Remove SPAN from backcolor

Currently how TinyMCE works is whenever you add a background color to an element using the backcolor button it adds an interior span wrapper. What I’m looking to do instead is put the style attribute / color onto the element itself.

I’ve searched this topic on various outlets but haven’t found a suitable solution as it appears not to be a common request. Unfortunately styling the span to be block level isn’t an option nor is making the background color a class.

Any push in the right direction would be helpful. I’ve looked at what tiny_mce_before_init passes to it but the array doesn’t look like it has what I need to change the backcolor functionality.

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