Visual Studio 2010 and older
Symbols may appear in the wrong background color after changing the Windows background color. To fix this, go to:
IDE | Tools | Options | Environment | Fonts and Colors
and change the background color for Identifiers from "Default" to "Automatic"
![](/~/media/wholetomato/kb/symbols-have-the-wrong-background-color/identifier_color_code.ashx?la=ru&hash=DC5C4FA7802537196BB4BF142B3DF70CBD94594E)
![](/~/media/wholetomato/kb/symbols-have-the-wrong-background-color/identifier_color_options.ashx?la=ru&hash=5269739834B9F62CA4A6286E99CA87860F1C07EF)