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# textColor

The color to use to draw the cell’s text.

```
@NSCopying var textColor: NSColor? { get set }
```

## See Also

[`backgroundColor`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextFieldCell/backgroundColor)

The color of the cell’s background.

[`textColor`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextField/textColor)

The color of the text field’s content.


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