diff --git a/barista/src/main/java/com/adevinta/android/barista/assertion/BaristaVisibilityAssertions.kt b/barista/src/main/java/com/adevinta/android/barista/assertion/BaristaVisibilityAssertions.kt
index bf2787b1..40be472d 100644
--- a/barista/src/main/java/com/adevinta/android/barista/assertion/BaristaVisibilityAssertions.kt
+++ b/barista/src/main/java/com/adevinta/android/barista/assertion/BaristaVisibilityAssertions.kt
@@ -158,11 +158,27 @@ object BaristaVisibilityAssertions {
     assertNotContains(resId, resourceText)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Assert that the view found with the provided view matcher contains the color
+   */
+  @JvmStatic
+  fun assertTextColorIs(viewMatcher: Matcher<View>, color: Int) {
+    viewMatcher.assertAny(TextColorMatcher(color))
+  }
+
   @JvmStatic
   fun assertTextColorIs(@IdRes viewId: Int, color: Int) {
     viewId.resourceMatcher().assertAny(TextColorMatcher(color))
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Assert that the view found with the provided view matcher do not contains the color
+   */
+  @JvmStatic
+  fun assertTextColorIsNot(viewMatcher: Matcher<View>, color: Int) {
+    viewMatcher.assertAny(not(TextColorMatcher(color)))
+  }
+
   @JvmStatic
   fun assertTextColorIsNot(@IdRes viewId: Int, color: Int) {
     viewId.resourceMatcher().assertAny(not(TextColorMatcher(color)))
diff --git a/sample/src/androidTest/java/com/adevinta/android/barista/sample/ColorsTest.java b/sample/src/androidTest/java/com/adevinta/android/barista/sample/ColorsTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d928abde..00000000
--- a/sample/src/androidTest/java/com/adevinta/android/barista/sample/ColorsTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-package com.adevinta.android.barista.sample;
-
-import android.graphics.Color;
-import androidx.test.rule.ActivityTestRule;
-import com.adevinta.android.barista.internal.failurehandler.BaristaException;
-import com.adevinta.android.barista.sample.util.FailureHandlerValidatorRule;
-import org.junit.Rule;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import static com.adevinta.android.barista.assertion.BaristaVisibilityAssertions.assertTextColorIs;
-import static com.adevinta.android.barista.assertion.BaristaVisibilityAssertions.assertTextColorIsNot;
-
-public class ColorsTest {
-
-  @Rule
-  public ActivityTestRule<ColorsActivity> activityRule = new ActivityTestRule<>(ColorsActivity.class);
-
-  @Rule
-  public FailureHandlerValidatorRule handlerValidator = new FailureHandlerValidatorRule();
-
-  @Test
-  public void checkSimpleColor() {
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textRed, R.color.red);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void checkColorList_whenDefault() {
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorDefault, R.color.selector_default_disabled_checked);
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorDefault, R.color.defaultColor);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void checkColorAttribute() {
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textColorAttribute, R.attr.colorPrimary);
-    assertTextColorIsNot(R.id.textColorAttribute, R.attr.colorError);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void checkColorInt() {
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textColorInt, Color.parseColor("#ff0000"));
-    assertTextColorIsNot(R.id.textColorInt, Color.parseColor("#ff00ff"));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void checkColorStyleable() {
-    assertTextColorIs(
-        R.id.customTextView,
-        R.styleable.SampleCustomView,
-        R.style.SampleCustomStyle,
-        R.styleable.SampleCustomView_customColor
-    );
-
-    assertTextColorIsNot(
-        R.id.customTextView,
-        R.styleable.SampleCustomView,
-        R.style.SampleCustomStyle_Green,
-        R.styleable.SampleCustomView_customColor
-    );
-
-    assertTextColorIsNot(
-        R.id.customTextView,
-        R.styleable.SampleCustomView,
-        R.style.SampleCustomStyle,
-        R.styleable.SampleCustomView_otherColor
-    );
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void checkColorList_whenDisabled() {
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorDisabled, R.color.selector_default_disabled_checked);
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorDisabled, R.color.disabled);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void checkColorList_whenChecked() {
