diff --git a/org.uqbar.project.wollok.game/src/org/uqbar/project/wollok/game/VisualComponent.xtend b/org.uqbar.project.wollok.game/src/org/uqbar/project/wollok/game/VisualComponent.xtend
index 01baae07dc..8d2319ec03 100644
--- a/org.uqbar.project.wollok.game/src/org/uqbar/project/wollok/game/VisualComponent.xtend
+++ b/org.uqbar.project.wollok.game/src/org/uqbar/project/wollok/game/VisualComponent.xtend
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import static extension org.uqbar.project.wollok.game.helpers.WollokConventionEx
 import org.uqbar.project.wollok.interpreter.core.WollokProgramExceptionWrapper
 import static extension org.uqbar.project.wollok.interpreter.nativeobj.WollokJavaConversions.*
 
-
 @Accessors
 class VisualComponent {
 	public static val MESSAGE_MAX_LENGTH = 50
@@ -23,28 +22,25 @@ class VisualComponent {
 	boolean showAttributes = false
 	
 	boolean hasText = false
+	boolean hasTextColor = false
+	boolean hasImage = false
 
 	WollokObject wObject
 	WollokObject wPosition
 
 	new(WollokObject object) {
-		wObject = object
-		wObject?.position // Force evaluate position when is added
-		checkText()
+		this(object, object.position)
 	}
 
 	new(WollokObject object, WollokObject position) {
 		wObject = object
 		wPosition = position
-		checkText()
+		hasText = wObject.understands(TEXT_CONVENTION)
+		hasTextColor = wObject.understands(TEXT_COLOR_CONVENTION)
+		hasImage = wObject.understands(IMAGE_CONVENTION)
 	}
 	
 	def checkText() {
-		try {
-			wObject.call(TEXT_CONVENTION)
-			hasText = true
-		}catch(WollokProgramExceptionWrapper e) {
-		}
 	}
 
 	def getAttributes() {
@@ -80,11 +76,17 @@ class VisualComponent {
 	}
 
 	def drawMe(Window window) {
-		window.draw(image, position)
+		if(hasImage) {
+			window.draw(image, position)
+		}
 	}
 	
 	def drawText(Window window) {
-		if(hasText) window.writeText(wObject.call(TEXT_CONVENTION).wollokToJava(String) as String,  getPosition(), Color.BLACK)	
+		if(hasText) {
+			val text = wObject.call(TEXT_CONVENTION).wollokToJava(String) as String
+			val color = hasTextColor ? Color.valueOf(wObject.call(TEXT_COLOR_CONVENTION).wollokToJava(String) as String) : DEFAULT_TEXT_COLOR  
+		    window.writeText(text,  getPosition(), color)	  
+		}	
 	}
 
 	def drawAttributesIfNecesary(Window window) {
diff --git a/org.uqbar.project.wollok.game/src/org/uqbar/project/wollok/game/helpers/WollokConventionExtensions.xtend b/org.uqbar.project.wollok.game/src/org/uqbar/project/wollok/game/helpers/WollokConventionExtensions.xtend
index 74f1ea8df4..07a12ffbe3 100644
--- a/org.uqbar.project.wollok.game/src/org/uqbar/project/wollok/game/helpers/WollokConventionExtensions.xtend
+++ b/org.uqbar.project.wollok.game/src/org/uqbar/project/wollok/game/helpers/WollokConventionExtensions.xtend
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 package org.uqbar.project.wollok.game.helpers
 
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color
 import org.uqbar.project.wollok.game.VisualComponent
 import org.uqbar.project.wollok.interpreter.core.WollokObject
 import org.uqbar.project.wollok.interpreter.core.WollokProgramExceptionWrapper
 
 import static extension org.uqbar.project.wollok.interpreter.nativeobj.WollokJavaConversions.*
 
+
 class WollokConventionExtensions {
 		
 	public static val POSITION_CONVENTION = "position"
 	public static val TEXT_CONVENTION = "text"
+	public static val TEXT_COLOR_CONVENTION = "textColor"
 	public static val IMAGE_CONVENTION = "image"
 	public static val DEFAULT_IMAGE = "wko.png"
+	public static val DEFAULT_TEXT_COLOR = Color.BLUE
+	
 
 	def static asVisual(WollokObject it) { new VisualComponent(it) }
 	def static asVisualIn(WollokObject it, WollokObject position) { new VisualComponent(it, position) }
diff --git a/org.uqbar.project.wollok/src/org/uqbar/project/wollok/interpreter/core/WollokObject.xtend b/org.uqbar.project.wollok/src/org/uqbar/project/wollok/interpreter/core/WollokObject.xtend
index 1af0d6056a..c063ecd13c 100644
--- a/org.uqbar.project.wollok/src/org/uqbar/project/wollok/interpreter/core/WollokObject.xtend
+++ b/org.uqbar.project.wollok/src/org/uqbar/project/wollok/interpreter/core/WollokObject.xtend
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class WollokObject extends AbstractWollokCallable implements EvaluationContext<W
 	def void addMember(WVariableDeclaration declaration, boolean initializeIt) {
 		val variableName = declaration.variable.name
 		instanceVariables.put(variableName, interpreter.performOnStack(declaration, this) [|
-			if (initializeIt) declaration.right?.eval else null
+			if(initializeIt) declaration.right?.eval else null
 		])
 		if (!declaration.writeable) {
 			constantReferences.add(variableName)
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ class WollokObject extends AbstractWollokCallable implements EvaluationContext<W
 	// ******************************************
 	override getThisObject() { this }
 
