diff --git a/examples/html2text.rs b/examples/html2text.rs
index 88bd8fd..8f26668 100644
--- a/examples/html2text.rs
+++ b/examples/html2text.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,14 @@ where
                 .unwrap();
         }
     }
-    if literal {
+    if flags.show_dom {
+        let conf = config::plain();
+        let conf = update_config(conf, &flags);
+        let dom = conf.parse_html(input).unwrap();
+        dom.as_dom_string()
+    } else if flags.show_render {
+        todo!()
+    } else if literal {
         let conf = config::with_decorator(TrivialDecorator::new());
         let conf = update_config(conf, &flags);
         conf.string_from_read(input, flags.width).unwrap()
@@ -148,6 +155,8 @@ struct Flags {
     ignore_css_colours: bool,
     #[cfg(feature = "css")]
     use_only_css: bool,
+    show_dom: bool,
+    show_render: bool,
 }
 
 fn main() {
@@ -166,6 +175,8 @@ fn main() {
         ignore_css_colours: false,
         #[cfg(feature = "css")]
         use_only_css: false,
+        show_dom: false,
+        show_render: false,
     };
     let mut literal: bool = false;
 
@@ -214,6 +225,16 @@ fn main() {
             StoreTrue,
             "Don't use default non-CSS colours",
         );
+        ap.refer(&mut flags.show_dom).add_option(
+            &["--show-dom"],
+            StoreTrue,
+            "Show the parsed HTML DOM instead of rendered output",
+        );
+        ap.refer(&mut flags.show_render).add_option(
+            &["--show-render"],
+            StoreTrue,
+            "Show the computed render tree instead of the rendered output",
+        );
         ap.parse_args_or_exit();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/css/parser.rs b/src/css/parser.rs
index 607c341..0419d6b 100644
--- a/src/css/parser.rs
+++ b/src/css/parser.rs
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_color_attribute(
     text: &str,
 ) -> Result<Colour, nom::Err<nom::error::Error<&'static str>>> {
     let (_rest, value) = parse_value(text).map_err(|_| empty_fail())?;
-    parse_color(&value)
+    parse_color(&value.tokens)
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
@@ -404,11 +404,15 @@ pub fn parse_declaration(text: &str) -> IResult<&str, Option<Declaration>> {
     ))(text)?;
     let decl = match prop.0.as_str() {
         "background-color" => {
-            let value = parse_color(&value)?;
+            let value = parse_color(&value.tokens)?;
             Decl::BackgroundColor { value }
         }
+        "background" => match parse_background_color(&value)? {
+            Some(value) => Decl::BackgroundColor { value },
+            _ => Decl::Unknown { name: prop },
+        },
         "color" => {
-            let value = parse_color(&value)?;
+            let value = parse_color(&value.tokens)?;
             Decl::Color { value }
         }
         "height" => {
@@ -457,12 +461,12 @@ fn empty_fail() -> nom::Err<nom::error::Error<&'static str>> {
     nom::Err::Error(nom::error::Error::new("", ErrorKind::Fail))
 }
 
-fn parse_color(value: &RawValue) -> Result<Colour, nom::Err<nom::error::Error<&'static str>>> {
+fn parse_color(tokens: &[Token]) -> Result<Colour, nom::Err<nom::error::Error<&'static str>>> {
     let fail_error = empty_fail();
-    if value.tokens.is_empty() {
+    if tokens.is_empty() {
         return Err(fail_error);
     }
-    match &value.tokens[..] {
+    match tokens {
         [Token::Ident(c)] => {
             let colour = match c.deref() {
                 "aqua" => Colour::Rgb(0, 0xff, 0xff),
@@ -492,7 +496,7 @@ fn parse_color(value: &RawValue) -> Result<Colour, nom::Err<nom::error::Error<&'
             use Token::*;
             match name.deref() {
                 "rgb" => {
-                    let rgb_args = &value.tokens[1..value.tokens.len() - 1];
+                    let rgb_args = &tokens[1..tokens.len() - 1];
                     match rgb_args {
                         [Number(r), Comma, Number(g), Comma, Number(b)] => {
                             let r = r.parse().map_err(|_e| empty_fail())?;
@@ -527,6 +531,22 @@ fn parse_color(value: &RawValue) -> Result<Colour, nom::Err<nom::error::Error<&'
     }
 }
 
