diff --git a/src/buildHTML.js b/src/buildHTML.js
index 631f5f19..e9556ec8 100644
--- a/src/buildHTML.js
+++ b/src/buildHTML.js
@@ -1533,43 +1533,63 @@ groupTypes.accentUnder = function(group, options) {
 };
 
 groupTypes.enclose = function(group, options) {
-    // \cancel, \bcancel, \xcancel, \sout, \fbox
+    // \cancel, \bcancel, \xcancel, \sout, \fbox, \colorbox, \fcolorbox
     const inner = buildGroup(group.value.body, options);
 
     const label = group.value.label.substr(1);
     const scale = options.sizeMultiplier;
     let img;
-    let pad = 0;
     let imgShift = 0;
+    const isColorbox = /color/.test(label);
 
     if (label === "sout") {
         img = makeSpan(["stretchy", "sout"]);
         img.height = options.fontMetrics().defaultRuleThickness / scale;
         imgShift = -0.5 * options.fontMetrics().xHeight;
+
     } else {
         // Add horizontal padding
-        inner.classes.push((label === "fbox" ? "boxpad" : "cancel-pad"));
+        inner.classes.push(/cancel/.test(label) ? "cancel-pad" : "boxpad");
 
         // Add vertical padding
-        const isCharBox = (isCharacterBox(group.value.body));
+        let vertPad = 0;
         // ref: LaTeX source2e: \fboxsep = 3pt;  \fboxrule = .4pt
         // ref: cancel package: \advance\totalheight2\p@ % "+2"
-        pad = (label === "fbox" ? 0.34 : (isCharBox ? 0.2 : 0));
-        imgShift = inner.depth + pad;
+        if (/box/.test(label)) {
+            vertPad = label === "colorbox" ? 0.3 : 0.34;
+        } else {
+            vertPad = isCharacterBox(group.value.body) ? 0.2 : 0;
+        }
 
-        img = stretchy.encloseSpan(inner, label, pad, options);
+        img = stretchy.encloseSpan(inner, label, vertPad, options);
+        imgShift = inner.depth + vertPad;
+
+        if (isColorbox) {
+            img.style.backgroundColor = group.value.backgroundColor.value;
+            if (label === "fcolorbox") {
+                img.style.borderColor = group.value.borderColor.value;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
-    const vlist = buildCommon.makeVList([
-        {type: "elem", elem: inner, shift: 0},
-        {type: "elem", elem: img, shift: imgShift},
-    ], "individualShift", null, options);
-
-    if (label !== "fbox") {
-        vlist.children[0].children[0].children[1].classes.push("svg-align");
+    let vlist;
+    if (isColorbox) {
+        vlist = buildCommon.makeVList([
+            // Put the color background behind inner;
+            {type: "elem", elem: img, shift: imgShift},
+            {type: "elem", elem: inner, shift: 0},
+        ], "individualShift", null, options);
+    } else {
+        vlist = buildCommon.makeVList([
+            // Write the \cancel stroke on top of inner.
+            {type: "elem", elem: inner, shift: 0},
+            {type: "elem", elem: img, shift: imgShift},
+        ], "individualShift", null, options);
     }
 
     if (/cancel/.test(label)) {
+        vlist.children[0].children[0].children[1].classes.push("svg-align");
+
         // cancel does not create horiz space for its line extension.
         // That is, not when adjacent to a mord.
         return makeSpan(["mord", "cancel-lap"], [vlist], options);
diff --git a/src/buildMathML.js b/src/buildMathML.js
index c2607b13..c632b93c 100644
--- a/src/buildMathML.js
+++ b/src/buildMathML.js
@@ -505,21 +505,33 @@ groupTypes.accentUnder = function(group, options) {
 groupTypes.enclose = function(group, options) {
     const node = new mathMLTree.MathNode(
         "menclose", [buildGroup(group.value.body, options)]);
-    let notation = "";
     switch (group.value.label) {
+        case "\\cancel":
+            node.setAttribute("notation", "updiagonalstrike");
+            break;
         case "\\bcancel":
-            notation = "downdiagonalstrike";
+            node.setAttribute("notation", "downdiagonalstrike");
             break;
         case "\\sout":
-            notation = "horizontalstrike";
+            node.setAttribute("notation", "horizontalstrike");
             break;
         case "\\fbox":
-            notation = "box";
+            node.setAttribute("notation", "box");
+            break;
+        case "\\colorbox":
+            node.setAttribute("mathbackground",
+                group.value.backgroundColor.value);
+            break;
+        case "\\fcolorbox":
+            node.setAttribute("mathbackground",
+                group.value.backgroundColor.value);
+            // TODO(ron): I don't know any way to set the border color.
+            node.setAttribute("notation", "box");
             break;
         default:
-            notation = "updiagonalstrike";
+            // xcancel
+            node.setAttribute("notation", "updiagonalstrike downdiagonalstrike");
     }
-    node.setAttribute("notation", notation);
     return node;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/functions.js b/src/functions.js
index 91c6a542..fc293e7d 100644
--- a/src/functions.js
+++ b/src/functions.js
@@ -88,6 +88,42 @@ defineFunction(["\\color"], {
     argTypes: ["color"],
 }, null);
 
