diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactStylesDiffMap.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactStylesDiffMap.java
index 504bedbfe22..9c8b15d8087 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactStylesDiffMap.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactStylesDiffMap.java
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
 package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
 
 import android.view.View;
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Dynamic;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableType;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
@@ -85,11 +87,16 @@ public class ReactStylesDiffMap {
     return mBackingMap.getMap(key);
   }
 
-  @Nullable
+  @NonNull
   public Dynamic getDynamic(String key) {
     return mBackingMap.getDynamic(key);
   }
 
+  @NonNull
+  public ReadableType getType(String key) {
+    return mBackingMap.getType(key);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     return "{ " + getClass().getSimpleName() + ": " + mBackingMap.toString() + " }";
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextAnchorViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextAnchorViewManager.java
index 06cd9c5853e..dbbe4a80b9a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextAnchorViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextAnchorViewManager.java
@@ -48,6 +48,25 @@ public abstract class ReactTextAnchorViewManager<T extends View, C extends React
     view.setFocusable(accessible);
   }
 
+  @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.COLOR, customType = "Color")
+  public void setColor(ReactTextView view, int color) {
+    /**
+     * This is needed for natively driven animations for text color. Typically, {@link
+     * ReactTextView#setText} is called via {@link ReactTextViewManager#updateExtraData}, but
+     * natively animated color changes bypass render and layout pass via direct call to {@link
+     * SurfaceMountingManager#updateProps} from {@link UIManager#synchronouslyUpdateViewOnUIThread}.
+     */
+    Spannable spannable = view.getSpanned();
+    if (spannable != null) {
+      spannable.setSpan(
+          new ReactForegroundColorSpan(color),
+          0,
+          spannable.length(),
+          Spannable.SPAN_INCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE);
+      view.setText(spannable);
+    }
+  }
+
   // maxLines can only be set in master view (block), doesn't really make sense to set in a span
   @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.NUMBER_OF_LINES, defaultInt = ViewDefaults.NUMBER_OF_LINES)
   public void setNumberOfLines(ReactTextView view, int numberOfLines) {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
index a9623479824..ba2df6fb096 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import android.text.Spannable;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableNativeMap;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableType;
 import com.facebook.react.common.MapBuilder;
 import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.facebook.react.common.mapbuffer.ReadableMapBuffer;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.IViewManagerWithChildren;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactStylesDiffMap;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.StateWrapper;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewProps;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaMeasureMode;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -113,6 +115,20 @@ public class ReactTextViewManager
     Spannable spanned =
         TextLayoutManager.getOrCreateSpannableForText(
             view.getContext(), attributedString, mReactTextViewManagerCallback);
+
+    /**
+     * For natively driven animations for text color, on mount, {@link
+     * UIManager#synchronouslyUpdateViewOnUIThread} may be called before updateState, in which case
+     * the ReactStylesDiffMap will contain the color.
+     */
+    if (props.hasKey(ViewProps.COLOR) && props.getType(ViewProps.COLOR) == ReadableType.Number) {
+      spanned.setSpan(
+          new ReactForegroundColorSpan(props.getInt(ViewProps.COLOR, 0)),
+          0,
+          spanned.length(),
+          Spannable.SPAN_INCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE);
+    }
+
     view.setSpanned(spanned);
 
     int textBreakStrategy =