diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/svg/labelled_string.py b/manimlib/mobject/svg/labelled_string.py
index b9d7b4fd..58c47094 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/svg/labelled_string.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/svg/labelled_string.py
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import re
 import colour
 import itertools as it
 from typing import Iterable, Union, Sequence
-from abc import abstractmethod
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
-from manimlib.constants import WHITE
+from manimlib.constants import BLACK, WHITE
 from manimlib.mobject.svg.svg_mobject import SVGMobject
 from manimlib.mobject.types.vectorized_mobject import VGroup
 from manimlib.utils.color import color_to_int_rgb
+from manimlib.utils.color import color_to_rgb
+from manimlib.utils.color import rgb_to_hex
 from manimlib.utils.config_ops import digest_config
 from manimlib.utils.iterables import remove_list_redundancies
 
@@ -34,36 +36,39 @@ class _StringSVG(SVGMobject):
     }
 
 
-class LabelledString(_StringSVG):
+class LabelledString(_StringSVG, ABC):
     """
     An abstract base class for `MTex` and `MarkupText`
     """
     CONFIG = {
-        "base_color": None,
+        "base_color": WHITE,
         "use_plain_file": False,
         "isolate": [],
     }
 
     def __init__(self, string: str, **kwargs):
         self.string = string
-        reserved_svg_default = kwargs.pop("svg_default", {})
         digest_config(self, kwargs)
-        self.reserved_svg_default = reserved_svg_default
-        self.base_color = self.base_color \
-            or reserved_svg_default.get("color", None) \
-            or reserved_svg_default.get("fill_color", None) \
+
+        # Convert `base_color` to hex code.
+        self.base_color = rgb_to_hex(color_to_rgb(
+            self.base_color \
+            or self.svg_default.get("color", None) \
+            or self.svg_default.get("fill_color", None) \
             or WHITE
+        ))
+        self.svg_default["fill_color"] = BLACK
 
         self.pre_parse()
         self.parse()
-        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        super().__init__()
         self.post_parse()
 
     def get_file_path(self) -> str:
         return self.get_file_path_(use_plain_file=False)
 
     def get_file_path_(self, use_plain_file: bool) -> str:
-        content = self.get_decorated_string(use_plain_file=use_plain_file)
+        content = self.get_content(use_plain_file)
         return self.get_file_path_by_content(content)
 
     @abstractmethod
@@ -77,15 +82,11 @@ class LabelledString(_StringSVG):
             self.color_to_label(submob.get_fill_color())
             for submob in self.submobjects
         ]
-        if any([
-            self.use_plain_file,
-            self.reserved_svg_default,
-            self.has_predefined_colors
-        ]):
+        if self.use_plain_file or self.has_predefined_local_colors:
             file_path = self.get_file_path_(use_plain_file=True)
             plain_svg = _StringSVG(
                 file_path,
-                svg_default=self.reserved_svg_default,
+                svg_default=self.svg_default,
                 path_string_config=self.path_string_config
             )
             self.set_submobjects(plain_svg.submobjects)
@@ -101,7 +102,9 @@ class LabelledString(_StringSVG):
     def parse(self) -> None:
         self.command_repl_items = self.get_command_repl_items()
         self.command_spans = self.get_command_spans()
-        self.ignored_spans = self.get_ignored_spans()
+        self.extra_entity_spans = self.get_extra_entity_spans()
+        self.entity_spans = self.get_entity_spans()
+        self.extra_ignored_spans = self.get_extra_ignored_spans()
         self.skipped_spans = self.get_skipped_spans()
         self.internal_specified_spans = self.get_internal_specified_spans()
         self.external_specified_spans = self.get_external_specified_spans()
@@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ class LabelledString(_StringSVG):
         return sorted_seq[index + index_shift]
 
     @staticmethod
-    def get_span_replacement_dict(
+    def generate_span_repl_dict(
         inserted_string_pairs: list[tuple[Span, tuple[str, str]]],
         other_repl_items: list[tuple[Span, str]]
     ) -> dict[Span, str]:
@@ -290,20 +293,20 @@ class LabelledString(_StringSVG):
         r, g = divmod(rg, 256)
         return r, g, b
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def int_to_hex(rgb_int: int) -> str:
+        return "#{:06x}".format(rgb_int).upper()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def hex_to_int(rgb_hex: str) -> int:
+        return int(rgb_hex[1:], 16)
+
     @staticmethod
     def color_to_label(color: ManimColor) -> int:
         rgb_tuple = color_to_int_rgb(color)
         rgb = LabelledString.rgb_to_int(rgb_tuple)
         return rgb - 1
 
