diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index 506727397..244e43fd7 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -185,21 +185,22 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
     <name type="string">Helvetica.txf</name>
     <size type="float">8</size>
    </font>
-   <color>
-    <antialiased type="bool">false</antialiased>
-    <transparent type="bool">false</transparent>
-    <alpha type="float">0.67</alpha>
-    <brightness type="float">0.75</brightness>
-    <alpha-clamp type="float">0.01</alpha-clamp>
-   </color>
    <current-color type="int">0</current-color>
    <palette>
     <color n="0"><!-- day -->
-     <red type="float">0.1</red>
-     <green type="float">0.9</green>
-     <blue type="float">0.1</blue>
+     <transparent type="bool">true</transparent>
+     <antialiased type="bool">true</antialiased>
+     <brightness type="float">0.85</brightness>
+     <alpha type="float">0.85</alpha>
+     <red type="float">0.38</red>
+     <green type="float">1.0</green>
+     <blue type="float">0.22</blue>
     </color>
     <color n="1"><!-- night -->
+     <transparent type="bool">false</transparent>
+     <antialiased type="bool">false</antialiased>
+     <brightness type="float">0.75</brightness>
+     <alpha type="float">0.67</alpha>
      <red type="float">0.9</red>
      <green type="float">0.1</green>
      <blue type="float">0.1</blue>