diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/text/webvtt/WebvttCueParser.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/text/webvtt/WebvttCueParser.java
index 80ebecdc0e..4ef78ffb87 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/text/webvtt/WebvttCueParser.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/text/webvtt/WebvttCueParser.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import android.text.style.TypefaceSpan;
 import android.text.style.UnderlineSpan;
 import android.util.Log;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.text.Cue;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.ColorParser;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.ParsableByteArray;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -380,6 +381,8 @@ public final class WebvttCueParser {
         text.setSpan(new UnderlineSpan(), start, end, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
         break;
       case TAG_CLASS:
+        applySupportedClasses(text, startTag.classes, start, end);
+        break;
       case TAG_LANG:
       case TAG_VOICE:
       case "": // Case of the "whole cue" virtual tag.
@@ -395,6 +398,16 @@ public final class WebvttCueParser {
     }
   }
 
+  private static void applySupportedClasses(SpannableStringBuilder text, String[] classes,
+      int start, int end) {
+    for (String className : classes) {
+      if (ColorParser.isNamedColor(className)) {
+        int color = ColorParser.parseCssColor(className);
+        text.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(color), start, end, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   private static void applyStyleToText(SpannableStringBuilder spannedText, WebvttCssStyle style,
       int start, int end) {
     if (style == null) {
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/util/ColorParser.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/util/ColorParser.java
index a9df80e9fe..87202663b8 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/util/ColorParser.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/util/ColorParser.java
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ public final class ColorParser {
 
   private static final Map<String, Integer> COLOR_MAP;
 
+  public static boolean isNamedColor(String expression) {
+    return COLOR_MAP.containsKey(expression);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Parses a TTML color expression.
    *