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 e00655bef5cb..93f9f3bf0b4c 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
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractColorsScheme implements EditorColorsScheme {
     initFonts();
   }
 
-  protected void readAttributes(@NotNull Element childNode) {
+  public void readAttributes(@NotNull Element childNode) {
     for (Element e : childNode.getChildren(OPTION_ELEMENT)) {
       TextAttributesKey name = TextAttributesKey.find(e.getAttributeValue(NAME_ATTR));
       TextAttributes attr = new TextAttributes(e.getChild(VALUE_ELEMENT));