diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_box_component.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_box_component.dart
index 519f0003083..f098fb752ab 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_box_component.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_box_component.dart
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class TextBoxComponent<T extends TextRenderer> extends TextComponent {
         line = line.substring(0, nChars);
       }
 
-      final textElement = textRenderer.format(line);
+      final textElement = paintedTextRenderer.format(line);
       final metrics = textElement.metrics;
 
       final position = Vector2(
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_component.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_component.dart
index dcb46eeacab..2d5caa77945 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_component.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/text_component.dart
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ class TextComponent<T extends TextRenderer> extends PositionComponent
     super.key,
   }) : _text = text ?? '',
        _textRenderer = textRenderer ?? TextRendererFactory.createDefault<T>() {
+    _paintedTextRenderer = _textRenderer;
+    _seedPaintColor();
     updateBounds();
   }
 
@@ -32,17 +34,41 @@ class TextComponent<T extends TextRenderer> extends PositionComponent
     }
   }
 
+  /// The renderer as given by the user. Setting it also starts [paint] from
+  /// the style's own color, see [paintedTextRenderer].
   T get textRenderer => _textRenderer;
   T _textRenderer;
   set textRenderer(T textRenderer) {
     _textRenderer = textRenderer;
+    _paintedTextRenderer = textRenderer;
+    _seedPaintColor();
     updateBounds();
   }
 
+  /// [textRenderer] with the component's [paint] applied, which is what the
+  /// text is drawn with. It is derived from [textRenderer] again on every
+  /// paint change, so the paint never compounds across changes.
+  @internal
+  T get paintedTextRenderer => _paintedTextRenderer;
+  late T _paintedTextRenderer;
+
+  /// Starts [paint] from the style's own color, so that the first paint change
+  /// (for example an `OpacityEffect`) fades the text in its color instead of
+  /// replacing it with the default white paint.
+  void _seedPaintColor() {
+    final renderer = _textRenderer;
+    if (renderer is TextPaint) {
+      final color = renderer.style.color;
+      if (color != null) {
+        paint.color = color;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   late InlineTextElement _textElement;
 
   void _updateElement() {
-    _textElement = _textRenderer.format(_text);
+    _textElement = _paintedTextRenderer.format(_text);
     _textElement.translate(0, _textElement.metrics.ascent);
   }
 
@@ -60,7 +86,7 @@ class TextComponent<T extends TextRenderer> extends PositionComponent
 
   @override
   void onChanged() {
-    _textRenderer = _textRenderer.copyWithPaint(paint) as T;
+    _paintedTextRenderer = _textRenderer.copyWithPaint(paint) as T;
     _updateElement();
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/text/renderers/text_paint.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/text/renderers/text_paint.dart
index 1202523cd83..afa75090018 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/text/renderers/text_paint.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/text/renderers/text_paint.dart
@@ -58,8 +58,20 @@ class TextPaint extends TextRenderer {
   TextRenderer copyWithPaint(Paint paint) {
     return copyWith(
       (style) {
+        final shadows = style.shadows;
         return style.copyWith(
           foreground: paint,
+          shadows: shadows
+              ?.map(
+                (shadow) => Shadow(
+                  color: shadow.color.withValues(
+                    alpha: shadow.color.a * paint.color.a,
+                  ),
+                  offset: shadow.offset,
+                  blurRadius: shadow.blurRadius,
+                ),
+              )
+              .toList(),
         );
       },
     );
diff --git a/packages/flame/test/components/text_component_test.dart b/packages/flame/test/components/text_component_test.dart
index 222ddccdefb..03a51695aff 100644
--- a/packages/flame/test/components/text_component_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/test/components/text_component_test.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import 'package:flame/components.dart';
+import 'package:flame/effects.dart';
 import 'package:flame/text.dart';
-import 'package:flutter/painting.dart';
+import 'package:flame_test/flame_test.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
 void main() {
@@ -10,6 +12,71 @@ void main() {
       expect(t.size, isNot(equals(Vector2.zero())));
     });
 
+    testWithFlameGame(
+      'fades the text in its own color and the shadows with it under an '
+      'OpacityEffect',
+      (game) async {
+        const color = Color(0xFF2E9940);
+        const shadowColor = Color(0x99FFFFFF);
+        final component = TextComponent(
+          text: '+1 kr',
+          textRenderer: TextPaint(
+            style: const TextStyle(
+              color: color,
+              shadows: [Shadow(color: shadowColor, blurRadius: 4)],
+            ),
+          ),
+        );
+        await game.ensureAdd(component);
+        component.add(OpacityEffect.fadeOut(EffectController(duration: 1)));
+
+        game.update(0.5);
+        var style = component.paintedTextRenderer.style;
+        final fill = style.foreground!.color;
+        expect(fill.toARGB32() & 0xFFFFFF, color.toARGB32() & 0xFFFFFF);
+        expectDouble(fill.a, 0.5, epsilon: 0.05);
+        var shadow = style.shadows!.single;
+        expect(
+          shadow.color.toARGB32() & 0xFFFFFF,
+          shadowColor.toARGB32() & 0xFFFFFF,
+        );
+        expectDouble(shadow.color.a, shadowColor.a * 0.5, epsilon: 0.05);
+
+        game.update(0.5);
+        style = component.paintedTextRenderer.style;
+        expectDouble(style.foreground!.color.a, 0.0, epsilon: 0.05);
+        shadow = style.shadows!.single;
+        expectDouble(shadow.color.a, 0.0, epsilon: 0.05);
+      },
+    );
+
+    test('applies the paint to the renderer the user set, not to a copy', () {
+      const color = Color(0xFF2E9940);
+      const shadowColor = Color(0x99FFFFFF);
+      final component = TextComponent(
+        text: '+1 kr',
+        textRenderer: TextPaint(
+          style: const TextStyle(
+            color: color,
+            shadows: [Shadow(color: shadowColor, blurRadius: 4)],
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+
+      component.setOpacity(0.5);
+      component.textRenderer = component.textRenderer.copyWith(
+        (style) => style.copyWith(fontSize: 30),
+      );
+      component.setOpacity(0.25);
+
+      expect(component.textRenderer.style.color, color);
+      expect(component.textRenderer.style.shadows!.single.color, shadowColor);
+      final painted = component.paintedTextRenderer.style;
+      expect(painted.fontSize, 30);
+      expectDouble(painted.foreground!.color.a, 0.25);
+      expectDouble(painted.shadows!.single.color.a, shadowColor.a * 0.25);
+    });
+
     test('keeps the glyphs translated by the ascent after a paint change', () {
       final elements = <_RecordingTextElement>[];
       final component = TextComponent(