Excel/VBA - change font color of object?

[TheRobster]

I have a button on a worksheet which runs some VBA code. Most of it works fine but when it comes to a section that is supposed to change the line, fill and font color of an AutoShape ( a rectangle) containing some text, I have a problem. I can change the line color and fill color okay with the following code:

'fill color = tan
Shapes("test").Fill.ForeColor.SchemeColor = 47

'line color = black
Shapes("test").Line.ForeColor.SchemeColor = 64

However, when I programmed in this code for the font color...

Shapes("test").Font.ColorIndex = 0

...I get the error message "object doesn't support this property or method".

I take this to mean that you cannot change the font color, but this must be wrong! How can I change the font color if the object doesn't have the .Font.ColorIndex property?

If I actually select the object on the worksheet then I can record a macro that will change the color. This is what I get:

Selection.Font.ColorIndex = 0

But I don't want to have to select the object in order to change the font color.

What can I do?

*Edit* I should also mention that the code is within a worksheet code module, not a standard code module.

Thanks
-Rob