diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Molecules/DesignedComponents/LockUps/TitleLockupModel.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Molecules/DesignedComponents/LockUps/TitleLockupModel.swift
index a280e0b4..dafe8c95 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Molecules/DesignedComponents/LockUps/TitleLockupModel.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Molecules/DesignedComponents/LockUps/TitleLockupModel.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ public class TitleLockupModel: MoleculeModelProtocol, ParentMoleculeModelProtoco
     public var eyebrow: LabelModel?
     public var title: LabelModel
     public var subTitle: LabelModel?
-    public var subTitleColor: Use = .primary
     
     public var alignment: VDS.TitleLockup.TextAlignment = .left
     public var inverted: Bool = false
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ public class TitleLockupModel: MoleculeModelProtocol, ParentMoleculeModelProtoco
         case eyebrow
         case title
         case subTitle
-        case subTitleColor
         case inverted
         case alignment
     }
@@ -78,17 +76,6 @@ public class TitleLockupModel: MoleculeModelProtocol, ParentMoleculeModelProtoco
         eyebrow = try typeContainer.decodeIfPresent(LabelModel.self, forKey: .eyebrow)
         subTitle = try typeContainer.decodeMoleculeIfPresent(codingKey: .subTitle)
 
-        /// look for color hex code
-        if let color = try? typeContainer.decodeIfPresent(Color.self, forKey: .subTitleColor) {
-            self.subTitleColor = color.uiColor.isDark() ? .primary : .secondary
-        
-        } else if let subTitleColor = try? typeContainer.decodeIfPresent(Use.self, forKey: .subTitleColor) {
-            self.subTitleColor = subTitleColor
-            
-        } else {
-            subTitleColor = .primary
-        }
-
         if let newAlignment = try typeContainer.decodeIfPresent(VDS.TitleLockup.TextAlignment.self, forKey: .alignment) {
             alignment = newAlignment
         }
@@ -109,17 +96,23 @@ public class TitleLockupModel: MoleculeModelProtocol, ParentMoleculeModelProtoco
         try container.encodeIfPresent(eyebrow, forKey: .eyebrow)
         try container.encodeModel(title, forKey: .title)
         try container.encodeIfPresent(subTitle, forKey: .subTitle)
-        try container.encode(subTitleColor, forKey: .subTitleColor)
         try container.encode(alignment, forKey: .alignment)
         try container.encode(inverted, forKey: .inverted)
     }
     
     public func eyebrowModel(delegateObject: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject?, additionalData: [AnyHashable: Any]?) -> VDS.TitleLockup.EyebrowModel? {
         guard let eyebrow else { return nil }
+        
+        var eyebrowColor: TitleLockup.TextColor = .primary
+        if let color = eyebrow.textColor?.uiColor {
+            eyebrowColor = .custom(color, color)
+        }
+
         let attrs = eyebrow.attributes?.toVDSLabelAttributeModel(delegateObject: delegateObject, additionalData: additionalData)
         do {
             if let style = eyebrow.fontStyle {
                 return .init(text: eyebrow.text,
+                             textColor: eyebrowColor,
                              isBold: style.isBold(),
                              standardStyle: try style.vdsSubsetStyle(),
                              textAttributes: attrs,
@@ -129,14 +122,21 @@ public class TitleLockupModel: MoleculeModelProtocol, ParentMoleculeModelProtoco
             MVMCoreLoggingHandler.shared()?.addError(toLog: object)
         } catch { }
         
-        return .init(text: eyebrow.text, textAttributes: attrs, numberOfLines: eyebrow.numberOfLines ?? 0)
+        return .init(text: eyebrow.text, textColor: eyebrowColor, textAttributes: attrs, numberOfLines: eyebrow.numberOfLines ?? 0)
     }
     
     public func titleModel(delegateObject: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject?, additionalData: [AnyHashable: Any]?) -> VDS.TitleLockup.TitleModel {
+        
+        var titleColor: TitleLockup.TitleTextColor = .primary
+        if let color = title.textColor?.uiColor {
+            titleColor = .custom(color, color)
+        }
+
         let attrs = title.attributes?.toVDSLabelAttributeModel(delegateObject: delegateObject, additionalData: additionalData)
         do {
             if let style = title.fontStyle {
                 return .init(text: title.text,
+                             textColor: titleColor,
                              textAttributes: attrs,
                              isBold: style.isBold(),
                              standardStyle: try style.vdsSubsetStyle(),
@@ -147,11 +147,17 @@ public class TitleLockupModel: MoleculeModelProtocol, ParentMoleculeModelProtoco
             MVMCoreLoggingHandler.shared()?.addError(toLog: object)
         } catch { }
         
-        return .init(text: title.text, textAttributes: attrs, numberOfLines: title.numberOfLines ?? 0)
+        return .init(text: title.text, textColor: titleColor, textAttributes: attrs, numberOfLines: title.numberOfLines ?? 0)
     }
 
     public func subTitleModel(delegateObject: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject?, additionalData: [AnyHashable: Any]?) -> VDS.TitleLockup.SubTitleModel? {
         guard let subTitle else { return nil }
+        
+        var subTitleColor: TitleLockup.TextColor = .primary
+        if let color = subTitle.textColor?.uiColor {
+            subTitleColor = .custom(color, color)
+        }
+
         let attrs = subTitle.attributes?.toVDSLabelAttributeModel(delegateObject: delegateObject, additionalData: additionalData)
         
         do {