diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/components/ScrollColorProducer.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/components/ScrollColorProducer.java
index 9f2a0821f496..cd48adc8705c 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/components/ScrollColorProducer.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/components/ScrollColorProducer.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ final class ScrollColorProducer implements NotNullProducer<Color> {
       Color background = JBScrollPane.getViewBackground((JScrollPane)parent);
       if (background != null) {
         if (!background.equals(myOriginal)) {
-          myModified = ColorUtil.shift(background, ColorUtil.isDark(background) ? 1.05 : 0.98);
+          myModified = ColorUtil.shift(background, ColorUtil.isDark(background) ? 1.05 : 0.96);
           myOriginal = background;
         }
         return myModified;
diff --git a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
index 632fd0162968..a742d8604afc 100644
--- a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
+++ b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ ide.splitter.mouseZone=6
 ide.smart.horizontal.scrolling=true
 ide.scroll.new.layout=true
 ide.scroll.align.component=true
-ide.scroll.background.auto=false
+ide.scroll.background.auto=true
 ide.scroll.background.wide=false
 ide.scroll.bar.expand.animation=false
 ide.scroll.track.border.paint=false