diff --git a/openslides/motions/static/js/motions/diff.js b/openslides/motions/static/js/motions/diff.js
index 42767c9f0..82b962aec 100644
--- a/openslides/motions/static/js/motions/diff.js
+++ b/openslides/motions/static/js/motions/diff.js
@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@ angular.module('OpenSlidesApp.motions.diff', ['OpenSlidesApp.motions.lineNumberi
                     wrapDel.appendChild(currChild);
                 } else {
                     this.addCSSClass(currChild, 'delete');
+                    this._removeColorStyles(currChild);
                 }
             }
             for (i = 0; i < newTextWithBreaks.childNodes.length; i++) {
@@ -987,6 +988,7 @@ angular.module('OpenSlidesApp.motions.diff', ['OpenSlidesApp.motions.lineNumberi
                     wrapIns.appendChild(currChild);
                 } else {
                     this.addCSSClass(currChild, 'insert');
+                    this._removeColorStyles(currChild);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1018,6 +1020,38 @@ angular.module('OpenSlidesApp.motions.diff', ['OpenSlidesApp.motions.lineNumberi
             });
         };
 
+        /**
+         * This function removes color-Attributes from the styles of this node or a descendant,
+         * as they interfer with the green/red color in HTML and PDF
+         *
+         * For the moment, it is sufficient to do this only in paragraph diff mode, as we fall back to this mode anyway
+         * once we encounter SPANs or other tags inside of INS/DEL-tags
+         *
+         * @param {Element} node
+         * @private
+         */
+        this._removeColorStyles = function (node) {
+            var styles = node.getAttribute('style');
+            if (styles && styles.indexOf('color') > -1) {
+                var stylesNew = [];
+                styles.split(';').forEach(function(style) {
+                    if (!style.match(/^\s*color\s*:/i)) {
+                        stylesNew.push(style);
+                    }
+                });
+                if (stylesNew.join(";") === '') {
+                    node.removeAttribute('style');
+                } else {
+                    node.setAttribute('style', stylesNew.join(";"));
+                }
+            }
+            for (var i = 0; i < node.childNodes.length; i++) {
+                if (node.childNodes[i].nodeType === ELEMENT_NODE) {
+                    this._removeColorStyles(node.childNodes[i]);
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
         /**
          * This function calculates the diff between two strings and tries to fix problems with the resulting HTML.
          * If lineLength and firstLineNumber is given, line numbers will be returned es well
diff --git a/tests/karma/motions/diff.service.test.js b/tests/karma/motions/diff.service.test.js
index 46c7c3ec6..8ec67b78e 100644
--- a/tests/karma/motions/diff.service.test.js
+++ b/tests/karma/motions/diff.service.test.js
@@ -463,6 +463,22 @@ describe('linenumbering', function () {
 
       expect(diff).toBe(expected.toLowerCase());
     });
+
+    it('removed inline colors in inserted/deleted parts (1)', function () {
+      var before = "<P>...so frißt er Euch alle mit Haut und Haar.</P>",
+          after = "<P>...so frißt er <span style='color: #000000;'>Euch alle</span> mit Haut und Haar.</P>";
+      var diff = diffService.diff(before, after);
+
+      expect(diff).toBe('<P class="delete">...so frißt er Euch alle mit Haut und Haar.</P><P class="insert">...so frißt er <SPAN>Euch alle</SPAN> mit Haut und Haar.</P>');
+    });
+
+    it('removed inline colors in inserted/deleted parts (2)', function () {
+      var before = "<P>...so frißt er Euch alle mit Haut und Haar.</P>",
