diff --git a/hterm/js/hterm_text_attributes.js b/hterm/js/hterm_text_attributes.js
index 0ae594d..c945220 100644
--- a/hterm/js/hterm_text_attributes.js
+++ b/hterm/js/hterm_text_attributes.js
@@ -337,11 +337,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  if (this.invisible) {
-    foregroundSource = backgroundSource;
-    defaultForeground = this.defaultBackground;
-  }
-
   if (foregroundSource == this.SRC_DEFAULT)
     this.foreground = defaultForeground;
   else if (Number.isInteger(foregroundSource))
@@ -349,7 +344,7 @@
   else
     this.foreground = foregroundSource;
 
-  if (this.faint && !this.invisible) {
+  if (this.faint) {
     var colorToMakeFaint = ((this.foreground == this.DEFAULT_COLOR) ?
                             this.defaultForeground : this.foreground);
     this.foreground = lib.colors.mix(colorToMakeFaint, 'rgb(0, 0, 0)', 0.3333);
@@ -361,6 +356,10 @@
     this.background = this.colorPalette[backgroundSource];
   else
     this.background = backgroundSource;
+
+  // Process invisible settings last to keep it simple.
+  if (this.invisible)
+    this.foreground = this.background;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/hterm/js/hterm_text_attributes_tests.js b/hterm/js/hterm_text_attributes_tests.js
index 971d707..861257b 100644
--- a/hterm/js/hterm_text_attributes_tests.js
+++ b/hterm/js/hterm_text_attributes_tests.js
@@ -208,6 +208,32 @@
   result.pass();
 });
 
+/**
+ * Handling of invisible tags.
+ */
+hterm.TextAttributes.Tests.addTest('invisible', function(result, cx) {
+  const tattrs = new hterm.TextAttributes(cx.window.document);
+  let node;
+
+  // Set an attribute to force a container (rather than a text node),
+  // but doesn't affect the color behavior in syncColors.
+  tattrs.underline = true;
+  tattrs.setDefaults('rgb(1, 2, 3)', 'rgb(3, 2, 1)');
+
+  // Set colors to something other than the default.
+  tattrs.foregroundSource = 'rgb(1, 1, 1)';
+  tattrs.backgroundSource = 'rgb(2, 2, 2)';
+
+  // Invisible settings should have same colors.
+  tattrs.invisible = true;
+  tattrs.syncColors();
+  node = tattrs.createContainer('asdf');
+  result.assertEQ(tattrs.backgroundSource, node.style.color);
+  result.assertEQ(tattrs.backgroundSource, node.style.backgroundColor);
+
+  result.pass();
+});
+
 hterm.TextAttributes.Tests.addTest('splitWidecharString-ascii', function(result, cx) {
   var text = 'abcdefghijklmn';