-    @abstractmethod
-    def get_begin_color_command_str(int_rgb: int) -> str:
-        return ""
-
-    @abstractmethod
-    def get_end_color_command_str() -> str:
-        return ""
-
     # Parsing
 
     @abstractmethod
@@ -313,14 +316,25 @@ class LabelledString(_StringSVG):
     def get_command_spans(self) -> list[Span]:
         return [cmd_span for cmd_span, _ in self.command_repl_items]
 
-    def get_ignored_spans(self) -> list[int]:
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_extra_entity_spans(self) -> list[Span]:
+        return []
+
+    def get_entity_spans(self) -> list[Span]:
+        return list(it.chain(
+            self.command_spans,
+            self.extra_entity_spans
+        ))
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_extra_ignored_spans(self) -> list[int]:
         return []
 
     def get_skipped_spans(self) -> list[Span]:
         return list(it.chain(
             self.find_spans(r"\s"),
             self.command_spans,
-            self.ignored_spans
+            self.extra_ignored_spans
         ))
 
     def shrink_span(self, span: Span) -> Span:
@@ -344,7 +358,11 @@ class LabelledString(_StringSVG):
             self.find_substrs(self.isolate)
         ))
         shrinked_spans = list(filter(
-            lambda span: span[0] < span[1],
+            lambda span: span[0] < span[1] and not any([
+                entity_span[0] < index < entity_span[1]
+                for index in span
+                for entity_span in self.entity_spans
+            ]),
             [self.shrink_span(span) for span in spans]
         ))
         return remove_list_redundancies(shrinked_spans)
@@ -363,36 +381,11 @@ class LabelledString(_StringSVG):
             )
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def get_inserted_string_pairs(
-        self, use_plain_file: bool
-    ) -> list[tuple[Span, tuple[str, str]]]:
-        return []
+    def get_content(self, use_plain_file: bool) -> str:
+        return ""
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def get_other_repl_items(
-        self, use_plain_file: bool
-    ) -> list[tuple[Span, str]]:
-        return []
-
-    def get_decorated_string(self, use_plain_file: bool) -> str:
-        span_repl_dict = self.get_span_replacement_dict(
-            self.get_inserted_string_pairs(use_plain_file),
-            self.get_other_repl_items(use_plain_file)
-        )
-        result = self.get_replaced_substr(self.full_span, span_repl_dict)
-
-        if not use_plain_file:
-            return result
-        return "".join([
-            self.get_begin_color_command_str(
-                self.rgb_to_int(color_to_int_rgb(self.base_color))
-            ),
-            result,
-            self.get_end_color_command_str()
-        ])
-
-    @abstractmethod
-    def has_predefined_colors(self) -> bool:
+    def has_predefined_local_colors(self) -> bool:
         return False
 
     # Post-parsing
diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/svg/mtex_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/svg/mtex_mobject.py
index 5668b183..fb7922e1 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/svg/mtex_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/svg/mtex_mobject.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import itertools as it
 import colour
 from typing import Union, Sequence
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class MTex(LabelledString):
     def __init__(self, tex_string: str, **kwargs):
         # Prevent from passing an empty string.
         if not tex_string:
-            tex_string = "\\quad"
+            tex_string = "\\\\"
         self.tex_string = tex_string
         super().__init__(tex_string, **kwargs)
 
@@ -55,30 +56,14 @@ class MTex(LabelledString):
         )
 
     def get_file_path_by_content(self, content: str) -> str:
-        full_tex = self.get_tex_file_body(content)
-        with display_during_execution(f"Writing \"{self.tex_string}\""):
-            file_path = self.tex_to_svg_file_path(full_tex)
-        return file_path
-
-    def get_tex_file_body(self, content: str) -> str:
-        if self.tex_environment:
-            content = "\n".join([
-                f"\\begin{{{self.tex_environment}}}",
-                content,
-                f"\\end{{{self.tex_environment}}}"
-            ])
-        if self.alignment:
-            content = "\n".join([self.alignment, content])
-
         tex_config = get_tex_config()
-        return tex_config["tex_body"].replace(
+        full_tex = tex_config["tex_body"].replace(
             tex_config["text_to_replace"],
             content
         )
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def tex_to_svg_file_path(tex_file_content: str) -> str:
-        return tex_to_svg_file(tex_file_content)
+        with display_during_execution(f"Writing \"{self.tex_string}\""):
+            file_path = tex_to_svg_file(full_tex)
+        return file_path
 
     def pre_parse(self) -> None:
         super().pre_parse()
@@ -91,29 +76,23 @@ class MTex(LabelledString):
     # Toolkits
 
