diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/docmenu.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/docmenu.rs
index 3d77bde15..58d5daf17 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/docmenu.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/docmenu.rs
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ fn first_text_style(s: &Session) -> Option<CharStyle> {
 fn same_text(s: &mut Session, cmd: &str, eq: fn(&CharStyle, &CharStyle) -> bool) -> Result<Value> {
     let r = first_text_style(s).ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, "select a text object"))?;
     let ids = candidates(s, |n| match &n.kind {
-        NodeKind::Text(t) => t.runs.iter().any(|run| eq(&run.style, &r)),
+        NodeKind::Text(t) => t.runs.iter().any(|run| !run.text.is_empty() && eq(&run.style, &r)),
         _ => false,
     })?;
     finish_same(s, cmd, ids)
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/menucmds.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/menucmds.rs
index f37855456..0c351dba7 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/menucmds.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/menucmds.rs
@@ -1991,6 +1991,19 @@ fn select_same_text_fill_and_stroke_color_needs_both_to_match() {
     assert!(s.execute("select.same.textFillAndStrokeColor", &json!({})).is_err());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn select_same_character_colors_ignore_empty_text() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let a = id_of(&s.execute("text.create", &json!({"x": 0, "y": 20, "text": "a"})).unwrap());
+    let b = id_of(&s.execute("text.create", &json!({"x": 0, "y": 40, "text": "b"})).unwrap());
+    let empty = id_of(&s.execute("text.create", &json!({"x": 0, "y": 60, "text": ""})).unwrap());
+    for cmd in ["select.same.textFillColor", "select.same.textStrokeColor", "select.same.textFillAndStrokeColor"] {
+        sel(&mut s, &[a]);
+        s.execute(cmd, &json!({})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(selected(&s), vec![a, b], "{cmd}: empty object {empty:?}");
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn select_same_link_block_series_selects_the_frames_of_a_thread() {
     let mut s = session();