diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b626d2c5..a8960f5b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org).
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- Stricter-typed comparison testing in COUNTIF() and COUNTIFS() evaluation [Issue #1046](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/1046) 
+- Fix number format masks containing named colours that were being misinterpreted as date formats; and add support for masks that fully replace the value with a full text string [Issue #1009](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/1009) 
+- Stricter-typed comparison testing in COUNTIF() and COUNTIFS() evaluation [Issue #1046](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/1046)
 - COUPNUM should not return zero when settlement is in the last period - [Issue #1020](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/1020) and [PR #1021](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/1021)
 
 ## [1.8.2] - 2019-07-08
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Style/Color.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Style/Color.php
index 8a1812d2..0a2209e8 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Style/Color.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Style/Color.php
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception as PhpSpreadsheetException;
 
 class Color extends Supervisor
 {
+    const NAMED_COLORS = [
+        'Black',
+        'White',
+        'Red',
+        'Green',
+        'Blue',
+        'Yellow',
+        'Magenta',
+        'Cyan',
+    ];
+
     // Colors
     const COLOR_BLACK = 'FF000000';
     const COLOR_WHITE = 'FFFFFFFF';
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Style/NumberFormat.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Style/NumberFormat.php
index 37442249..255f06db 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Style/NumberFormat.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Style/NumberFormat.php
@@ -660,7 +660,9 @@ class NumberFormat extends Supervisor
 
         // Save format with color information for later use below
         $formatColor = $format;
-
+        // Strip colour information
+        $color_regex = '/\[(' . implode('|', Color::NAMED_COLORS) . ')\]/';
+        $format = preg_replace($color_regex, '', $format);
         // Let's begin inspecting the format and converting the value to a formatted string
 
         //  Check for date/time characters (not inside quotes)
@@ -668,10 +670,9 @@ class NumberFormat extends Supervisor
             // datetime format
             self::formatAsDate($value, $format);
         } else {
-            // Strip color information
-            $color_regex = '/^\\[[a-zA-Z]+\\]/';
-            $format = preg_replace($color_regex, '', $format);
-            if (preg_match('/%$/', $format)) {
+            if (substr($format, 0, 1) === '"' && substr($format, -1, 1) === '"') {
+                $value = substr($format, 1, -1);
+            } elseif (preg_match('/%$/', $format)) {
                 // % number format
                 self::formatAsPercentage($value, $format);
             } else {
diff --git a/tests/data/Style/NumberFormat.php b/tests/data/Style/NumberFormat.php
index 69590b94..12e71a4d 100644
--- a/tests/data/Style/NumberFormat.php
+++ b/tests/data/Style/NumberFormat.php
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ return [
         12,
         '#.0#',
     ],
+    [
+        '-70',
+        -70,
+        '#,##0;[Red]-#,##0'
+    ],
     [
         '0.1',
         0.10000000000000001,
@@ -114,6 +119,12 @@ return [
         12200000,
         '0.0,,',
     ],
+    // Percentage
+    [
+        '12%',
+        0.12,
+        '0%',
+    ],
     [
         '8%',
         0.080000000000000002,
@@ -221,4 +232,35 @@ return [
         13.0316,
         '_("€"* #,##0.00_);_("€"* \(#,##0.00\);_("€"* "-"??_);_(@_)',
     ],
+    // Named colours
+    // Simple color
+    [
+        '12345',
+        12345,
+        '[Green]General',
+    ],
+    // Multiple colors
+    [
+        '12345',
+        12345,
+        '[Blue]0;[Red]0',
+    ],
+    // Multiple colors
+    [
+        'Positive',
+        12,
+        '[Green]"Positive";[Red]"Negative";[Blue]"Zero"',
+    ],
+    // Multiple colors
+    [
+        'Zero',
+        0,
+        '[Green]"Positive";[Red]"Negative";[Blue]"Zero"',
+    ],
+    // Multiple colors
+    [
+        'Negative',
+        -2,
+        '[Green]"Positive";[Red]"Negative";[Blue]"Zero"',
+    ],
 ];
diff --git a/tests/data/Style/NumberFormatDates.php b/tests/data/Style/NumberFormatDates.php
index dea04de7..9e476042 100644
--- a/tests/data/Style/NumberFormatDates.php
+++ b/tests/data/Style/NumberFormatDates.php
@@ -77,22 +77,4 @@ return [
         1.1354166666667,
         '[h]:mm',
     ],
-    // Percentage
-    [
-        '12%',
-        0.12,
-        '0%',
-    ],
-    // Simple color
-    [
-        '12345',
-        12345,
-        '[Green]General',
-    ],
-    // Multiple colors
-    [
-        '12345',
-        12345,
-        '[Blue]0;[Red]0',
-    ],
 ];