+// Parse background: value, extracting only the colour (if present).
+fn parse_background_color(
+    value: &RawValue,
+) -> Result<Option<Colour>, nom::Err<nom::error::Error<&'static str>>> {
+    let tokens = if let Some(last) = value.tokens.rsplit(|tok| *tok == Token::Comma).next() {
+        last
+    } else {
+        return Err(empty_fail());
+    };
+
+    match parse_color(tokens) {
+        Ok(col) => Ok(Some(col)),
+        Err(_) => Ok(None),
+    }
+}
+
 fn parse_integer(text: &str) -> IResult<&str, f32> {
     let (rest, digits) = digit1(text)?;
     Ok((rest, <f32 as FromStr>::from_str(digits).unwrap()))
@@ -1000,4 +1020,44 @@ mod test {
             ))
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_background() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            super::parse_declaration("background: white"),
+            Ok((
+                "",
+                Some(Declaration {
+                    data: Decl::BackgroundColor {
+                        value: Colour::Rgb(0xff, 0xff, 0xff)
+                    },
+                    important: Importance::Default,
+                })
+            ))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            super::parse_declaration("background: url('blah'), white"),
+            Ok((
+                "",
+                Some(Declaration {
+                    data: Decl::BackgroundColor {
+                        value: Colour::Rgb(0xff, 0xff, 0xff)
+                    },
+                    important: Importance::Default,
+                })
+            ))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            super::parse_declaration("background: url('blah'), foo"),
+            Ok((
+                "",
+                Some(Declaration {
+                    data: Decl::Unknown {
+                        name: PropertyName("background".into()),
+                    },
+                    important: Importance::Default,
+                })
+            ))
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/markup5ever_rcdom.rs b/src/markup5ever_rcdom.rs
index 0714087..56782d4 100644
--- a/src/markup5ever_rcdom.rs
+++ b/src/markup5ever_rcdom.rs
@@ -216,6 +216,45 @@ pub struct RcDom {
     pub quirks_mode: Cell<QuirksMode>,
 }
 
+impl RcDom {
+    fn add_node_to_string(s: &mut String, node: &Handle, indent: usize) {
+        use std::fmt::Write as _;
+        match &node.data {
+            NodeData::Document => {
+                for child in &*node.children.borrow() {
+                    Self::add_node_to_string(s, child, indent);
+                }
+            }
+            NodeData::Doctype { .. } => {
+                writeln!(s, "{0:indent$}<doctype>", "", indent = indent).unwrap();
+            }
+            NodeData::Text { contents } => {
+                let borrowed = contents.borrow();
+                let text = borrowed.to_string();
+                if !text.trim().is_empty() {
+                    writeln!(s, "{0:indent$}Text:{1}", "", text, indent = indent).unwrap();
+                }
+            }
+            NodeData::Comment { .. } => (),
+            NodeData::Element { name, .. } => {
+                writeln!(s, "{0:indent$}<{1}>", "", name.local, indent = indent).unwrap();
+                for child in &*node.children.borrow() {
+                    Self::add_node_to_string(s, child, indent + 1);
+                }
+                writeln!(s, "{0:indent$}</{1}>", "", name.local, indent = indent).unwrap();
+            }
+            NodeData::ProcessingInstruction { .. } => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A low-quality debug DOM rendering.
+    pub fn as_dom_string(&self) -> String {
+        let mut s = String::new();
+        Self::add_node_to_string(&mut s, &self.document, 0);
+        s
+    }
+}
+
 impl TreeSink for RcDom {
     type Output = Self;
 
diff --git a/src/render/text_renderer.rs b/src/render/text_renderer.rs
index 0644912..b59c4a7 100644
--- a/src/render/text_renderer.rs
+++ b/src/render/text_renderer.rs
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ impl<T: Clone + Eq + Debug + Default> WrappedBlock<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn flush_word(&mut self, ws_mode: WhiteSpace, main_tag: &T, wrap_tag: &T) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    fn flush_word(&mut self, ws_mode: WhiteSpace) -> Result<(), Error> {
         use self::TaggedLineElement::Str;
 
         /* Finish the word. */
@@ -362,18 +362,19 @@ impl<T: Clone + Eq + Debug + Default> WrappedBlock<T> {
             self.line.len
         );
 
