diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 316f92bf..19d22c8f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ This is the changelog between releases of PHPWord. Releases are listed in revers
 
 - Element: Ability to add drawing shapes (arc, curve, line, polyline, rect, oval) using new `Shape` element - @ivanlanin GH-123
 - Font: New `scale`, `spacing`, and `kerning` property of font style - @ivanlanin
+- Paragraph:  Added shading to the paragraph style for full width shading - @lrobert GH-264
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Style/Paragraph.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Style/Paragraph.php
index 7be537cd..4ccba00f 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Style/Paragraph.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Style/Paragraph.php
@@ -95,16 +95,10 @@ class Paragraph extends AbstractStyle
         $xmlWriter->writeElementIf($styles['pagination']['keepLines'] === true, 'w:keepLines', 'w:val', '1');
         $xmlWriter->writeElementIf($styles['pagination']['pageBreak'] === true, 'w:pageBreakBefore', 'w:val', '1');
 
-        // Indentation & spacing
+        // Child style: indentation, spacing, and shading
         $this->writeChildStyle($xmlWriter, 'Indentation', $styles['indentation']);
         $this->writeChildStyle($xmlWriter, 'Spacing', $styles['spacing']);
-
-        // Background-Color
-        $shading = $style->getShading();
-        if (!is_null($shading)) {
-            $styleWriter = new Shading($xmlWriter, $shading);
-            $styleWriter->write();
-        }
+        $this->writeChildStyle($xmlWriter, 'Shading', $styles['shading']);
 
         // Tabs
         $this->writeTabs($xmlWriter, $styles['tabs']);
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/Tests/Writer/Word2007/Part/DocumentTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/Tests/Writer/Word2007/Part/DocumentTest.php
index 5e0dc747..fd36db25 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/Tests/Writer/Word2007/Part/DocumentTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/Tests/Writer/Word2007/Part/DocumentTest.php
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ class DocumentTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $tabs = array(new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Tab('right', 9090));
         $phpWord = new PhpWord();
-        $phpWord->addParagraphStyle('pStyle', array('align' => 'center', 'tabs' => $tabs)); // Style #1
+        $phpWord->addParagraphStyle('pStyle', array(
+            'align' => 'center',
+            'tabs' => $tabs,
+            'shading' => array('fill' => 'FFFF99'),
+        )); // Style #1
         $phpWord->addFontStyle('fStyle', array('size' => '20', 'bold' => true, 'allCaps' => true,
             'scale' => 200, 'spacing' => 240, 'kerning' => 10)); // Style #2
         $phpWord->addTitleStyle(1, array('color' => '333333', 'doubleStrikethrough' => true)); // Style #3