diff --git a/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/dmapper/DomainMapper_Impl.cxx b/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/dmapper/DomainMapper_Impl.cxx
index 728dd218cb65..359c051fb0df 100644
--- a/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/dmapper/DomainMapper_Impl.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/dmapper/DomainMapper_Impl.cxx
@@ -301,6 +301,29 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(Test, testContentControlDateDataBinding)
     // i.e. the date was from document.xml, which is considered outdated.
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(OUString("4/26/2012"), xParagraph->getString());
 }
+
+CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(Test, testContentControlDataBindingColor)
+{
+    // Given a document with an inline content control with data binding, placeholder char color is
+    // set to red, when loading that document:
+    loadFromURL(u"content-control-data-binding-color.docx");
+
+    // Then make sure that the placeholder char color is not in the document, since data binding is
+    // active:
+    uno::Reference<text::XTextDocument> xTextDocument(mxComponent, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    uno::Reference<text::XText> xText = xTextDocument->getText();
+    uno::Reference<text::XTextCursor> xCursor = xText->createTextCursor();
+    xCursor->gotoEnd(/*bExpand=*/false);
+    xCursor->goLeft(/*nCount=*/1, /*bExpand=*/false);
+    uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xCursorProps(xCursor, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    Color nColor;
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(xCursorProps->getPropertyValue("CharColor") >>= nColor);
+    // Without the accompanying fix in place, this test would have failed with:
+    // - Expected: rgba[ffffff00]
+    // - Actual  : rgba[ff0000ff]
+    // i.e. the char color was red, not the default / automatic.
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(COL_AUTO, nColor);
+}
 }
 
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diff --git a/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/dmapper/data/content-control-data-binding-color.docx b/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/dmapper/data/content-control-data-binding-color.docx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0aae9439209b
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diff --git a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapper_Impl.cxx b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapper_Impl.cxx
index 46260200d7a1..f5f8f70d732c 100644
--- a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapper_Impl.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapper_Impl.cxx
@@ -916,6 +916,13 @@ void DomainMapper_Impl::PopSdt()
     {
         // Data binding has a value for us, prefer that over the in-document value.
         xCursor->setString(*oData);
+
+        // Such value is always a plain text string, remove the char style of the placeholder.
+        uno::Reference<beans::XPropertyState> xPropertyState(xCursor, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xPropertyState.is())
+        {
+            xPropertyState->setPropertyToDefault("CharStyleName");
+        }
     }
 
     uno::Reference<text::XTextContent> xContentControl(