diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileEditor/impl/EditorsSplitters.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileEditor/impl/EditorsSplitters.java
index 24857210cf54..ab684fda830c 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileEditor/impl/EditorsSplitters.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileEditor/impl/EditorsSplitters.java
@@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ public class EditorsSplitters extends JPanel {
     
     if (showEmptyText()) {
       UIUtil.applyRenderingHints(g);
-      g.setColor(Gray._100);
+      g.setColor(UIUtil.isUnderDarcula() ? Gray._200: Gray._100);
       g.setFont(UIUtil.getLabelFont().deriveFont(18f));
 
       final UIUtil.TextPainter painter = new UIUtil.TextPainter().withShadow(true).withLineSpacing(1.4f);
-      painter.appendLine("No files are open").underlined(Gray._150);
+      painter.appendLine("No files are open").underlined(UIUtil.isUnderDarcula() ? Gray._220 : Gray._150);
 
       if (!isProjectViewVisible()) {
         painter.appendLine("Open Project View with " + KeymapUtil.getShortcutText(new KeyboardShortcut(
diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/UIUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/UIUtil.java
index a59e204a8d3c..613fc453e430 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/UIUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/UIUtil.java
@@ -2160,7 +2160,7 @@ public class UIUtil {
 
     public TextPainter() {
       myDrawShadow = isUnderAquaLookAndFeel();
-      myShadowColor = Gray._220;
+      myShadowColor = isUnderDarcula() ? Gray._0 : Gray._220;
       myLineSpacing = 1.0f;
     }
 
@@ -2287,14 +2287,16 @@ public class UIUtil {
           }
 
           if (myDrawShadow) {
+            int xOff = isUnderDarcula() ? 1 : 0;
+            int yOff = 1;
             final Color oldColor = g.getColor();
             g.setColor(myShadowColor);
 
             if (info.withBullet) {
-              g.drawString(info.bulletChar + " ", x - fm.stringWidth(" " + info.bulletChar), yOffset[0] + 1);
+              g.drawString(info.bulletChar + " ", x - fm.stringWidth(" " + info.bulletChar) + xOff, yOffset[0] + yOff);
             }
 
-            g.drawString(pair.getFirst(), xOffset, yOffset[0] + 1);
+            g.drawString(pair.getFirst(), xOffset + xOff, yOffset[0] + yOff);
             g.setColor(oldColor);
           }