diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Core/TextFormatter.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Core/TextFormatter.cs
index 56458b3e0..50fc9f5ae 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Core/TextFormatter.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Core/TextFormatter.cs
@@ -1212,11 +1212,11 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 					if (isVertical) {
 						var runesWidth = GetSumMaxCharWidth (Lines, line);
 						x = bounds.Right - runesWidth;
-						CursorPosition = bounds.Width - runesWidth + hotKeyPos;
+						CursorPosition = bounds.Width - runesWidth + (hotKeyPos > -1 ? hotKeyPos : 0);
 					} else {
 						var runesWidth = GetTextWidth (ustring.Make (runes));
 						x = bounds.Right - runesWidth;
-						CursorPosition = bounds.Width - runesWidth + hotKeyPos;
+						CursorPosition = bounds.Width - runesWidth + (hotKeyPos > -1 ? hotKeyPos : 0);
 					}
 				} else if (textAlignment == TextAlignment.Left || textAlignment == TextAlignment.Justified) {
 					if (isVertical) {
@@ -1225,16 +1225,16 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 					} else {
 						x = bounds.Left;
 					}
-					CursorPosition = hotKeyPos;
+					CursorPosition = hotKeyPos > -1 ? hotKeyPos : 0;
 				} else if (textAlignment == TextAlignment.Centered) {
 					if (isVertical) {
 						var runesWidth = GetSumMaxCharWidth (Lines, line);
 						x = bounds.Left + line + ((bounds.Width - runesWidth) / 2);
-						CursorPosition = (bounds.Width - runesWidth) / 2 + hotKeyPos;
+						CursorPosition = (bounds.Width - runesWidth) / 2 + (hotKeyPos > -1 ? hotKeyPos : 0);
 					} else {
 						var runesWidth = GetTextWidth (ustring.Make (runes));
 						x = bounds.Left + (bounds.Width - runesWidth) / 2;
-						CursorPosition = (bounds.Width - runesWidth) / 2 + hotKeyPos;
+						CursorPosition = (bounds.Width - runesWidth) / 2 + (hotKeyPos > -1 ? hotKeyPos : 0);
 					}
 				} else {
 					throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException ();
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 							rune = runes [idx];
 						}
 					}
-					if (idx == HotKeyPos) {
+					if (HotKeyPos > -1 && idx == HotKeyPos) {
 						if ((isVertical && textVerticalAlignment == VerticalTextAlignment.Justified) ||
 						(!isVertical && textAlignment == TextAlignment.Justified)) {
 							CursorPosition = idx - start;
diff --git a/UnitTests/TextFormatterTests.cs b/UnitTests/TextFormatterTests.cs
index e2750439a..63e28290e 100644
--- a/UnitTests/TextFormatterTests.cs
+++ b/UnitTests/TextFormatterTests.cs
@@ -4259,5 +4259,46 @@ This TextFormatter (tf2) is rewritten.
 0111000000
 0000000000", expectedColors);
 		}
+
+		[Fact, AutoInitShutdown]
+		public void Colors_On_TextAlignment_Right_And_Bottom ()
+		{
+			var labelRight = new Label ("Test") {
+				Width = 6,
+				Height = 1,
+				TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Right,
+				ColorScheme = Colors.Base
+			};
+			var labelBottom = new Label ("Test", TextDirection.TopBottom_LeftRight) {
+				Y = 1,
+				Width = 1,
+				Height = 6,
+				VerticalTextAlignment = VerticalTextAlignment.Bottom,
+				ColorScheme = Colors.Base
+			};
+			var top = Application.Top;
+			top.Add (labelRight, labelBottom);
+
+			Application.Begin (top);
+			((FakeDriver)Application.Driver).SetBufferSize (7, 7);
+
+			TestHelpers.AssertDriverContentsWithFrameAre (@"
+  Test
+      
+      
+T     
+e     
+s     
+t     ", output);
+
+			TestHelpers.AssertDriverColorsAre (@"
+000000
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0", new Attribute [] { Colors.Base.Normal });
+		}
 	}
 }
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