2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index b69f154d21f..226bc0f73c4 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-07-28  Vinicius Jose Latorre  <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
+
+        * whitespace.el (whitespace-newline): Change initialization to have a
+        low contrast relative to the background color.  Suggested by David
+        Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com>.
+
 2008-07-28  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 
         * dired-aux.el (dired-do-isearch, dired-do-isearch-regexp):
diff --git a/lisp/whitespace.el b/lisp/whitespace.el
index d30933fdca3..1e46c3c808a 100644
--- a/lisp/whitespace.el
+++ b/lisp/whitespace.el
@@ -570,10 +570,10 @@ and `newline'."
 
 (defface whitespace-newline
   '((((class color) (background dark))
-     (:background "grey26" :foreground "aquamarine3" :bold t))
+     (:foreground "darkgray" :bold nil))
     (((class color) (background light))
-     (:background "linen"  :foreground "aquamarine3" :bold t))
-    (t (:bold t :underline t)))
+     (:foreground "lightgray" :bold nil))
+    (t (:underline t :bold nil)))
   "Face used to visualize NEWLINE char mapping.
 
 See `whitespace-display-mappings'."