Index: gtkhtml4.0-4.4.4/gtkhtml/htmlsettings.c
===================================================================
--- gtkhtml4.0-4.4.4.orig/gtkhtml/htmlsettings.c	2014-06-21 23:28:01.485347916 -0700
+++ gtkhtml4.0-4.4.4/gtkhtml/htmlsettings.c	2014-06-21 23:47:06.256801677 -0700
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 	s->fontBaseFace = g_strdup ("times");
 	s->fixedFontFace = g_strdup ("courier");
 	s->underlineLinks = TRUE;
-	s->forceDefault = FALSE;
+	s->forceDefault = TRUE;
 
 	html_settings_reset_font_sizes (s);
 
Index: gtkhtml4.0-4.4.4/gtkhtml/htmlengine.c
===================================================================
--- gtkhtml4.0-4.4.4.orig/gtkhtml/htmlengine.c	2014-06-21 23:57:11.593191568 -0700
+++ gtkhtml4.0-4.4.4/gtkhtml/htmlengine.c	2014-06-22 00:32:14.934748983 -0700
@@ -436,14 +436,16 @@
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail ( HTML_IS_ENGINE (e), NULL );
 
-	for (item = e->span_stack->list; item; item = item->next) {
-		span = item->data;
+	if (!e->defaultSettings->forceDefault) {
+		for (item = e->span_stack->list; item; item = item->next) {
+			span = item->data;
 
-		if (span->style->display >= DISPLAY_TABLE_CELL)
-			break;
+			if (span->style->display >= DISPLAY_TABLE_CELL)
+				break;
 
-		if (span->style && span->style->color)
-			return span->style->color;
+			if (span->style && span->style->color)
+				return span->style->color;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return html_colorset_get_color (e->settings->color_set, HTMLTextColor);
@@ -457,6 +459,9 @@
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (HTML_IS_ENGINE (e), NULL);
 
+	if (e->defaultSettings->forceDefault)
+		return NULL;
+
 	for (item = e->span_stack->list; item; item = item->next) {
 		span = item->data;
 
@@ -482,6 +487,9 @@
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (HTML_IS_ENGINE (e), NULL);
 
+	if (e->defaultSettings->forceDefault)
+		return NULL;
+
 	for (item = e->span_stack->list; item; item = item->next) {
 		span = item->data;
 		if (span->style->display == DISPLAY_TABLE_ROW)
@@ -999,6 +1007,28 @@
 static void block_end_cell (HTMLEngine *e, HTMLObject *clue, HTMLElement *elem);
 static void pop_element_by_type (HTMLEngine *e, HTMLDisplayType display);
 
+static void
+hide_colors_from_style (HTMLStyle *style,
+						HTMLColor **color, HTMLColor **bg_color)
+{
+	g_assert (color);
+	g_assert (bg_color);
+
+	*color = style->color;
+	*bg_color = style->bg_color;
+
+	style->color = NULL;
+	style->bg_color = NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+unhide_colors_from_style (HTMLStyle *style,
+					      HTMLColor *color, HTMLColor *bg_color)
+{
+	style->color = color;
+	style->bg_color = bg_color;
+}
+
 /* Block stack.  */
 static void
 html_element_push (HTMLElement *node,
@@ -1006,6 +1036,7 @@
                    HTMLObject *clue)
 {
 	HTMLObject *block_clue;
+	HTMLColor *st_color = NULL, *st_bg_color = NULL;
 
 	g_return_if_fail (HTML_IS_ENGINE (e));
 
@@ -1016,7 +1047,11 @@
 		update_flow_align (e, clue);
 		node->exitFunc = block_end_display_block;
 		block_clue = html_cluev_new (0, 0, 100);
+		if (e->defaultSettings->forceDefault)
+			hide_colors_from_style (node->style, &st_color, &st_bg_color);
 		html_cluev_set_style (HTML_CLUEV (block_clue), node->style);
+		if (e->defaultSettings->forceDefault)
+			unhide_colors_from_style (node->style, st_color, st_bg_color);
 		html_clue_append (HTML_CLUE (e->parser_clue), block_clue);
 		push_clue (e, block_clue);
 		html_stack_push (e->span_stack, node);
@@ -3492,7 +3527,7 @@
 		html_element_set_coreattr_to_object (element, HTML_OBJECT (table), e);
 		html_element_set_coreattr_to_object (element, HTML_OBJECT (table), e);
 
-		if (element->style->bg_color)
+		if (!e->defaultSettings->forceDefault && element->style->bg_color)
 			table->bgColor = gdk_color_copy ((GdkColor *) element->style->bg_color);
 
 		if (element->style->bg_image)
@@ -3516,7 +3551,7 @@
 						    len && len->type == HTML_LENGTH_TYPE_PERCENT ? len->val : 0,
 						    padding, spacing, border));
 
-		if (element->style->bg_color)
+		if (!e->defaultSettings->forceDefault && element->style->bg_color)
 			table->bgColor = gdk_color_copy ((GdkColor *) element->style->bg_color);
 
 		if (element->style->bg_image)
@@ -3691,6 +3726,7 @@
 	gchar *value;
 	HTMLLength *len;
 	HTMLDirection dir = HTML_DIRECTION_DERIVED;
+	HTMLColor *st_color = NULL, *st_bg_color = NULL;
 
 	element = html_element_new_parse (e, str);
 
@@ -3771,7 +3807,11 @@
 
 	html_element_set_coreattr_to_object (element, HTML_OBJECT (cell), e);
 	html_style_set_padding (element->style, table->padding);
+	if (e->defaultSettings->forceDefault)
+		hide_colors_from_style (element->style, &st_color, &st_bg_color);
 	html_cluev_set_style (HTML_CLUEV (cell), element->style);
+	if (e->defaultSettings->forceDefault)
+		unhide_colors_from_style (element->style, st_color, st_bg_color);
 
 	cell->no_wrap = no_wrap;
 	cell->heading = heading;
@@ -3780,7 +3820,10 @@
 	pop_element_by_type (e, DISPLAY_TABLE_CELL);
 	pop_element_by_type (e, DISPLAY_TABLE_CAPTION);
 
-	html_object_set_bg_color (HTML_OBJECT (cell), element->style->bg_color ? &element->style->bg_color->color : &current_row_bg_color (e)->color);
+	html_object_set_bg_color (HTML_OBJECT (cell),
+			!e->defaultSettings->forceDefault && element->style->bg_color ?
+				&element->style->bg_color->color :
+				&current_row_bg_color (e)->color);
 
 	image_url = element->style->bg_image ? element->style->bg_image : current_row_bg_image (e);
 	if (image_url) {