+          after = "<P>...so frißt er <span style='font-size: 2em; color: #000000; opacity: 0.5'>Euch alle</span> mit Haut und Haar.</P>";
+      var diff = diffService.diff(before, after);
+
+      expect(diff).toBe('<P class="delete">...so frißt er Euch alle mit Haut und Haar.</P><P class="insert">...so frißt er <SPAN style="font-size: 2em; opacity: 0.5">Euch alle</SPAN> mit Haut und Haar.</P>');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('ignoring line numbers', function () {
@@ -509,11 +525,11 @@ describe('linenumbering', function () {
             after = "<p>holen, da rief sie alle sieben herbei und sprach:</p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hello</span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">World</span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ya</span></p>\n\n<p>Die Geißlein sagten: \" Liebe Mutter, wir wollen uns schon in acht nehmen, du kannst ohne</p>";
         var diff = diffService.diff(before, after);
         expect(diff).toBe("<P class=\"delete\"><SPAN class=\"os-line-number line-number-3\" data-line-number=\"3\" contenteditable=\"false\"> </SPAN>holen, da rief sie alle sieben herbei und sprach:</P><DEL>\n\n</DEL>" +
-            "<P class=\"delete\"><SPAN class=\"os-line-number line-number-4\" data-line-number=\"4\" contenteditable=\"false\"> </SPAN><SPAN style=\"color: #000000;\">\"Liebe Kinder, ich will hinaus in den Wald, seid auf der Hut vor dem Wolf! Wenn er <BR class=\"os-line-break\"><SPAN class=\"os-line-number line-number-5\" data-line-number=\"5\" contenteditable=\"false\"> </SPAN>hereinkommt, frisst er euch alle mit Haut und Haar. Der Bösewicht verstellt sich oft, aber <BR class=\"os-line-break\"><SPAN class=\"os-line-number line-number-6\" data-line-number=\"6\" contenteditable=\"false\"> </SPAN>an der rauen Stimme und an seinen schwarzen Füßen werdet ihr ihn schon erkennen.\"</SPAN></P><DEL>\n\n</DEL><P class=\"delete\"><SPAN class=\"os-line-number line-number-7\" data-line-number=\"7\" contenteditable=\"false\"> </SPAN>Die Geißlein sagten: \" Liebe Mutter, wir wollen uns schon in acht nehmen, du kannst ohne </P>" +
+            "<P class=\"delete\"><SPAN class=\"os-line-number line-number-4\" data-line-number=\"4\" contenteditable=\"false\"> </SPAN><SPAN>\"Liebe Kinder, ich will hinaus in den Wald, seid auf der Hut vor dem Wolf! Wenn er <BR class=\"os-line-break\"><SPAN class=\"os-line-number line-number-5\" data-line-number=\"5\" contenteditable=\"false\"> </SPAN>hereinkommt, frisst er euch alle mit Haut und Haar. Der Bösewicht verstellt sich oft, aber <BR class=\"os-line-break\"><SPAN class=\"os-line-number line-number-6\" data-line-number=\"6\" contenteditable=\"false\"> </SPAN>an der rauen Stimme und an seinen schwarzen Füßen werdet ihr ihn schon erkennen.\"</SPAN></P><DEL>\n\n</DEL><P class=\"delete\"><SPAN class=\"os-line-number line-number-7\" data-line-number=\"7\" contenteditable=\"false\"> </SPAN>Die Geißlein sagten: \" Liebe Mutter, wir wollen uns schon in acht nehmen, du kannst ohne </P>" +
             "<P class=\"insert\">holen, da rief sie alle sieben herbei und sprach:</P><INS>\n\n</INS>" +
-            "<P class=\"insert\"><SPAN style=\"color: #000000;\">Hello</SPAN></P><INS>\n\n</INS>" +
-            "<P class=\"insert\"><SPAN style=\"color: #000000;\">World</SPAN></P><INS>\n\n</INS>" +
-            "<P class=\"insert\"><SPAN style=\"color: #000000;\">Ya</SPAN></P><INS>\n\n</INS>" +
+            "<P class=\"insert\"><SPAN>Hello</SPAN></P><INS>\n\n</INS>" +
+            "<P class=\"insert\"><SPAN>World</SPAN></P><INS>\n\n</INS>" +
+            "<P class=\"insert\"><SPAN>Ya</SPAN></P><INS>\n\n</INS>" +
             "<P class=\"insert\">Die Geißlein sagten: \" Liebe Mutter, wir wollen uns schon in acht nehmen, du kannst ohne</P>");
     });
   });