Atom text editor - background under text darker than page background

Question

For the life of me, I can't figure this one out.

On a fresh install of atom, any dark syntax theme I add has the area under the text darker than the rest of the page. To make this situation more distracting this effect flickers off/on on the first hover over a tab.

I forgot the technical details. I have an early 2015 MBP with a fresh OS X Sierra install.

Answer 1

Preferences -> Under Core tab -> color profile ->change to Use sRGB