diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/themes/dark-livetrax.colors b/gtk2_ardour/themes/dark-livetrax.colors
index 6f604a8938..1be1503de3 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/themes/dark-livetrax.colors
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/themes/dark-livetrax.colors
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <Color name="alert:red" value="f10000ff"/>
     <Color name="alert:ruddy" value="bb2828ff"/>
     <Color name="alert:yellow" value="bba900ff"/>
-    <Color name="theme:bg" value="4a4a4cff"/>
+    <Color name="theme:bg" value="414142ff"/>
     <Color name="theme:bg1" value="383737ff"/>
     <Color name="theme:bg2" value="000000ff"/>
     <Color name="theme:contrasting clock" value="E57F42ff"/>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <Color name="neutral:foreground2" value="ccccccff"/>  <!--marker track-->
     <Color name="neutral:foreground" value="ddddddff"/>  <!--gtk_foreground-->
     <Color name="neutral:foregroundest" value="ffffffff"/>  <!--grid line major-->
-    <Color name="widget:bg" value="4a4a4cff"/>  <!--generic button; slightly different than bg color-->
+    <Color name="widget:bg" value="414142ff"/>  <!--generic button; slightly different than bg color-->
     <Color name="widget:blue" value="5577D7ff"/>
     <Color name="widget:blue darker" value="30457aff"/>
     <Color name="widget:brown" value="211d18ff"/>
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@
     <ColorAlias name="selection clock: cursor" alias="alert:ruddy"/>
     <ColorAlias name="selection clock: edited text" alias="alert:ruddy"/>
     <ColorAlias name="selection clock: text" alias="theme:contrasting clock"/>
-    <ColorAlias name="selection rect" alias="neutral:midground"/>
+    <ColorAlias name="selection rect" alias="neutral:foreground2"/>
     <ColorAlias name="send alert button: fill" alias="theme:contrasting selection"/>
     <ColorAlias name="send alert button: fill active" alias="alert:cyan"/>
     <ColorAlias name="send alert button: led active" alias="alert:red"/>