diff --git a/OpenXmlFormats/Spreadsheet/Styles/CT_Font.cs b/OpenXmlFormats/Spreadsheet/Styles/CT_Font.cs
index 98011b82e..96c21692b 100644
--- a/OpenXmlFormats/Spreadsheet/Styles/CT_Font.cs
+++ b/OpenXmlFormats/Spreadsheet/Styles/CT_Font.cs
@@ -512,6 +512,14 @@ public CT_Color AddNewColor()
             this.colorField.Add(newColor);
             return newColor;
         }
+        public int AddColor(CT_Color value)
+        {
+            colorField = colorField ?? new List<CT_Color>();
+
+            colorField.Add(value);
+
+            return this.colorField.Count - 1;
+        }
         #endregion color
 
         #region sz
diff --git a/ooxml/XSSF/UserModel/XSSFFontFormatting.cs b/ooxml/XSSF/UserModel/XSSFFontFormatting.cs
index f7ff5a2d9..74b81dff3 100644
--- a/ooxml/XSSF/UserModel/XSSFFontFormatting.cs
+++ b/ooxml/XSSF/UserModel/XSSFFontFormatting.cs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public IColor FontColor
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    _font.SetColorArray(0, xcolor.GetCTColor());
+                    _font.AddColor(xcolor.GetCTColor());
                 }
             }
         }