diff --git a/core/palettes/Vanilla.tid b/core/palettes/Vanilla.tid
index b4661e1a0..7165f6113 100644
--- a/core/palettes/Vanilla.tid
+++ b/core/palettes/Vanilla.tid
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ modal-header-border: #eeeeee
 muted-foreground: #bbb
 notification-background: #ffffdd
 notification-border: #999999
-page-background: #ececec
+page-background: #f4f4f4
 pre-background: #f5f5f5
 pre-border: #cccccc
 primary: #5778d8
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ sidebar-foreground-shadow: rgba(255,255,255, 0.8)
 sidebar-foreground: #acacac
 sidebar-muted-foreground-hover: #444444
 sidebar-muted-foreground: #c0c0c0
-sidebar-tab-background-selected: #ececec
-sidebar-tab-background: <<colour tab-background>>
+sidebar-tab-background-selected: #f4f4f4
+sidebar-tab-background: #e0e0e0
 sidebar-tab-border-selected: <<colour tab-border-selected>>
 sidebar-tab-border: <<colour tab-border>>
 sidebar-tab-divider: #e4e4e4
-sidebar-tab-foreground-selected: 
+sidebar-tab-foreground-selected:
 sidebar-tab-foreground: <<colour tab-foreground>>
 sidebar-tiddler-link-foreground-hover: #444444
 sidebar-tiddler-link-foreground: #999999