diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5ce3c15..9ec1deef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ v0.17.0 (?? ??? 2019)
 ----------------------
 ### Added
 - Add RightToLeft table presentation. @troosan #1550
+- Set complex type in template @troosan #1565
 - Add support for page vertical alignment. @troosan #672 #1569
 
 ### Fixed
+- Fix HTML border-color parsing. @troosan #1551 #1570
 
 ### Miscelaneous
 - Use embedded http server to test loading of remote images @troosan #
diff --git a/samples/Sample_26_Html.php b/samples/Sample_26_Html.php
index 82a5cf6e..6bd926fe 100644
--- a/samples/Sample_26_Html.php
+++ b/samples/Sample_26_Html.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ $html .= '<table align="center" style="width: 50%; border: 6px #0000FF double;">
                     </tr>
                 </thead>
                 <tbody>
-                    <tr><td style="border-style: dotted;">1</td><td colspan="2">2</td></tr>
+                    <tr><td style="border-style: dotted; border-color: #FF0000">1</td><td colspan="2">2</td></tr>
                     <tr><td>This is <b>bold</b> text</td><td></td><td>6</td></tr>
                 </tbody>
             </table>';
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
index 7f4bf825..66ddc9f5 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ class Html
                     $styles['spaceAfter'] = Converter::cssToPoint($cValue);
                     break;
                 case 'border-color':
-                    $styles['color'] = trim($cValue, '#');
+                    self::mapBorderColor($styles, $cValue);
                     break;
                 case 'border-width':
                     $styles['borderSize'] = Converter::cssToPoint($cValue);
@@ -738,6 +738,20 @@ class Html
         }
     }
 
+    private static function mapBorderColor(&$styles, $cssBorderColor)
+    {
+        $numColors = substr_count($cssBorderColor, '#');
+        if ($numColors === 1) {
+            $styles['borderColor'] = trim($cssBorderColor, '#');
+        } elseif ($numColors > 1) {
+            $colors = explode(' ', $cssBorderColor);
+            $borders = array('borderTopColor', 'borderRightColor', 'borderBottomColor', 'borderLeftColor');
+            for ($i = 0; $i < min(4, $numColors, count($colors)); $i++) {
+                $styles[$borders[$i]] = $colors[$i];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Transforms a HTML/CSS alignment into a \PhpOffice\PhpWord\SimpleType\Jc
      *
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
index 2f9a4be4..43472324 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class HtmlTest extends AbstractWebServerEmbeddedTest
                     <tr style="background-color: #FF0000; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; font-weight: bold; ">
                         <th style="width: 50pt">header a</th>
                         <th style="width: 50">header b</th>
-                        <th style="border-color: #00FF00; border-width: 3px">header c</th>
+                        <th style="border-color: #00AA00 #00BB00 #00CC00 #00DD00; border-width: 3px">header c</th>
                     </tr>
                 </thead>
                 <tbody>
@@ -313,6 +313,11 @@ class HtmlTest extends AbstractWebServerEmbeddedTest
         $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:tbl/w:tr/w:tc'));
         $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:tbl/w:tblPr/w:jc'));
         $this->assertEquals(Jc::START, $doc->getElementAttribute('/w:document/w:body/w:tbl/w:tblPr/w:jc', 'w:val'));
+        //check border colors
+        $this->assertEquals('#00AA00', $doc->getElementAttribute('/w:document/w:body/w:tbl/w:tr[1]/w:tc[3]/w:tcPr/w:tcBorders/w:top', 'w:color'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#00BB00', $doc->getElementAttribute('/w:document/w:body/w:tbl/w:tr[1]/w:tc[3]/w:tcPr/w:tcBorders/w:right', 'w:color'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#00CC00', $doc->getElementAttribute('/w:document/w:body/w:tbl/w:tr[1]/w:tc[3]/w:tcPr/w:tcBorders/w:bottom', 'w:color'));
+        $this->assertEquals('#00DD00', $doc->getElementAttribute('/w:document/w:body/w:tbl/w:tr[1]/w:tc[3]/w:tcPr/w:tcBorders/w:left', 'w:color'));
     }
 
     /**