("label.gap")
         , richStyle   (0)
@@ -525,6 +527,12 @@ void LabelWidget::setTextLineAlignment(Alignment const &textLineAlign)
     d->lineAlign = textLineAlign;
 }
 
+void LabelWidget::setTextModulationColorf(Vector4f const &colorf)
+{
+    d->textGLColor = colorf;
+    requestGeometry();
+}
+
 void LabelWidget::setImageAlignment(Alignment const &imageAlign)
 {
     d->imageAlign = imageAlign;
@@ -618,7 +626,7 @@ void LabelWidget::glMakeGeometry(DefaultVertexBuf::Builder &verts)
         // Shadow + text.
         /*composer.makeVertices(verts, textPos.topLeft + Vector2i(0, 2),
                               lineAlign, Vector4f(0, 0, 0, 1));*/
-        d->glText.makeVertices(verts, layout.text, AlignCenter, d->lineAlign);
+        d->glText.makeVertices(verts, layout.text, AlignCenter, d->lineAlign, d->textGLColor);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/popupmenuwidget.cpp b/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/popupmenuwidget.cpp
index 1ed90366d9..1eca4b8a50 100644
--- a/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/popupmenuwidget.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/popupmenuwidget.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ void PopupMenuWidget::panelClosing()
 
     if(d->hover)
     {
-        d->hover->setTextColor("text");
+        d->hover->setTextModulationColorf(Vector4f(1, 1, 1, 1));
         d->hover->setImageColor(style().colors().colorf("text"));
         d->hover = 0;
         requestGeometry();