# OSX black foreground on black background

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/osx-black-foreground-on-black-background/2244>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [July 17, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/osx-black-foreground-on-black-background/2244 "2013-07-17T01:42:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![the.trav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@the.trav](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/the.trav)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/osx-black-foreground-on-black-background/2244/1 "2013-07-17T01:42:41Z")

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So, the OSX build 0.6-45-gddc143a

Too many things are black, and when a bear or necromancer steps onto a road they are invisible (unless you go through a lot of x square by square hunting)

sewer rats are also black.

Are these settings configurable/fixable anywhere? I’d be happy to set it even to a dark grey

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/osx-black-foreground-on-black-background/2244/2 "2013-07-17T03:08:52Z")

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IIRC

> The fix for this on OS X is in Terminal's "Preferences -\> Settings -\> Text", enable "Use bright colors for bold text".

From the [github issue](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/880).

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**Author:** ![MrWiggles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@MrWiggles](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MrWiggles)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/osx-black-foreground-on-black-background/2244/3 "2013-07-17T08:06:06Z")

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Oh wow, wish I was doing this earlier.