     @staticmethod
-    def get_begin_color_command_str(rgb_int: int) -> str:
+    def get_color_command_str(rgb_int: int) -> str:
         rgb_tuple = MTex.int_to_rgb(rgb_int)
         return "".join([
-            "{{",
             "\\color[RGB]",
             "{",
             ",".join(map(str, rgb_tuple)),
             "}"
         ])
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_end_color_command_str() -> str:
-        return "}}"
-
     # Pre-parsing
 
     def get_backslash_indices(self) -> list[int]:
-        # Newlines (`\\`) don't count.
-        return [
-            span[1] - 1
+        # The latter of `\\` doesn't count.
+        return list(it.chain(*[
+            range(span[0], span[1], 2)
             for span in self.find_spans(r"\\+")
-            if (span[1] - span[0]) % 2 == 1
-        ]
+        ]))
 
     def get_unescaped_char_spans(self, chars: str):
         return sorted(filter(
@@ -215,7 +194,13 @@ class MTex(LabelledString):
             result.append(((span_begin, span_end), repl_str))
         return result
 
-    def get_ignored_spans(self) -> list[int]:
+    def get_extra_entity_spans(self) -> list[Span]:
+        return [
+            self.match(r"\\([a-zA-Z]+|.)", pos=index).span()
+            for index in self.backslash_indices
+        ]
+
+    def get_extra_ignored_spans(self) -> list[int]:
         return self.script_char_spans.copy()
 
     def get_internal_specified_spans(self) -> list[Span]:
@@ -256,35 +241,46 @@ class MTex(LabelledString):
             result.append(shrinked_span)
         return result
 
-    def get_inserted_string_pairs(
-        self, use_plain_file: bool
-    ) -> list[tuple[Span, tuple[str, str]]]:
+    def get_content(self, use_plain_file: bool) -> str:
         if use_plain_file:
-            return []
+            span_repl_dict = {}
+        else:
+            extended_label_span_list = [
+                span
+                if span in self.script_content_spans
+                else (span[0], self.rslide(span[1], self.script_spans))
+                for span in self.label_span_list
+            ]
+            inserted_string_pairs = [
+                (span, (
+                    "{{" + self.get_color_command_str(label + 1),
+                    "}}"
+                ))
+                for label, span in enumerate(extended_label_span_list)
+            ]
+            span_repl_dict = self.generate_span_repl_dict(
+                inserted_string_pairs,
+                self.command_repl_items
+            )
+        result = self.get_replaced_substr(self.full_span, span_repl_dict)
 
-        extended_label_span_list = [
-            span
-            if span in self.script_content_spans
-            else (span[0], self.rslide(span[1], self.script_spans))
-            for span in self.label_span_list
-        ]
-        return [
-            (span, (
-                self.get_begin_color_command_str(label + 1),
-                self.get_end_color_command_str()
-            ))
-            for label, span in enumerate(extended_label_span_list)
-        ]
-
-    def get_other_repl_items(
-        self, use_plain_file: bool
-    ) -> list[tuple[Span, str]]:
+        if self.tex_environment:
+            result = "\n".join([
+                f"\\begin{{{self.tex_environment}}}",
+                result,
+                f"\\end{{{self.tex_environment}}}"
+            ])
+        if self.alignment:
+            result = "\n".join([self.alignment, result])
         if use_plain_file:
-            return []
-        return self.command_repl_items.copy()
+            result = "\n".join([
+                self.get_color_command_str(self.hex_to_int(self.base_color)),
+                result
+            ])
+        return result
 
     @property
-    def has_predefined_colors(self) -> bool:
+    def has_predefined_local_colors(self) -> bool:
         return bool(self.command_repl_items)
 
