diff --git a/rtgui/controlspotpanel.cc b/rtgui/controlspotpanel.cc
index 6c64bb7e8..7e597fdd3 100644
--- a/rtgui/controlspotpanel.cc
+++ b/rtgui/controlspotpanel.cc
@@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ ControlSpotPanel::ControlSpotPanel():
     colorMouseover.set_green(100. / 255.);
     colorMouseover.set_blue(0.);
     colorMouseover.set_alpha(1.);
+
+    colorMouseovertext.set_red(0.6);
+    colorMouseovertext.set_green(100. / 255.);
+    colorMouseovertext.set_blue(0.);
+    colorMouseovertext.set_alpha(0.5);
+    
     // Nominal spot (transparent black)
     colorNominal.set_red(0.);
     colorNominal.set_green(0.);
@@ -316,7 +322,7 @@ void ControlSpotPanel::render_id(
 
     // Render cell background color
     if (row[spots_.mouseover]) {
-        ct->property_background_rgba() = colorMouseover;
+        ct->property_background_rgba() = colorMouseovertext;
     } else {
         ct->property_background_rgba() = colorNominal;
     }
@@ -334,7 +340,7 @@ void ControlSpotPanel::render_name(
 
     // Render cell background color
     if (row[spots_.mouseover]) {
-        ct->property_background_rgba() = colorMouseover;
+        ct->property_background_rgba() = colorMouseovertext;
     } else {
         ct->property_background_rgba() = colorNominal;
     }
@@ -355,7 +361,7 @@ void ControlSpotPanel::render_isvisible(
 
     // Render cell background color
     if (row[spots_.mouseover]) {
-        ct->property_background_rgba() = colorMouseover;
+        ct->property_background_rgba() = colorMouseovertext;
     } else {
         ct->property_background_rgba() = colorNominal;
     }
diff --git a/rtgui/controlspotpanel.h b/rtgui/controlspotpanel.h
index d892be6ee..9d542c75b 100644
--- a/rtgui/controlspotpanel.h
+++ b/rtgui/controlspotpanel.h
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ private:
     Gtk::Frame* const excluFrame;
 
     // Row background color
-    Gdk::RGBA colorMouseover, colorNominal;
+    Gdk::RGBA colorMouseover, colorNominal, colorMouseovertext;
 
     // Treeview mutex
     MyMutex mTreeview;