diff --git a/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/AbstractColorsScheme.java b/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/AbstractColorsScheme.java
index cd070861ee50..d9dce154db7b 100644
--- a/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/AbstractColorsScheme.java
+++ b/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/AbstractColorsScheme.java
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractColorsScheme implements EditorColorsScheme {
       attr.setErrorStripeColor(defaultColor);
     }
   }
-  private static final Map<String, Color> DEFAULT_ERROR_STRIPE_COLOR = new THashMap<String, Color>();
+  public static final Map<String, Color> DEFAULT_ERROR_STRIPE_COLOR = new THashMap<String, Color>();
   static {
     DEFAULT_ERROR_STRIPE_COLOR.put(CodeInsightColors.ERRORS_ATTRIBUTES.getExternalName(), Color.red);
     DEFAULT_ERROR_STRIPE_COLOR.put(CodeInsightColors.WRONG_REFERENCES_ATTRIBUTES.getExternalName(), Color.red);