diff --git a/colorSchemes/src/colorSchemes/Darcula.xml b/colorSchemes/src/colorSchemes/Darcula.xml
index 9b6cd26844c5..26859bd2fddd 100644
--- a/colorSchemes/src/colorSchemes/Darcula.xml
+++ b/colorSchemes/src/colorSchemes/Darcula.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <option name="EDITOR_FONT_NAME" value="Menlo" />
   <colors>
     <option name="ADDED_LINES_COLOR" value="d6822" />
-    <option name="ANNOTATIONS_COLOR" value="3e83e7" />
+    <option name="ANNOTATIONS_COLOR" value="748282" />
     <option name="CARET_COLOR" value="bbbbbb" />
     <option name="CARET_ROW_COLOR" value="323232" />
     <option name="CONSOLE_BACKGROUND_KEY" value="333333" />
diff --git a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/actions/AnnotateToggleAction.java b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/actions/AnnotateToggleAction.java
index f4f8272b986b..c6038ccdb10b 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/actions/AnnotateToggleAction.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/actions/AnnotateToggleAction.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2011 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2012 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.impl.ProjectLevelVcsManagerImpl;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.impl.UpToDateLineNumberProviderImpl;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.impl.VcsBackgroundableActions;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
+import com.intellij.ui.ColorUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.SortedList;
 import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -330,13 +331,18 @@ public class AnnotateToggleAction extends ToggleAction implements DumbAware, Ann
     final Map<String, Color> revNumbers = new HashMap<String, Color>();
     final int length = BG_COLORS.length;
     final List<VcsFileRevision> fileRevisionList = fileAnnotation.getRevisions();
+    final boolean darcula = UIUtil.isUnderDarcula();
     if (fileRevisionList != null) {
       for (VcsFileRevision revision : fileRevisionList) {
         final String author = revision.getAuthor();
         final String revNumber = revision.getRevisionNumber().asString();
         if (author != null && !bgColors.containsKey(author)) {
           final int size = bgColors.size();
-          bgColors.put(author, BG_COLORS[size < length ? size : size % length]);
+          Color color = BG_COLORS[size < length ? size : size % length];
+          if (darcula) {
+            color = ColorUtil.shift(color, 0.2);
+          }
+          bgColors.put(author, color);
         }
         if (revNumber != null && !revNumbers.containsKey(revNumber)) {
           revNumbers.put(revNumber, bgColors.get(author));