diff --git a/src/engraving/rw/read410/tread.cpp b/src/engraving/rw/read410/tread.cpp
index f1b6d6cceada5..6392edbac120e 100644
--- a/src/engraving/rw/read410/tread.cpp
+++ b/src/engraving/rw/read410/tread.cpp
@@ -4272,13 +4272,18 @@ bool TRead::readProperties(Staff* s, XmlReader& e, ReadContext& ctx)
     } else if (tag == "keylist") {
         TRead::read(s->keyList(), e, ctx);
     } else if (tag == "bracket") {
+        Color color = Color::fromString(e.attribute("color"));
         int col = e.intAttribute("col", -1);
         if (col == -1) {
             col = static_cast<int>(s->brackets().size());
         }
         s->setBracketType(col, BracketType(e.intAttribute("type", -1)));
         s->setBracketSpan(col, e.intAttribute("span", 0));
-        s->setBracketVisible(col, static_cast<bool>(e.intAttribute("visible", 1)));
+        BracketItem* bi = s->brackets().at(col);
+        bi->setVisible(static_cast<bool>(e.intAttribute("visible", 1)));
+        if (color.isValid()) {
+            bi->setColor(color);
+        }
         e.readNext();
     } else if (tag == "barLineSpan") {
         s->setBarLineSpan(e.readInt());
diff --git a/src/engraving/rw/write/twrite.cpp b/src/engraving/rw/write/twrite.cpp
index 85d63d850234f..72b09dbd8b396 100644
--- a/src/engraving/rw/write/twrite.cpp
+++ b/src/engraving/rw/write/twrite.cpp
@@ -2708,12 +2708,20 @@ void TWrite::write(const Staff* item, XmlWriter& xml, WriteContext& ctx)
     }
 
     for (const BracketItem* i : item->brackets()) {
+        XmlWriter::Attributes attrs;
         BracketType a = i->bracketType();
+        attrs.push_back({ "type", static_cast<int>(a) });
         size_t b = i->bracketSpan();
+        attrs.push_back({ "span", b });
         size_t c = i->column();
+        attrs.push_back({ "col", c });
         bool v = i->visible();
+        attrs.push_back({ "visible", v });
+        if (i->color() != ctx.configuration()->defaultColor()) {
+            attrs.push_back({ "color", String::fromStdString(i->color().toString()) });
+        }
         if (a != BracketType::NO_BRACKET || b > 0) {
-            xml.tag("bracket", { { "type", static_cast<int>(a) }, { "span", b }, { "col", c }, { "visible", v } });
+            xml.tag("bracket", attrs);
         }
     }