+    def understands(String message, WollokObject... parameters) {
+		behavior.lookupMethod(message, parameters, false) !== null || 
+		     message.hasProperty && parameters.length() <= 1 ||
+		     message.hasConstantProperty && parameters.empty
+    	
+    }
+
 	override call(String message, WollokObject... parameters) {
 		val method = behavior.lookupMethod(message, parameters, false)
 		if (method === null) {
@@ -112,6 +119,10 @@ class WollokObject extends AbstractWollokCallable implements EvaluationContext<W
 	override hasProperty(String variableName) {
 		properties.contains(variableName)
 	}
+	
+	def hasConstantProperty(String variableName) {
+		constantsProperties.contains(variableName)
+	}
 
 	def throwMessageNotUnderstood(String methodName, Object... parameters) {
 		try {
@@ -120,7 +131,8 @@ class WollokObject extends AbstractWollokCallable implements EvaluationContext<W
 			// this one is ok because calling messageNotUnderstood actually throws the exception!
 			throw e
 		} catch (RuntimeException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(NLS.bind(Messages.WollokInterpreter_errorWhileMessageNotUnderstood, e.message), e)
+			throw new RuntimeException(NLS.bind(Messages.WollokInterpreter_errorWhileMessageNotUnderstood, e.message),
+				e)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -137,8 +149,8 @@ class WollokObject extends AbstractWollokCallable implements EvaluationContext<W
 			val delegatedConstructor = constructor.wollokClass.resolveConstructorReference(other)
 			var EList<? extends EObject> arguments = ECollections.emptyEList
 			if (other.hasNamedParameters) {
-				arguments = ECollections.asEList(delegatedConstructor.parameters.map [ name ].map [ 
-					argName | other.argumentList.getArgument(argName)					
+				arguments = ECollections.asEList(delegatedConstructor.parameters.map[name].map [ argName |
+					other.argumentList.getArgument(argName)
 				])
 			} else {
 				arguments = other.arguments
@@ -174,11 +186,10 @@ class WollokObject extends AbstractWollokCallable implements EvaluationContext<W
 			this
 		else if (instanceVariables.containsKey(variableName)) {
 			getVariableValue(variableName)
-		}
-		else
+		} else
 			parentContext.resolve(variableName)
 	}
-	
+
 	def getVariableValue(String variableName) {
 		val value = instanceVariables.get(variableName)
 		if (value instanceof LazyWollokObject) {
@@ -191,7 +202,7 @@ class WollokObject extends AbstractWollokCallable implements EvaluationContext<W
 
 	override setReference(String name, WollokObject value) {
 		if (name == SELF)
- 			throw new RuntimeException(NLS.bind(Messages.WollokDslValidator_CANNOT_MODIFY_REFERENCE, SELF))
+			throw new RuntimeException(NLS.bind(Messages.WollokDslValidator_CANNOT_MODIFY_REFERENCE, SELF))
 		if (!instanceVariables.containsKey(name)) {
 			throw new UnresolvableReference('''Unrecognized variable "«name»" in object "«this.behavior.objectDescription»"''')
 		}
@@ -202,7 +213,7 @@ class WollokObject extends AbstractWollokCallable implements EvaluationContext<W
 
 	// query (kind of reflection api)
 	override allReferenceNames() {
-		instanceVariables.keySet.map [ variableName | 
+		instanceVariables.keySet.map [ variableName |
 			val isConstantReference = constantReferences.contains(variableName)
 			val wollokObject = getVariableValue(variableName)
 			new WVariable(variableName, System.identityHashCode(wollokObject), false, isConstantReference)
@@ -210,15 +221,15 @@ class WollokObject extends AbstractWollokCallable implements EvaluationContext<W
 	}
 
 	def simplifiedReferences() { behavior.fqn.equals(DATE) }
-	
+
 	override allReferenceNamesForDynamicDiagram() {
 		if (simplifiedReferences) {
-			newArrayList	
+			newArrayList
 		} else {
 			this.allReferenceNames.toList
-		}	
+		}
 	}
-	
+
 	def getProperties() {
 		properties
 	}
@@ -229,10 +240,10 @@ class WollokObject extends AbstractWollokCallable implements EvaluationContext<W
 		else
 			behavior.methods
 	}
-	
+
 	def toWollokString() {
 		val string = call("toString", #[])
-		(string.getNativeObject(STRING) as JavaWrapper<String>).wrapped //TODO: Usar las conversion extensions
+		(string.getNativeObject(STRING) as JavaWrapper<String>).wrapped // TODO: Usar las conversion extensions
 	}
 
 	override toString() {
@@ -311,14 +322,14 @@ class WollokObject extends AbstractWollokCallable implements EvaluationContext<W
 				throw throwMessageNotUnderstood(this, message, parameters)
 			}
 		}
-			
+
 		method.call(parameters)
 	}
 
 	override showableInStackTrace() { true }
 
 	override variableShowableInDynamicDiagram(String name) { true }
-	
+
 }
 
 /**