+// colorbox
+defineFunction(["\\colorbox"], {
+    numArgs: 2,
+    allowedInText: true,
+    greediness: 3,
+    argTypes: ["color", "text"],
+}, function(context, args) {
+    const color = args[0];
+    const body = args[1];
+    return {
+        type: "enclose",
+        label: context.funcName,
+        backgroundColor: color,
+        body: body,
+    };
+});
+
+// fcolorbox
+defineFunction(["\\fcolorbox"], {
+    numArgs: 3,
+    allowedInText: true,
+    greediness: 3,
+    argTypes: ["color", "color", "text"],
+}, function(context, args) {
+    const borderColor = args[0];
+    const backgroundColor = args[1];
+    const body = args[2];
+    return {
+        type: "enclose",
+        label: context.funcName,
+        backgroundColor: backgroundColor,
+        borderColor: borderColor,
+        body: body,
+    };
+});
+
 // An overline
 defineFunction(["\\overline"], {
     numArgs: 1,
diff --git a/src/stretchy.js b/src/stretchy.js
index 3e2e16f1..7a3e3c21 100644
--- a/src/stretchy.js
+++ b/src/stretchy.js
@@ -254,11 +254,13 @@ const encloseSpan = function(inner, label, pad, options) {
     let img;
     const totalHeight = inner.height + inner.depth + 2 * pad;
 
-    if (label === "fbox") {
+    if (/(fbox)|(color)/.test(label)) {
         img = buildCommon.makeSpan(["stretchy", label], [], options);
-        if (options.color) {
+
+        if (label === "fbox" && options.color) {
             img.style.borderColor = options.getColor();
         }
+
     } else {
         // \cancel, \bcancel, or \xcancel
         // Since \cancel's SVG is inline and it omits the viewBox attribute,
diff --git a/static/katex.less b/static/katex.less
index b009b7bf..f7fad196 100644
--- a/static/katex.less
+++ b/static/katex.less
@@ -593,6 +593,10 @@
         box-sizing: border-box;
         border: 0.04em solid black;   // \fboxrule = 0.4pt
     }
+    .fcolorbox {
+        box-sizing: border-box;
+        border: 0.04em solid;   // \fboxrule = 0.4pt
+    }
     .cancel-pad {
         padding: 0 0.2em 0 0.2em;    // ref: cancel package  \advance\dimen@ 2\p@ %  "+2"
     }
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/mathml-spec.js.snap b/test/__snapshots__/mathml-spec.js.snap
index 2b52ca14..3edca120 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/mathml-spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/mathml-spec.js.snap
@@ -74,6 +74,27 @@ exports[`A MathML builder should make prime operators into <mo> nodes 1`] = `
 
 `;
 
+exports[`A MathML builder should use <menclose> for colorbox 1`] = `
+
+<math>
+  <semantics>
+    <mrow>
+      <menclose mathbackground="red">
+        <mrow>
+          <mtext>
+            b
+          </mtext>
+        </mrow>
+      </menclose>
+    </mrow>
+    <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">
+      \\colorbox{red}{b}
+    </annotation>
+  </semantics>
+</math>
+
+`;
+
 exports[`A MathML builder should use <mpadded> for raisebox 1`] = `
 
 <math>
diff --git a/test/katex-spec.js b/test/katex-spec.js
index feb5d2bf..882a452c 100644
--- a/test/katex-spec.js
+++ b/test/katex-spec.js
@@ -2046,6 +2046,78 @@ describe("A boxed builder", function() {
     });
 });
 
