Index: /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5008)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5009)
@@ -71,4 +71,5 @@
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4683">#4683</a> : Double-quote character in attribute values is not escaped in editor output.</li>
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4762">#4762</a> : [IE] Unexpected vertical-scrolling behavior happens whenever focus is moving out of editor in source mode.</li>
+		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4772">#4772</a> : Fore-color style must be applied within a link instead of wrapping it.</li>
 		<li>Updated the following language files:<ul>
 			<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5006">#5006</a> : Dutch;</li>
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/colorbutton/plugin.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/colorbutton/plugin.js	(revision 5008)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/colorbutton/plugin.js	(revision 5009)
@@ -195,5 +195,11 @@
 		element		: 'span',
 		styles		: { 'color' : '#(color)' },
-		overrides	: [ { element : 'font', attributes : { 'color' : null } } ]
+		overrides	: [ { element : 'font', attributes : { 'color' : null } } ],
+
+		// Fore color style must be applied inside links instead of around it.
+		childRule : function( element )
+		{
+			return element.getName() != 'a';
+		}
 	};
 
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/styles/plugin.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/styles/plugin.js	(revision 5008)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/styles/plugin.js	(revision 5009)
@@ -376,5 +376,7 @@
 
 				// Check if the current node can be a child of the style element.
-				if ( !nodeName || ( dtd[ nodeName ] && ( currentNode.getPosition( lastNode ) | CKEDITOR.POSITION_PRECEDING | CKEDITOR.POSITION_IDENTICAL | CKEDITOR.POSITION_IS_CONTAINED ) == ( CKEDITOR.POSITION_PRECEDING + CKEDITOR.POSITION_IDENTICAL + CKEDITOR.POSITION_IS_CONTAINED ) ) )
+				if ( !nodeName || ( dtd[ nodeName ]
+					&& ( currentNode.getPosition( lastNode ) | CKEDITOR.POSITION_PRECEDING | CKEDITOR.POSITION_IDENTICAL | CKEDITOR.POSITION_IS_CONTAINED ) == ( CKEDITOR.POSITION_PRECEDING + CKEDITOR.POSITION_IDENTICAL + CKEDITOR.POSITION_IS_CONTAINED )
+					&& ( !def.childRule || def.childRule( currentNode ) ) ) )
 				{
 					var currentParent = currentNode.getParent();
@@ -382,5 +384,7 @@
 					// Check if the style element can be a child of the current
 					// node parent or if the element is not defined in the DTD.
-					if ( currentParent && ( ( currentParent.getDtd() || CKEDITOR.dtd.span )[ elementName ] || isUnknownElement ) )
+					if ( currentParent
+						&& ( ( currentParent.getDtd() || CKEDITOR.dtd.span )[ elementName ] || isUnknownElement )
+						&& ( !def.parentRule || def.parentRule( currentParent ) ) )
 					{
 						// This node will be part of our range, so if it has not
@@ -407,5 +411,6 @@
 							while ( !includedNode.$.nextSibling
 								&& ( parentNode = includedNode.getParent(), dtd[ parentNode.getName() ] )
-								&& ( parentNode.getPosition( firstNode ) | CKEDITOR.POSITION_FOLLOWING | CKEDITOR.POSITION_IDENTICAL | CKEDITOR.POSITION_IS_CONTAINED ) == ( CKEDITOR.POSITION_FOLLOWING + CKEDITOR.POSITION_IDENTICAL + CKEDITOR.POSITION_IS_CONTAINED ) )
+								&& ( parentNode.getPosition( firstNode ) | CKEDITOR.POSITION_FOLLOWING | CKEDITOR.POSITION_IDENTICAL | CKEDITOR.POSITION_IS_CONTAINED ) == ( CKEDITOR.POSITION_FOLLOWING + CKEDITOR.POSITION_IDENTICAL + CKEDITOR.POSITION_IS_CONTAINED )
+								&& ( !def.childRule || def.childRule( parentNode ) ) )
 							{
 								includedNode = parentNode;