diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index 0e054ab5..fca8ef63 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Ranked; detail in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadmap.md) and [docs/gaps.md](docs/gap
 
 | Date | What landed |
 |---|---|
-| 2026-10-11 | Effect › Brush Strokes: Accented Edges, Angled Strokes, Crosshatch, Dark Strokes, Ink Outlines, Spatter, Sprayed Strokes, Sumi-e (G2). Command parameters from agents and files checked before anything changes (paint, place, cuts, dashes, crop, asset ids, anchors, paths, distort; #984–#999); command dialogs keep whole numbers whole, so Create Object Mosaic takes the tiles typed (#1000); stepper arrows take Shift (×10) and Ctrl/Cmd (÷10) like the arrow keys (#991). Exports and Rasterize supersample Art Optimized edges, so shapes meeting edge to edge leave no seam (#983). Character and paragraph styles take leading, kerning, mojikumi and the other attributes left out at their defaults (#1001). Drawing, typing and pasting with no layer shown and unlocked is refused instead of adding art to a hidden or locked layer (#1002). |
+| 2026-10-11 | Effect › Brush Strokes: Accented Edges, Angled Strokes, Crosshatch, Dark Strokes, Ink Outlines, Spatter, Sprayed Strokes, Sumi-e (G2). Command parameters from agents and files checked before anything changes (paint, place, cuts, dashes, crop, asset ids, anchors, paths, distort; #984–#999); command dialogs keep whole numbers whole, so Create Object Mosaic takes the tiles typed (#1000); stepper arrows take Shift (×10) and Ctrl/Cmd (÷10) like the arrow keys (#991). Exports and Rasterize supersample Art Optimized edges, so shapes meeting edge to edge leave no seam (#983). Character and paragraph styles take leading, kerning, mojikumi and the other attributes left out at their defaults (#1001). Drawing, typing and pasting with no layer shown and unlocked is refused instead of adding art to a hidden or locked layer (#1002). MCP `add_text` gives type on or in a path the colour asked for (#1003). |
 | 2026-10-10 | Initial live Revolve (Effect › 3D and Materials, #846, #605), in its own `three-d` crate. Progress docs re-measured and restructured to the craftrules standard (this page, `docs/target-app-parity.md`, `gaps.md`, `ui-parity.md`, the format, hardware, localization, effects and type checklists). Same day: v0.8.0; Effect › Distort, Pixelate and Texture filters (13); German interface; Variables (data merge); Graph Type value axes and tick marks; restart when the first frame never reaches the screen (#964) |
 | 2026-10-09 | Radial Blur, Smart Blur, Unsharp Mask (gap 2 begins); 340 commits, the busiest day |
 | 2026-10-08 | v0.5.0–v0.7.0; community contributions: Pen and shape-tool modifiers, Layers, Artboards, Japanese composition, Hebrew/Arabic type, interface languages, saved selections |
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/textedit.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/textedit.rs
index 0df32a97..7c0b41c7 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/textedit.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/textedit.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             "Area / Path Type",
             [],
             None,
-            "{path: id, mode: \"area\"|\"onPath\", text?: \"\", vertical?: bool = false, at?: [x, y] (on-path start: nearest point), size?, font?, fit?: none|autoHeight|shrinkText, fitMinPercent? (area: as text.areaOptions; default autoHeight when the autoSizeAreaType preference is on), placeholder?: bool (placeholder text instead, as text.create), leadingModel?, charAlign? (as text.create)} turn a path into an area-type frame or a type-on-a-path baseline (the path's paint is dropped) → {id}",