     # Post-parsing
diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/svg/text_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/svg/text_mobject.py
index 76ae8e38..c3c3be19 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/svg/text_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/svg/text_mobject.py
@@ -254,27 +254,6 @@ class MarkupText(LabelledString):
             for key, val in attr_dict.items()
         ])
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_begin_tag_str(attr_dict: dict[str, str]) -> str:
-        return f"<span {MarkupText.get_attr_dict_str(attr_dict)}>"
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_end_tag_str() -> str:
-        return "</span>"
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def rgb_int_to_hex(rgb_int: int) -> str:
-        return "#{:06x}".format(rgb_int).upper()
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_begin_color_command_str(rgb_int: int):
-        color_hex = MarkupText.rgb_int_to_hex(rgb_int)
-        return MarkupText.get_begin_tag_str({"foreground": color_hex})
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_end_color_command_str() -> str:
-        return MarkupText.get_end_tag_str()
-
     @staticmethod
     def merge_attr_dicts(
         attr_dict_items: list[Span, str, typing.Any]
@@ -452,6 +431,14 @@ class MarkupText(LabelledString):
             ]
         return result
 
+    def get_extra_entity_spans(self) -> list[Span]:
+        if not self.is_markup:
+            return []
+        return self.find_spans(r"&.*?;")
+
+    def get_extra_ignored_spans(self) -> list[int]:
+        return []
+
     def get_internal_specified_spans(self) -> list[Span]:
         return [span for span, _ in self.local_dicts_from_markup]
 
@@ -464,13 +451,10 @@ class MarkupText(LabelledString):
             self.find_spans(r"\b"),
             self.specified_spans
         ))))
-        entity_spans = self.command_spans.copy()
-        if self.is_markup:
-            entity_spans += self.find_spans(r"&.*?;")
         breakup_indices = sorted(filter(
             lambda index: not any([
                 span[0] < index < span[1]
-                for span in entity_spans
+                for span in self.entity_spans
             ]),
             breakup_indices
         ))
@@ -479,40 +463,45 @@ class MarkupText(LabelledString):
             self.get_neighbouring_pairs(breakup_indices)
         ))
 
-    def get_inserted_string_pairs(
-        self, use_plain_file: bool
-    ) -> list[tuple[Span, tuple[str, str]]]:
-        if not use_plain_file:
+    def get_content(self, use_plain_file: bool) -> str:
+        if use_plain_file:
             attr_dict_items = [
-                (span, {
-                    key: BLACK if key in COLOR_RELATED_KEYS else val
-                    for key, val in attr_dict.items()
-                })
-                for span, attr_dict in self.predefined_attr_dicts
-            ] + [
-                (span, {"foreground": self.rgb_int_to_hex(label + 1)})
-                for label, span in enumerate(self.label_span_list)
+                (self.full_span, {"foreground": self.base_color}),
+                *self.predefined_attr_dicts,
+                *[
+                    (span, {})
+                    for span in self.label_span_list
+                ]
             ]
         else:
-            attr_dict_items = self.predefined_attr_dicts + [
-                (span, {})
-                for span in self.label_span_list
+            attr_dict_items = [
+                (self.full_span, {"foreground": BLACK}),
+                *[
+                    (span, {
+                        key: BLACK if key in COLOR_RELATED_KEYS else val
+                        for key, val in attr_dict.items()
+                    })
+                    for span, attr_dict in self.predefined_attr_dicts
+                ],
+                *[
+                    (span, {"foreground": self.int_to_hex(label + 1)})
+                    for label, span in enumerate(self.label_span_list)
+                ]
             ]
-        return [
+        inserted_string_pairs = [
             (span, (
-                self.get_begin_tag_str(attr_dict),
-                self.get_end_tag_str()
+                f"<span {self.get_attr_dict_str(attr_dict)}>",
+                "</span>"
             ))
             for span, attr_dict in self.merge_attr_dicts(attr_dict_items)
         ]
-
-    def get_other_repl_items(
-        self, use_plain_file: bool
-    ) -> list[tuple[Span, str]]:
-        return self.command_repl_items.copy()
+        span_repl_dict = self.generate_span_repl_dict(
+            inserted_string_pairs, self.command_repl_items
+        )
+        return self.get_replaced_substr(self.full_span, span_repl_dict)
 
     @property
-    def has_predefined_colors(self) -> bool:
+    def has_predefined_local_colors(self) -> bool:
         return any([
             key in COLOR_RELATED_KEYS
             for _, attr_dict in self.predefined_attr_dicts