-        let mut tag = if self.pre_wrapped { wrap_tag } else { main_tag };
         if !self.word.is_empty() {
             self.pre_wrapped = false;
             let space_in_line = self.width - self.line.len;
             let space_needed = self.wslen + self.wordlen;
             if space_needed <= space_in_line {
                 html_trace!("Got enough space");
-                self.line.push(Str(TaggedString {
-                    s: " ".repeat(self.wslen),
-                    tag: tag.clone(),
-                }));
-                self.wslen = 0;
+                if self.wslen > 0 {
+                    self.line.push(Str(TaggedString {
+                        s: " ".repeat(self.wslen),
+                        tag: self.spacetag.take().unwrap(),
+                    }));
+                    self.wslen = 0;
+                }
 
                 self.line.consume(&mut self.word);
                 html_trace!("linelen increased by wordlen to {}", self.line.len);
@@ -386,12 +387,14 @@ impl<T: Clone + Eq + Debug + Default> WrappedBlock<T> {
                     if self.wslen >= space_in_line {
                         // Skip the whitespace
                         self.wslen -= space_in_line;
-                    } else {
-                        self.line.push_ws(self.wslen, tag);
+                    } else if self.wslen > 0 {
+                        self.line
+                            .push_ws(self.wslen, &self.spacetag.take().unwrap());
                         self.wslen = 0;
                     }
                 } else {
                     // We're word-wrapping, so discard any whitespace.
+                    self.spacetag = None;
                     self.wslen = 0;
                 }
                 /* Start a new line */
@@ -399,18 +402,18 @@ impl<T: Clone + Eq + Debug + Default> WrappedBlock<T> {
 
                 if ws_mode == WhiteSpace::Pre {
                     self.pre_wrapped = true;
-                    tag = wrap_tag;
                 }
 
                 // Write any remaining whitespace
                 while self.wslen > 0 {
                     let to_copy = self.wslen.min(self.width);
-                    self.line.push_ws(to_copy, tag);
+                    self.line.push_ws(to_copy, self.spacetag.as_ref().unwrap());
                     if to_copy == self.width {
                         self.flush_line();
                     }
                     self.wslen -= to_copy;
                 }
+                self.spacetag = None;
 
                 // At this point, either:
                 // We're word-wrapping, and at the start of the line or
@@ -506,9 +509,7 @@ impl<T: Clone + Eq + Debug + Default> WrappedBlock<T> {
     }
 
     fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let tag = self.spacetag.clone().unwrap_or_default();
-
-        self.flush_word(WhiteSpace::Normal, &tag, &tag)?;
+        self.flush_word(WhiteSpace::Normal)?;
         self.flush_line();
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -548,6 +549,7 @@ impl<T: Clone + Eq + Debug + Default> WrappedBlock<T> {
         // We walk character by character.
         // 1. First, build up whitespace columns in self.wslen
         //    - In normal mode self.wslen will always be 0 or 1
+        //    - If wslen > 0, then self.spacetag will always be set.
         // 2. Next build up a word (non-whitespace).
         // 2a. If the word gets too long for the line
         // 2b. If we get to more whitespace, output the first whitespace and the word
@@ -563,7 +565,7 @@ impl<T: Clone + Eq + Debug + Default> WrappedBlock<T> {
                 self.line
             );
             if c.is_whitespace() && self.wordlen > 0 {
-                self.flush_word(ws_mode, main_tag, wrap_tag)?;
+                self.flush_word(ws_mode)?;
             }
 
             if c.is_whitespace() {
@@ -575,6 +577,7 @@ impl<T: Clone + Eq + Debug + Default> WrappedBlock<T> {
                             // the line.
                             self.force_flush_line();
                             self.wslen = 0;
+                            self.spacetag = None;
                             self.pre_wrapped = false;
                             // Hard new line, so back to main tag.
                             tag = main_tag;
@@ -607,6 +610,7 @@ impl<T: Clone + Eq + Debug + Default> WrappedBlock<T> {
                                     } else {
                                         // Manual wrapping, keep the space.
                                         self.wslen += cwidth;
+                                        self.spacetag = Some(tag.clone());
                                         self.pre_wrapped = true;
                                     }
                                 } else {
@@ -619,7 +623,7 @@ impl<T: Clone + Eq + Debug + Default> WrappedBlock<T> {
                 } else {
                     // If not preserving whitespace, everything is collapsed,
                     // and the line won't start with whitespace.
-                    if self.line.len > 0 {
+                    if self.line.len > 0 && self.wslen == 0 {
                         self.spacetag = Some(tag.clone());
                         self.wslen = 1;
                     }
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index e3c4744..6513a09 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -2229,6 +2229,23 @@ There
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_bgcoloured3() {
+        test_html_coloured(
+            br##"
+          <style>
+              .but {
+                  background-color:#00FF00;
+              }
+          </style>
+        <p>Test <span class="but">Two words</span> bg</p>
+        "##,
+            r#"Test <g>Two words</g> bg
+"#,
+            20,
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_coloured_element() {
         test_html_coloured(