diff --git a/pd/nw/css/c64.css b/pd/nw/css/c64.css
index 1fad0484181fcf292791c40c7e422d2f4bdd1144..49cce87dd372c82aecb19305d5bce3b16bb8aa96 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/c64.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/c64.css
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ mark.console_find_highlighted {
 }
 
 #svg_fg {
-    fill: #bbb;
+    fill: #7c71da;
 }
 
 #selection_rectangle {
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/default.css b/pd/nw/css/default.css
index db0bf626c874555ea8f0cf1a06210486bb0ba2a9..01ff5eab86ace0c58abe1ebc5934c5c5826a70fa 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/default.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/default.css
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ mark.console_find_highlighted {
 }
 
 #svg_fg {
-    fill: #bbb;
+    fill: black;
 }
 
 #selection_rectangle {
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/extended.css b/pd/nw/css/extended.css
index 2df74176f8375f52c594137fab6f6de3aa6d66ab..a45d36315e61c7a2c8b5eae62967b58736db184a 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/extended.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/extended.css
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ mark.console_find_highlighted {
 }
 
 #svg_fg {
-    fill: #bbb;
+    fill: black;
 }
 
 #selection_rectangle {
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/footgun.css b/pd/nw/css/footgun.css
index 7accb701b4d538157a8e320fa9a94bfee4bacad1..73239eaa2847f1fa4bb479ce572166b236e70f32 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/footgun.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/footgun.css
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ mark.console_find_highlighted {
 }
 
 #svg_fg {
-    fill: #bbb;
+    fill: black;
 }
 
 #selection_rectangle {
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/inverted.css b/pd/nw/css/inverted.css
index 48b2013c348523d4f3ab5262ea24a66cad805890..1e1e127f395046772f5ae3f6bba2412e72aa4251 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/inverted.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/inverted.css
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ mark.console_find_highlighted {
 }
 
 #svg_fg {
-    fill: #bbb;
+    fill: white;
 }
 
 #selection_rectangle {
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/solarized.css b/pd/nw/css/solarized.css
index b33adee3f7a54f2286d5085abc461875cca3a83d..0fdf9157d6ec8f42cb447cdac897f7c1a1e9ae67 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/solarized.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/solarized.css
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ mark.console_find_highlighted {
 }
 
 #svg_fg {
-    fill: #bbb;
+    fill: #073642;
 }
 
 #selection_rectangle {
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/solarized_inverted.css b/pd/nw/css/solarized_inverted.css
index b851d772f0022fb95eedd7ff7c49189ffcad007a..c255f62df46f38985af487c42d425f1bc183bb84 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/solarized_inverted.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/solarized_inverted.css
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ mark.console_find_highlighted {
 }
 
 #svg_fg {
-    fill: #bbb;
+    fill: #839496;
 }
 
 #selection_rectangle {
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/strongbad.css b/pd/nw/css/strongbad.css
index 576be4aa1c61df10d426c10f18d8ef43f6ba744d..50d5372addd7986700f5564a81e0b0266f75f2a6 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/strongbad.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/strongbad.css
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ mark.console_find_highlighted {
 }
 
 #svg_fg {
-    fill: #bbb;
+    fill: #53b83b;
 }
 
 #selection_rectangle {
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/subdued.css b/pd/nw/css/subdued.css
index d586440a76beff5a5c596524a7d845e49902e209..376b0816ca18e5f5dcee1991ca179db55a22f970 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/subdued.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/subdued.css
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ mark.console_find_highlighted {
 }
 
 #svg_fg {
-    fill: black;
+    fill: #333333;
 }
 
 #selection_rectangle {
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/vanilla.css b/pd/nw/css/vanilla.css
index 6c79b1332bb5944a55d03efac26a8c77c168a668..0466df0704534cfb9a931e5bb5dcff24ec052c01 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/vanilla.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/vanilla.css
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ mark.console_find_highlighted {
 }
 
 #svg_fg {
-    fill: #bbb;
+    fill: black;
 }
 
 #selection_rectangle {
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/vanilla_inverted.css b/pd/nw/css/vanilla_inverted.css
index f9df5f071368a36cd0a3614457e5a28a579ba92b..993bdae6be3ec233f036dcb5cd9f85e3f799211c 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/vanilla_inverted.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/vanilla_inverted.css
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ mark.console_find_highlighted {
 }
 
 #svg_fg {
-    fill: #bbb;
+    fill: white;
 }
 
 #selection_rectangle {