diff --git "a/tablex.typ" "b/tablex.typ"
index a3a1692..661c17e 100644
--- "a/tablex.typ"
+++ "b/tablex.typ"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #let _array_type = type(())
 #let _dict_type = type((a: 5))
 #let _str_type = type("")
-#let _color_type = type(red)
+#let _color_types = (type(red), type(gradient.linear(red, blue)))
 #let _stroke_type = type(red + 5pt)
 #let _length_type = type(5pt)
 #let _rel_len_type = type(100% + 5pt)
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
         convert-length-to-pt(stroke, styles: styles)
     } else if type(stroke) in (_rel_len_type, _ratio_type) {
         panic(no-ratio-error)
-    } else if type(stroke) == _color_type {
+    } else if type(stroke) in _color_types {
         1pt
     } else if type(stroke) == _stroke_type {
         // support:
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if cell_fill != none and type(cell_fill) != _color_type {
+    if cell_fill != none and type(cell_fill) not in _color_types {
         panic("Tablex error: Invalid fill specified (must be either a function (column, row) -> fill, a color, an array of valid fill values, or 'none').")
     }
 
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@
 // -- drawing --
 
 #let parse-stroke(stroke) = {
-    if type(stroke) == _color_type {
+    if type(stroke) in _color_types {
         stroke + 1pt
     } else if type(stroke) in (_length_type, _rel_len_type, _ratio_type, _stroke_type, _dict_type) or stroke in (none, auto) {
         stroke