diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/colors.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/colors.xml
index acb3262093a80d8c73baae1fd500a70e617c2821..cdbeed111e3104e06148cc7bc9c89697f1324ab7 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/colors.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/colors.xml
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
      reference="LtGray" />
     <color
      name="TextFgTentativeColor"
-	 value="0 0 0 .33" />
+     value="0.4 0.4 0.4 1" />
     <color
      name="TimeTextColor"
      reference="LtGray" />
diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/filter_editor.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/filter_editor.xml
index 0e34243349aa8357022808947d57e540b17065f3..48baa2812d70889ac4fe751e2062bd13a09e5065 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/filter_editor.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/filter_editor.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   search_button_visible="true"
   text_pad_left="7"
   select_on_focus="true"
+  text_tentative_color="TextFgTentativeColor"
   background_image="TextField_Search_Off"
   background_image_disabled="TextField_Search_Disabled"
   background_image_focused="TextField_Search_Active">
diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/search_combo_box.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/search_combo_box.xml
index c2a70d4b39dcaaa53a544995007089b1267fee0f..5d429d5b5b989a67e46fd7a4af5748352335c631 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/search_combo_box.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/search_combo_box.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
  <combo_editor
   name="child1"
   select_on_focus="true"
-  text_pad_left="30" 
+  text_pad_left="30"
+  text_tentative_color="TextFgTentativeColor"
   background_image="TextField_Search_Off"
   background_image_disabled="TextField_Search_Disabled"
   background_image_focused="TextField_Search_Active"/>
diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/search_editor.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/search_editor.xml
index f644a710b224ba9a7d27539e3eb459ff21190af6..1616e4c3f746e10740058628ff9d01c97af8865a 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/search_editor.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/search_editor.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   search_button_visible="true"
   text_pad_left="6" 
   select_on_focus="true"
+  text_tentative_color="TextFgTentativeColor"
   background_image="TextField_Search_Off"
   background_image_disabled="TextField_Search_Disabled"
   background_image_focused="TextField_Search_Active" >