diff --git a/src/item/Item.js b/src/item/Item.js
index ccc95dce..81b4f4e3 100644
--- a/src/item/Item.js
+++ b/src/item/Item.js
@@ -20,7 +20,20 @@
  * is unique to their type, but share the underlying properties and functions
  * that they inherit from Item.
  */
-var Item = this.Item = Base.extend(Callback, /** @lends Item# */{
+var Item = this.Item = Base.extend(Callback, {
+	statics: {
+		/**
+		 * Override Item.extend() to merge the subclass' _serializeFields with
+		 * the parent class' _serializeFields.
+		 */
+		extend: function(src) {
+			if (src._serializeFields)
+				src._serializeFields = Base.merge(
+						this.prototype._serializeFields, src._serializeFields);
+			return this.base.apply(this, arguments);
+		}
+	}
+}, /** @lends Item# */{
 	// Provide information about fields to be serialized, with their defaults
 	// that can be ommited.
 	_serializeFields: {
@@ -140,18 +153,20 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend(Callback, /** @lends Item# */{
 		var props = {},
 			that = this;
 
-		function serialize(fields) {
+		function serialize(fields, compact) {
 			for (var key in fields) {
 				var value = that[key];
 				if (!Base.equals(value, fields[key]))
-					props[key] = Base.serialize(value, true);
+					props[key] = Base.serialize(value, compact);
 			}
 		}
 
 		// Serialize fields that this Item subclass defines first
-		serialize(this._serializeFields);
-		// Serialize style fields, but only if they differ from defaults
-		serialize(this._style._defaults);
+		serialize(this._serializeFields, true);
+		// Serialize style fields, but only if they differ from defaults.
+		// Use no compacting there, since colors always need their type
+		// identifiers.
+		serialize(this._style._defaults, false);
 		// There is no compact form for Item serialization, we always keep the
 		// type.
 		return [ this._type, props ];
diff --git a/src/item/Raster.js b/src/item/Raster.js
index 6dcce07e..815e78d5 100644
--- a/src/item/Raster.js
+++ b/src/item/Raster.js
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
 var Raster = this.Raster = PlacedItem.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
 	_type: 'raster',
 	_serializeFields: {
-		name: null,
-		source: null,
-		matrix: new Matrix()
+		source: null
 	},
 	// Raster doesn't make the distinction between the different bounds,
 	// so use the same name for all of them
diff --git a/src/path/Path.js b/src/path/Path.js
index 382214c6..65d0e9ef 100644
--- a/src/path/Path.js
+++ b/src/path/Path.js
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@
 var Path = this.Path = PathItem.extend(/** @lends Path# */{
 	_type: 'path',
 	_serializeFields: {
-		name: null,
 		segments: [],
-		closed: false,
-		matrix: new Matrix()
+		closed: false
 	},
 
 	/**