+describe("A colorbox parser", function() {
+    it("should not fail, given a text argument", function() {
+        expect("\\colorbox{red}{a b}").toParse();
+        expect("\\colorbox{red}{x}^2").toParse();
+        expect("\\colorbox{red} x").toParse();
+    });
+
+    it("should fail, given a math argument", function() {
+        expect("\\colorbox{red}{\\alpha}").toNotParse();
+        expect("\\colorbox{red}{\\frac{a}{b}}").toNotParse();
+    });
+
+    it("should parse a color", function() {
+        expect("\\colorbox{red}{a b}").toParse();
+        expect("\\colorbox{#197}{a b}").toParse();
+        expect("\\colorbox{#1a9b7c}{a b}").toParse();
+    });
+
+    it("should produce enclose", function() {
+        const parse = getParsed("\\colorbox{red} x")[0];
+        expect(parse.type).toEqual("enclose");
+    });
+});
+
+describe("A colorbox builder", function() {
+    it("should not fail", function() {
+        expect("\\colorbox{red}{a b}").toBuild();
+        expect("\\colorbox{red}{a b}^2").toBuild();
+        expect("\\colorbox{red} x").toBuild();
+    });
+
+    it("should produce mords", function() {
+        expect(getBuilt("\\colorbox{red}{a b}")[0].classes).toContain("mord");
+    });
+});
+
+describe("An fcolorbox parser", function() {
+    it("should not fail, given a text argument", function() {
+        expect("\\fcolorbox{blue}{yellow}{a b}").toParse();
+        expect("\\fcolorbox{blue}{yellow}{x}^2").toParse();
+        expect("\\fcolorbox{blue}{yellow} x").toParse();
+    });
+
+    it("should fail, given a math argument", function() {
+        expect("\\fcolorbox{blue}{yellow}{\\alpha}").toNotParse();
+        expect("\\fcolorbox{blue}{yellow}{\\frac{a}{b}}").toNotParse();
+    });
+
+    it("should parse a color", function() {
+        expect("\\fcolorbox{blue}{yellow}{a b}").toParse();
+        expect("\\fcolorbox{blue}{#197}{a b}").toParse();
+        expect("\\fcolorbox{blue}{#1a9b7c}{a b}").toParse();
+    });
+
+    it("should produce enclose", function() {
+        const parse = getParsed("\\fcolorbox{blue}{yellow} x")[0];
+        expect(parse.type).toEqual("enclose");
+    });
+});
+
+describe("A fcolorbox builder", function() {
+    it("should not fail", function() {
+        expect("\\fcolorbox{blue}{yellow}{a b}").toBuild();
+        expect("\\fcolorbox{blue}{yellow}{a b}^2").toBuild();
+        expect("\\fcolorbox{blue}{yellow} x").toBuild();
+    });
+
+    it("should produce mords", function() {
+        expect(getBuilt("\\colorbox{red}{a b}")[0].classes).toContain("mord");
+    });
+});
+
 describe("A strike-through parser", function() {
     it("should not fail", function() {
         expect("\\cancel{x}").toParse();
diff --git a/test/mathml-spec.js b/test/mathml-spec.js
index 6565c099..5c6c61fc 100644
--- a/test/mathml-spec.js
+++ b/test/mathml-spec.js
@@ -54,4 +54,8 @@ describe("A MathML builder", function() {
     it('should use <mpadded> for raisebox', () => {
         expect(getMathML("\\raisebox{0.25em}{b}")).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
+
+    it('should use <menclose> for colorbox', () => {
+        expect(getMathML("\\colorbox{red}{b}")).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
 });
diff --git a/test/screenshotter/images/Colorbox-chrome.png b/test/screenshotter/images/Colorbox-chrome.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e68c395
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diff --git a/test/screenshotter/images/Colorbox-firefox.png b/test/screenshotter/images/Colorbox-firefox.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf732174
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diff --git a/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml b/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml
index 70ce4bb8..e676c829 100644
--- a/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml
+++ b/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Colors:
     nolatex: different syntax and different scope
 ColorImplicit: bl{ack\color{red}red\textcolor{green}{green}red\color{blue}blue}black
 ColorSpacing: \textcolor{red}{\displaystyle \int x} + 1
+Colorbox:  a \colorbox{teal} B \fcolorbox{blue}{red}{C} e+\colorbox{teal}x
 DashesAndQuotes: \text{``a'' b---c -- d----`e'-{-}-f}--``x''
 DeepFontSizing:
     tex: |