diff --git a/KSTokenView/KSTokenView.swift b/KSTokenView/KSTokenView.swift
index 4ab3527..3bf5fa2 100644
--- a/KSTokenView/KSTokenView.swift
+++ b/KSTokenView/KSTokenView.swift
@@ -327,6 +327,13 @@ open class KSTokenView: UIView {
       }
    }
 
+    /// default is UIColor.blackColor()
+    open var textColor: UIColor = UIColor.black {
+        didSet {
+            _tokenField.textColor = textColor
+        }
+    }
+
     /// default is UIColor.grayColor()
     open var promptColor: UIColor = UIColor.gray {
         didSet {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6e1ed7..acfa32d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ tokenView.maximumHeight = 120.0
 /// default is UIColor.grayColor()
 tokenView.cursorColor = UIColor.grayColor()
 
+/// default is UIColor.blackColor()
+tokenView.textColor = UIColor.blackColor()
+
 /// default is 10.0. Horizontal padding of title
 tokenView.paddingX = 10.0