Thanks Pedro, this works extremely well, and I'm very grateful for it.
Brilliant!
Thanks again Pedro.
Sharon.
> Hi Sharon,
>
> I had this in my .emacs file for years. Currently it was commented.
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> (add-to-list 'org-emphasis-alist
> '("*" (:foreground "red")))
> (add-to-list 'org-emphasis-alist
> '("=" (:foreground "cyan4")))
> (add-to-list 'org-emphasis-alist
> '("/" (:foreground "lightgreen")))
> #+END_SRC
>
> After uncommenting it, I got the colours you are expecting...
>
> I have my own themes too and *bold* appears like bold /italics/ as italics
> and =code= is also changed.
> However, I have no clue whatsoever why you are seeing what you see. Hopefully
> someone can be more of help...
>
> Best, /PA
>
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2026 at 15:30, Sharon Kimble <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Has anything major changed in org-mode in the last couple of months, I'm
> looking specifically at italics and bold, which using my theme of
> 'darkest-midnight' used to show as green text (for italics) and red text
> (for bold). Now they just show as white text but slanting, for italics,
> and bold text, for bold.
>
> And I'm attaching my theme just in case its something within it causing
> my problems? If you do find the problem within the theme, please do tell
> me. As ATM I'm going nuts trying to figure a way round the problems in
> my current writing project.
>
> Thanks
> Sharon.