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorChecked, R.color.selector_default_disabled_checked);
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorChecked, R.color.checked);
-  }
-
-  @Test(expected = BaristaException.class)
-  public void checkSimpleColor_fails() {
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textRed, R.color.blue);
-  }
-
-  @Test(expected = BaristaException.class)
-  public void checkColorAttr_fails() {
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textColorAttribute, R.attr.colorError);
-  }
-
-  @Test(expected = BaristaException.class)
-  public void checkColorInt_fails() {
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textColorInt, Color.parseColor("#00ff00"));
-  }
-
-  @Test(expected = BaristaException.class)
-  public void checkNotSimpleColor_fails() {
-    assertTextColorIsNot(R.id.textRed, R.color.red);
-  }
-
-  @Test(expected = BaristaException.class)
-  public void checkNotColorAttr_fails() {
-    assertTextColorIsNot(R.id.textColorAttribute, R.attr.colorPrimary);
-  }
-
-  @Test(expected = BaristaException.class)
-  public void checkNotColorInt_fails() {
-    assertTextColorIsNot(R.id.textColorInt, Color.parseColor("#ff0000"));
-  }
-
-  @Test(expected = BaristaException.class)
-  public void checkColorList_whenDefault_fails() {
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorDefault, R.color.checked);
-  }
-
-  @Test(expected = BaristaException.class)
-  public void checkColorList_whenDisabled_fails() {
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorDisabled, R.color.checked);
-  }
-
-  @Test(expected = BaristaException.class)
-  public void checkColorList_whenChecked_fails() {
-    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorChecked, R.color.disabled);
-  }
-
-  @Test(expected = BaristaException.class)
-  public void checkColorStyleable_fail() {
-    assertTextColorIs(
-        R.id.customTextView,
-        R.styleable.SampleCustomView,
-        R.style.SampleCustomStyle_Green,
-        R.styleable.SampleCustomView_customColor
-    );
-  }
-
-  @Test(expected = BaristaException.class)
-  public void checkNotColorStyleable_fail() {
-    assertTextColorIsNot(
-        R.id.customTextView,
-        R.styleable.SampleCustomView,
-        R.style.SampleCustomStyle,
-        R.styleable.SampleCustomView_customColor
-    );
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sample/src/androidTest/java/com/adevinta/android/barista/sample/ColorsTest.kt b/sample/src/androidTest/java/com/adevinta/android/barista/sample/ColorsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb6638a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample/src/androidTest/java/com/adevinta/android/barista/sample/ColorsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+package com.adevinta.android.barista.sample
+
+import android.R.*
+import android.graphics.Color
+import androidx.test.espresso.matcher.ViewMatchers.*
+import androidx.test.rule.ActivityTestRule
+import com.adevinta.android.barista.assertion.BaristaVisibilityAssertions.assertTextColorIs
+import com.adevinta.android.barista.assertion.BaristaVisibilityAssertions.assertTextColorIsNot
+import com.adevinta.android.barista.internal.failurehandler.BaristaException
+import com.adevinta.android.barista.sample.util.FailureHandlerValidatorRule
+import org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.allOf
+import org.junit.Rule
+import org.junit.Test
+
+
+class ColorsTest {
+  @Rule
+  var activityRule = ActivityTestRule(ColorsActivity::class.java)
+
+  @Rule
+  var handlerValidator = FailureHandlerValidatorRule()
+
+  @Test
+  fun checkSimpleColor() {
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textRed, R.color.red)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun checkColorInNested() {
+    assertTextColorIs(allOf(withText("Simple color red"), isDescendantOfA(withId(R.id.subLayout))), R.color.red)
+  }
+
+
+  @Test
+  fun checkColorList_whenDefault() {
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorDefault, R.color.selector_default_disabled_checked)
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorDefault, R.color.defaultColor)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun checkColorAttribute() {
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textColorAttribute, R.attr.colorPrimary)
+    assertTextColorIsNot(R.id.textColorAttribute, R.attr.colorError)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun checkColorInt() {
