diff --git a/data/skins/default/skin.xml b/data/skins/default/skin.xml
index 2eb8127b6..302aa0031 100644
--- a/data/skins/default/skin.xml
+++ b/data/skins/default/skin.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
     <color id="disabled" value="#968275" />
     <color id="face" value="#d3cbbe" />
     <color id="hot_face" value="#faf0e6" />
-    <color id="selected" value="#2c4c91" />
+    <color id="selected" value="#ff5555" />
+    <color id="separator_label" value="#2c4c91" />
     <color id="background" value="#ffffff" />
     <color id="desktop" value="#968275" />
     <color id="textbox_text" value="#000000" />
@@ -56,11 +57,11 @@
     <color id="tooltip_text" value="#000000" />
     <color id="tooltip_face" value="#ffff7d" />
     <color id="filelist_even_row_text" value="#000000" />
-    <color id="filelist_even_row_face" value="#f0f0f0" />
+    <color id="filelist_even_row_face" value="#ffffff" />
     <color id="filelist_odd_row_text" value="#000000" />
     <color id="filelist_odd_row_face" value="#ffffff" />
     <color id="filelist_selected_row_text" value="#ffffff" />
-    <color id="filelist_selected_row_face" value="#2c4c91" />
+    <color id="filelist_selected_row_face" value="#ff5555" />
     <color id="filelist_disabled_row_text" value="#ffc8c8" />
     <color id="workspace" value="#7d929e" />
     <color id="timeline_normal" value="#c6c6c6" />
diff --git a/src/app/ui/skin/skin_theme.cpp b/src/app/ui/skin/skin_theme.cpp
index d73d18c8b..170d6411d 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/skin/skin_theme.cpp
+++ b/src/app/ui/skin/skin_theme.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static std::map<std::string, ThemeColor::Type> color_mapping;
 const char* SkinTheme::kThemeCloseButtonId = "theme_close_button";
 
 const char* kWindowFaceColorId = "window_face";
+const char* kSeparatorLabelColorId = "separator_label";
 
 // Controls the "X" button in a window to close it.
 class WindowCloseButton : public Button {
@@ -1382,7 +1383,7 @@ void SkinTheme::paintSeparator(ui::PaintEvent& ev)
         bounds.y2() - widget->border_width.b/2 + h));
 
     drawTextString(g, NULL,
-      getColor(ThemeColor::Selected), BGCOLOR, false,
+      getColorById(kSeparatorLabelColorId), BGCOLOR, false,
       widget, r, 0);
   }
 }