diff --git a/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/tag/standard/AbstractColorChangingTag.java b/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/tag/standard/AbstractColorChangingTag.java
index 2d2b8debf..c761b9dd1 100644
--- a/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/tag/standard/AbstractColorChangingTag.java
+++ b/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/tag/standard/AbstractColorChangingTag.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public final Component apply(final @NotNull Component current, final int depth)
       final int[] holder = new int[1];
       for (final PrimitiveIterator.OfInt it = content.codePoints().iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
         holder[0] = it.nextInt();
-        final Component comp = Component.text(new String(holder, 0, 1), this.color());
+        final Component comp = Component.text(new String(holder, 0, 1), current.style().color(this.color()));
         this.advanceColor();
         parent.append(comp);
       }
diff --git a/text-minimessage/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/tag/standard/GradientTagTest.java b/text-minimessage/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/tag/standard/GradientTagTest.java
index d60562009..36fed421a 100644
--- a/text-minimessage/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/tag/standard/GradientTagTest.java
+++ b/text-minimessage/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/tag/standard/GradientTagTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextDecoration;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.AbstractTest;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.Placeholder;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import static net.kyori.adventure.text.Component.empty;
@@ -524,4 +526,20 @@ void testNestedGradientsReallyDontOverrideColors() {
 
     this.assertParsedEquals(expected, input);
   }
+
+  // https://github.com/KyoriPowered/adventure/issues/790
+  @Test
+  void testDecorationsPreserved() {
+    final Component placeholder = Component.text("b", style(TextDecoration.ITALIC.withState(true)));
+    final String input = "<gradient>a<placeholder/>c<bold>d</bold>!</gradient>";
+    final Component expected = Component.textOfChildren(
+      text("a", WHITE),
+      text("b", color(0xcccccc), TextDecoration.ITALIC),
+      text("c", color(0x999999)),
+      text("d", color(0x666666), BOLD),
+      text("!", color(0x333333))
+    );
+
+    this.assertParsedEquals(expected, input, Placeholder.component("placeholder", placeholder));
+  }
 }