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textColorInt, Color.parseColor("#ff0000"))
+    assertTextColorIsNot(R.id.textColorInt, Color.parseColor("#ff00ff"))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun checkColorStyleable() {
+    assertTextColorIs(
+      R.id.customTextView,
+      R.styleable.SampleCustomView,
+      R.style.SampleCustomStyle,
+      R.styleable.SampleCustomView_customColor
+    )
+    assertTextColorIsNot(
+      R.id.customTextView,
+      R.styleable.SampleCustomView,
+      R.style.SampleCustomStyle_Green,
+      R.styleable.SampleCustomView_customColor
+    )
+    assertTextColorIsNot(
+      R.id.customTextView,
+      R.styleable.SampleCustomView,
+      R.style.SampleCustomStyle,
+      R.styleable.SampleCustomView_otherColor
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun checkColorList_whenDisabled() {
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorDisabled, R.color.selector_default_disabled_checked)
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorDisabled, R.color.disabled)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun checkColorList_whenChecked() {
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorChecked, R.color.selector_default_disabled_checked)
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorChecked, R.color.checked)
+  }
+
+  @Test(expected = BaristaException::class)
+  fun checkNotSimpleColorInNested_fails() {
+    assertTextColorIsNot(allOf(withText("Simple color red"), isDescendantOfA(withId(R.id.subLayout))), R.color.red)
+  }
+
+  @Test(expected = BaristaException::class)
+  fun checkSimpleColor_fails() {
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textRed, R.color.blue)
+  }
+
+  @Test(expected = BaristaException::class)
+  fun checkColorAttr_fails() {
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textColorAttribute, R.attr.colorError)
+  }
+
+  @Test(expected = BaristaException::class)
+  fun checkColorInt_fails() {
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textColorInt, Color.parseColor("#00ff00"))
+  }
+
+  @Test(expected = BaristaException::class)
+  fun checkNotSimpleColor_fails() {
+    assertTextColorIsNot(R.id.textRed, R.color.red)
+  }
+
+  @Test(expected = BaristaException::class)
+  fun checkNotColorAttr_fails() {
+    assertTextColorIsNot(R.id.textColorAttribute, R.attr.colorPrimary)
+  }
+
+  @Test(expected = BaristaException::class)
+  fun checkNotColorInt_fails() {
+    assertTextColorIsNot(R.id.textColorInt, Color.parseColor("#ff0000"))
+  }
+
+  @Test(expected = BaristaException::class)
+  fun checkColorList_whenDefault_fails() {
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorDefault, R.color.checked)
+  }
+
+  @Test(expected = BaristaException::class)
+  fun checkColorList_whenDisabled_fails() {
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorDisabled, R.color.checked)
+  }
+
+  @Test(expected = BaristaException::class)
+  fun checkColorList_whenChecked_fails() {
+    assertTextColorIs(R.id.textSelectorChecked, R.color.disabled)
+  }
+
+  @Test(expected = BaristaException::class)
+  fun checkColorStyleable_fail() {
+    assertTextColorIs(
+      R.id.customTextView,
+      R.styleable.SampleCustomView,
+      R.style.SampleCustomStyle_Green,
+      R.styleable.SampleCustomView_customColor
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test(expected = BaristaException::class)
+  fun checkNotColorStyleable_fail() {
+    assertTextColorIsNot(
+      R.id.customTextView,
+      R.styleable.SampleCustomView,
+      R.style.SampleCustomStyle,
+      R.styleable.SampleCustomView_customColor
+    )
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sample/src/main/res/layout/activity_color.xml b/sample/src/main/res/layout/activity_color.xml
index a4109a1f..f86ace0a 100644
--- a/sample/src/main/res/layout/activity_color.xml
+++ b/sample/src/main/res/layout/activity_color.xml
@@ -68,4 +68,19 @@
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       />
 
+  <LinearLayout
+      android:id="@+id/subLayout"
+      android:layout_width="match_parent"
+      android:layout_height="match_parent"
+      android:orientation="vertical">
+
+    <TextView
+        android:id="@+id/textRed2"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_marginBottom="16dp"
+        android:text="Simple color red"
+        android:textColor="@color/red" />
+  </LinearLayout>
+
 </LinearLayout>
\ No newline at end of file