Can no longer change text color in markup in Photos app on iPhone

What's on my mind is why have Apple not heard the phrase "if it's not broken, don't fix it!" This bug whereby the text colour in photo annotation cannot be changed is inexcusable. I use it a lot, please fix asap, preferably by yesterday.

Don't you put beta versions out for testing?

So, weird thing, apparently on my phone this glitch may be tied to having the highlighter tool selected before I create the text box and try to change the color? I selected the eraser tool and suddenly now I can change the color… still buggy though, the menu doesn’t come back up at the bottom once I tap off the text most of the time…

As a few others have stated - once you enter markup you need to have the eraser selected not the highlighter and you are then able to change the text colour. I was able to such change the text from black to another chosen colour in my photos. Hope this is just a glitch and Apple will rectify this change to markup.

Right?! I used that. Not a lot but was nice to have.

Thank you for your help. It worked after I did it your way. 
However, this is only temporary and still needs a thorough handling from Apple.

Thanks! It worked!

Just upgraded to the new software. I need to edit text and note on photos for my work. Hope this gets fixed soon!!

Thank goodness for y'all. I thought I was crazy! Hope they fix it!

Looks like problem with iphone12?

for iphone13, after updating to 18.1.1 change font color in photo editing is ok.

Experiencing this as well. It’s been over a month, why hasn’t this been fixed?

This doesn’t work right now, hence the reason for the post. Go ahead and try it yourself!

Still doesn't work. Closes out and you have to start the process all over again. so sorry I invested in yet another iPhony

Looks like they finally FIX the problem on mark up. I can now change the color and font.