diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1833821..7e5ea7d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 1.5.2
+
+* Bugfix
+  * `CellStyle.background` not being used in null-valued cells.
+
 ## 1.5.1
 
 * Bugfix
diff --git a/example/pubspec.lock b/example/pubspec.lock
index cf00733..2045360 100644
--- a/example/pubspec.lock
+++ b/example/pubspec.lock
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ packages:
       path: ".."
       relative: true
     source: path
-    version: "1.5.0"
+    version: "1.5.1"
   fake_async:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/lib/src/internal/table_row_painter.dart b/lib/src/internal/table_row_painter.dart
index c7c5d9f..e6cad95 100644
--- a/lib/src/internal/table_row_painter.dart
+++ b/lib/src/internal/table_row_painter.dart
@@ -72,41 +72,43 @@ class TableRowPainter<ROW> extends CustomPainter {
                       color: cellIcon.color)));
         }
       } else {
-        String? value = _stringValue(column: column);
-        if (value != null) {
-          CellStyle? cellStyle;
-          if (column.cellStyleBuilder != null) {
-            cellStyle = column.cellStyleBuilder!(row);
+        CellStyle? cellStyle;
+        if (column.cellStyleBuilder != null) {
+          cellStyle = column.cellStyleBuilder!(row);
+        }
+        if (cellStyle != null) {
+          if (cellStyle.alignment != null) {
+            alignment = cellStyle.alignment!;
+          }
+          if (cellStyle.textStyle != null) {
+            textStyle = cellStyle.textStyle;
+          }
+          if (cellStyle.background != null) {
+            background = cellStyle.background;
           }
-          if (cellStyle != null) {
-            if (cellStyle.alignment != null) {
-              alignment = cellStyle.alignment!;
-            }
-            if (cellStyle.textStyle != null) {
-              textStyle = cellStyle.textStyle;
-            }
-            if (cellStyle.background != null) {
-              background = cellStyle.background;
-            }
-            if (cellStyle.padding != null) {
-              padding = cellStyle.padding;
-            }
+          if (cellStyle.padding != null) {
+            padding = cellStyle.padding;
           }
+        }
+
+        String? value = _stringValue(column: column);
+        if (value != null) {
           textPainter = _defaultTextPainter
             ..text = TextSpan(text: value, style: textStyle);
         }
       }
 
+      if (background != null) {
+        _paintBackground(
+            left: left,
+            right: right,
+            top: top,
+            bottom: bottom,
+            canvas: canvas,
+            color: background);
+      }
+
       if (textPainter != null) {
-        if (background != null) {
-          _paintBackground(
-              left: left,
-              right: right,
-              top: top,
-              bottom: bottom,
-              canvas: canvas,
-              color: background);
-        }
         _paintTextPainter(
             left: left,
             right: right,
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ class TableRowPainter<ROW> extends CustomPainter {
             alignment: alignment,
             padding: padding,
             textPainter: textPainter);
-      } else if (nullValueColor != null) {
+      } else if (nullValueColor != null && background == null) {
         _paintBackground(
             left: left,
             right: right,
diff --git a/lib/src/theme/cell_theme_data.dart b/lib/src/theme/cell_theme_data.dart
index 6849897..75ca335 100644
--- a/lib/src/theme/cell_theme_data.dart
+++ b/lib/src/theme/cell_theme_data.dart
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ class CellThemeData {
 
   final Alignment alignment;
 
+  /// Defines a background when the cell value is null.
+  /// It is ignoring when [CellStyle.background] is not null.
   final EasyTableRowColor? nullValueColor;
 
   @override