From c763d92275a99e91207546db18e6fb2bea63e071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Evans <jon@craftyjon.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 21:04:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Just sample the panel background color rather than guessing

Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/5260
---
 pcbnew/widgets/appearance_controls.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pcbnew/widgets/appearance_controls.cpp b/pcbnew/widgets/appearance_controls.cpp
index bb5f5e2bcd..0bb00beefc 100644
--- a/pcbnew/widgets/appearance_controls.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/widgets/appearance_controls.cpp
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ void APPEARANCE_CONTROLS::OnColorThemeChanged()
 
 void APPEARANCE_CONTROLS::OnLayerChanged()
 {
-    static wxColour normalColor    = wxSystemSettings::GetColour( wxSYS_COLOUR_WINDOW );
+    const wxColour  normalColor    = m_panelLayers->GetBackgroundColour();
     static wxColour highlightColor = wxSystemSettings::GetColour( wxSYS_COLOUR_SCROLLBAR );
 
     PCB_LAYER_ID current = m_frame->GetActiveLayer();