diff --git a/Calendar/DesignEntity.py b/Calendar/DesignEntity.py
index 1e6458b..2a12e20 100644
--- a/Calendar/DesignEntity.py
+++ b/Calendar/DesignEntity.py
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ from PIL import Image, ImageOps, ImageDraw
 class DesignEntity (object):
     """General entity that can be drawn on to a panel design or
     other design entities."""
-    def __init__ (self, size, mask=False):
+    def __init__ (self, size, mask=False, invert_mask=False):
         self.size = size
         self.pos = (0, 0)
         self.mask = mask
+        self.invert_mask = invert_mask
         self.__init_image__()
         self.__finished_image__ = False
 
@@ -19,17 +20,23 @@ class DesignEntity (object):
             self.__finished_image__ = True
         return self.__image__
 
-    def draw (self, subimage, pos, mask=False):
+    def draw (self, subimage, pos, mask=False, invert_mask=False):
         img_mask = None
         if mask:
-            img_mask = ImageOps.invert(subimage.convert('L'))
+            img_mask = self.__get_mask__(subimage)
+        if invert_mask:
+            img_mask = ImageOps.invert(img_mask)
         self.__image__.paste(subimage, pos, mask=img_mask)
 
     def draw_design (self, entity):
-        self.draw(entity.get_image(), entity.pos, entity.mask)
+        self.draw(entity.get_image(), entity.pos, entity.mask, entity.invert_mask)
 
     def draw_image (self, path, pos):
         self.draw(Image.open(path), pos)
 
     def __finish_image__ (self):
-        pass
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+        pass
+
+    def __get_mask__ (self, image):
+        mask = image.convert('L').point(lambda p : 0 if p is 0 else 1 )
+        return ImageOps.invert(mask)
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diff --git a/Calendar/TextDesign.py b/Calendar/TextDesign.py
index 8640e1d..e2b4453 100644
--- a/Calendar/TextDesign.py
+++ b/Calendar/TextDesign.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ paddingcorrection = -5
 class TextDesign (DesignEntity):
     """Object that manages all information relevant to text
     and prints it to an image"""
-    def __init__ (self, size, font = None, fontsize = 12, text = "", horizontalalignment = "left", verticalalignment = "top", mask=True, truncate=True, truncate_suffix = '...', wrap=False):
+    def __init__ (self, size, color="black", background_color="white", font = None, fontsize = 12, text = "", horizontalalignment = "left", verticalalignment = "top", mask=True, truncate=False, truncate_suffix = '...', wrap=False):
         super(TextDesign, self).__init__(size, mask = mask)
         if font is None:
             font = defaultfont
@@ -20,15 +20,21 @@ class TextDesign (DesignEntity):
         self.truncate = truncate
         self.truncate_suffix = truncate_suffix
         self.wrap = wrap
+        self.color = color
+        self.background_color = background_color
 
     def __finish_image__ (self):
+        if self.color is "white":
+            self.invert_mask = True
+        self.__init_image__(self.background_color)
+
         self.__font__ = self.__get_font__()
         if self.wrap is False and self.truncate:
             self.__truncate_text__()
         if self.wrap:
             self.__wrap_text__()
         pos = self.__pos_from_alignment__()
-        ImageDraw.Draw(self.__image__).text(pos, self.text, fill=0, font=self.__font__)
+        ImageDraw.Draw(self.__image__).text(pos, self.text, fill=self.color, font=self.__font__)
         
     def __truncate_text__ (self):
         if self.__font__.getsize(self.text)[0] < self.size[0]: #does not need truncating