diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
index 7ecd2625f0..c1ed588822 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
@@ -5308,10 +5308,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
 
         public Color4 GetTextColor()
         {
-            Color color = Color;
+            // note that Alpha is inverted for lludp
+            Color color = m_color;
             return new Color4(color.R, color.G, color.B, (byte)(0xFF - color.A));
         }
 
+        public float GetTextAlpha()
+        {
+            return m_color.A * 0.0039215686f;
+        }
+
         public void ResetOwnerChangeFlag()
         {
             List<UUID> inv = Inventory.GetInventoryList();
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
index 0a96d050a3..57a2e8647e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
@@ -12070,7 +12070,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
                         res.Add(new LSL_Vector(textColor.R,
                                                textColor.G,
                                                textColor.B));
-                        res.Add(new LSL_Float(textColor.A));
+                        res.Add(new LSL_Float(part.GetTextAlpha()));
                         break;
 
                     case ScriptBaseClass.PRIM_NAME:
@@ -15415,7 +15415,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
                             ret.Add(new LSL_Vector(textColor.R, textColor.G, textColor.B));
                             break;
                         case ScriptBaseClass.OBJECT_TEXT_ALPHA:
-                            ret.Add(new LSL_Float(obj.GetTextColor().A));
+                            ret.Add(new LSL_Float(obj.GetTextAlpha()));
                             break;
                         default:
                             // Invalid or unhandled constant.