Where can I find the text fillColor for an empty TextFrame? [CS3]

I've got a Javascript that needs the fillColor for text in a TextFrame.

You can set the text fill color on an empty frame and InDesign will use that value when you enter text...but before you enter text, where can I get this value?

Currently, for empty TextFrames I'm using pageItem.appliedObjectStyle.appliedParagraphStyle to retrieve the other settings. However, the "fillColor" value always appears to be (0,0,0,100).

Where might I find this value?

Thanks!