diff --git a/src/makielayout/defaultattributes.jl b/src/makielayout/defaultattributes.jl
index c0c87a765..a6cf3c258 100644
--- a/src/makielayout/defaultattributes.jl
+++ b/src/makielayout/defaultattributes.jl
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ function default_attributes(::Type{Axis}, scene)
         titlevisible = true
         "The horizontal alignment of the title."
         titlealign = :center
+        "The color of the title"
+        titlecolor = :black
         "The font family of the xlabel."
         xlabelfont = lift_parent_attribute(scene, :font, "DejaVu Sans")
         "The font family of the ylabel."
diff --git a/src/makielayout/layoutables/axis.jl b/src/makielayout/layoutables/axis.jl
index cccb90d85..b1012c733 100644
--- a/src/makielayout/layoutables/axis.jl
+++ b/src/makielayout/layoutables/axis.jl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function Axis(fig_or_scene; bbox = nothing, kwargs...)
     attrs = merge!(merge!(Attributes(kwargs), theme_attrs), default_attrs)
 
     @extract attrs (
-        title, titlefont, titlesize, titlegap, titlevisible, titlealign,
+        title, titlefont, titlesize, titlegap, titlevisible, titlealign, titlecolor,
         xlabel, ylabel, xlabelcolor, ylabelcolor, xlabelsize, ylabelsize,
         xlabelvisible, ylabelvisible, xlabelpadding, ylabelpadding,
         xticklabelsize, xticklabelcolor, yticklabelsize, xticklabelsvisible, yticklabelsvisible,
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ function Axis(fig_or_scene; bbox = nothing, kwargs...)
         textsize = titlesize,
         align = titlealignnode,
         font = titlefont,
+        color = titlecolor,
         show_axis=false)
     decorations[:title] = titlet
 
diff --git a/src/makielayout/layoutables/colorbar.jl b/src/makielayout/layoutables/colorbar.jl
index 8a81f6749..a3b1984f3 100644
--- a/src/makielayout/layoutables/colorbar.jl
+++ b/src/makielayout/layoutables/colorbar.jl
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ function Colorbar(fig_or_scene; bbox = nothing, kwargs...)
     axis = LineAxis(topscene, endpoints = axispoints, flipped = flipaxisposition,
         limits = limits, ticklabelalign = ticklabelalign, label = label,
         labelpadding = labelpadding, labelvisible = labelvisible, labelsize = labelsize,
+        labelcolor = labelcolor,
         labelfont = labelfont, ticklabelfont = ticklabelfont, ticks = ticks, tickformat = tickformat,
         ticklabelsize = ticklabelsize, ticklabelsvisible = ticklabelsvisible, ticksize = ticksize,
         ticksvisible = ticksvisible, ticklabelpad = ticklabelpad, tickalign = tickalign,