Index: /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 7197)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 7198)
@@ -54,4 +54,5 @@
 		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/7943">#7943</a> : CSS conflict no longer appears when the page styles set the <code>float</code> property of <code>label</code> elements.</li>
 		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/8016">#8016</a> : [WebKit] Flash content is not visible when previewing content.</li>
+		<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/6908">#6908</a> : Text color should always be applied to the linked text.</li>
 		<li>Updated the following language files:<ul>
 			<li><a href="http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/8128">#8128</a> : Italian;</li>
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/colorbutton/plugin.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/colorbutton/plugin.js	(revision 7197)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/colorbutton/plugin.js	(revision 7198)
@@ -142,6 +142,6 @@
 							function( element )
 							{
-								// Fore color style must be applied inside links instead of around it.
-								return element.getName() != 'a' || isUnstylable( element );
+								// Fore color style must be applied inside links instead of around it. (#4772,#6908)
+								return !( element.is( 'a' ) || element.getElementsByTag( 'a' ).count() ) || isUnstylable( element );
 							};