diff --git a/Libraries/Components/Picker/PickerIOS.ios.js b/Libraries/Components/Picker/PickerIOS.ios.js
index 12bbc2cc13488f..93a429cbe43773 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/Picker/PickerIOS.ios.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/Picker/PickerIOS.ios.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ var StyleSheet = require('StyleSheet');
 var StyleSheetPropType = require('StyleSheetPropType');
 var TextStylePropTypes = require('TextStylePropTypes');
 var View = require('View');
+var processColor = require('processColor');
 
 var itemStylePropType = StyleSheetPropType(TextStylePropTypes);
 var requireNativeComponent = require('requireNativeComponent');
@@ -48,7 +49,11 @@ var PickerIOS = React.createClass({
       if (child.props.value === props.selectedValue) {
         selectedIndex = index;
       }
-      items.push({value: child.props.value, label: child.props.label});
+      items.push({
+        value: child.props.value,
+        label: child.props.label,
+        textColor: processColor(child.props.color),
+      });
     });
     return {selectedIndex, items};
   },
@@ -95,6 +100,7 @@ PickerIOS.Item = class extends React.Component {
   static propTypes = {
     value: React.PropTypes.any, // string or integer basically
     label: React.PropTypes.string,
+    color: React.PropTypes.string,
   };
 
   render() {
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTPicker.m b/React/Views/RCTPicker.m
index b83a9667cbf078..ce8598b48d4a0b 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTPicker.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTPicker.m
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ - (UIView *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView
   }
 
   label.font = _font;
-  label.textColor = _color;
+
+  label.textColor = [RCTConvert UIColor:_items[row][@"textColor"]] ?: _color;
+
   label.textAlignment = _textAlign;
   label.text = [self pickerView:pickerView titleForRow:row forComponent:component];
   return label;