+            "{path: id, mode: \"area\"|\"onPath\", text?: \"\", vertical?: bool = false, at?: [x, y] (on-path start: nearest point), size?, font?, style?, color? (as text.create), fit?: none|autoHeight|shrinkText, fitMinPercent? (area: as text.areaOptions; default autoHeight when the autoSizeAreaType preference is on), placeholder?: bool (placeholder text instead, as text.create), leadingModel?, charAlign? (as text.create)} turn a path into an area-type frame or a type-on-a-path baseline (the path's paint is dropped) → {id}",
             has_doc,
             create_in_path
         ),
@@ -485,16 +485,7 @@ fn create_in_path(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     if !on_path && !path.is_closed() && path.bounds().is_none_or(|b| b.width() < 1.0 || b.height() < 1.0) {
         return Err(bad(C, "area type needs a path that encloses an area"));
     }
-    let mut style = CharStyle::default();
-    if let Some(v) = p.get("size").and_then(Value::as_f64) {
-        style.size = v.clamp(0.1, 1296.0);
-    }
-    if let Some(f) = str_param(p, "font") {
-        style.font_family = f.to_string();
-    }
-    if !s.paint.fill.is_none() && s.paint.fill != Paint::solid(vectorcraft_color::Color::WHITE) {
-        style.fill = s.paint.fill.clone();
-    }
+    let style = super::create::new_type_style(s, p);
     let text = str_param(p, "text").unwrap_or("").to_string();
     let start = match point_param(p, "at") {
         Some(at) if on_path => vectorcraft_geom::ArcPath::new(path).fraction_at(at).unwrap_or(0.0),
diff --git a/crates/mcp/src/tests.rs b/crates/mcp/src/tests.rs
index 25639ebd..17b3773a 100644
--- a/crates/mcp/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/mcp/src/tests.rs
@@ -312,6 +312,22 @@ fn inspect_document_reports_the_paint_of_type() {
     assert_eq!((t["fill"].as_str(), t["stroke"].as_str(), t["strokeWidth"].as_f64()), (Some("#0000ff"), Some("#00ff00"), Some(3.0)), "{t}");
 }
 
+/// #1003: type made on or in a path takes add_text's `color` too, over the current fill.
+#[test]
+fn add_text_on_or_in_a_path_takes_its_color() {
+    for mode in ["onPath", "area"] {
+        let mut s = server();
+        let r = call(&mut s, 2, "draw_shape", json!({"shape": "rectangle", "x": 40, "y": 40, "width": 180, "height": 60, "fill": "#0000ff"}));
+        let path = serde_json::from_str::<Value>(&text_of(&r)).unwrap()["id"].clone();
+        let r = call(&mut s, 3, "add_text", json!({"text": "Hello", "path": path, "mode": mode, "color": "#ff0000"}));
+        assert_eq!(r["isError"], false, "{r}");
+        let id = serde_json::from_str::<Value>(&text_of(&r)).unwrap()["id"].clone();
+        let v: Value = serde_json::from_str(&text_of(&call(&mut s, 4, "inspect_document", json!({})))).unwrap();
+        let t = v["layers"][0]["children"].as_array().unwrap().iter().find(|c| c["id"] == id).cloned().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(t["fill"].as_str(), Some("#ff0000"), "{mode}: {t}");
+    }
+}
+
 /// save_file says it saves in the document's own format or the one the path's extension picks.
 #[test]
 fn save_file_describes_the_formats_it_writes() {
diff --git a/crates/mcp/src/tools.rs b/crates/mcp/src/tools.rs
index b84358ce..9ae42a4a 100644
--- a/crates/mcp/src/tools.rs
+++ b/crates/mcp/src/tools.rs
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ fn select_ids(b: &mut dyn Backend, a: &Args) -> Result<(), String> {
 fn add_text(b: &mut dyn Backend, a: &Args) -> Result<Value, String> {
     let text = a.get("text").and_then(Value::as_str).ok_or("missing string argument `text`")?;
     let mut style = json!({});
-    for k in ["size", "font"] {
+    for k in ["size", "font", "color"] {
         if let Some(v) = a.get(k) {
             style[k] = v.clone();
         }
@@ -592,9 +592,6 @@ fn add_text(b: &mut dyn Backend, a: &Args) -> Result<Value, String> {
         for (k, v) in style.as_object().into_iter().flatten() {
             p[k.as_str()] = v.clone();
         }
-        if let Some(c) = a.get("color") {
-            p["color"] = c.clone();
-        }
         if let (Some(w), Some(h)) = (a.get("width"), a.get("height")) {
             p["area"] = json!({"width": w, "height": h});
         }