GNU bug report logs - #80111
matching parentheis without colors?

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Package: emacs; Reported by: Harald Dunkel <harri@HIDDEN>; dated Fri, 2 Jan 2026 11:12:02 UTC; Maintainer for emacs is bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN.

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> From: Harald Dunkel <harri@HIDDEN>
> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:10:42 +0100
> 
> I have tried to disable colors im Emacs using
> 
> 	;; disable color crap
> 	(global-font-lock-mode 0)
> 	(setq font-lock-maximum-decoration 0)
> 	(setq-default face-remapping-alist nil)
> 
> as suggested, but matching paranthesis are still shown
> with a very beautiful background in swimming pool blue
> and a white foreground, making the paranthesis impossible
> to read. Ew.
> 
> The only suitable options I have found to globally get
> rid of the unwanted colors is to turn off matching paren-
> thesis altogether, or to reconfigure my terminal. Esp.
> NO_COLOR (https://no-color.org/) seems to be ignored.
> 
> Every helpful comment is highly appreciated.

Are you asking specifically about matching parentheses, or are you
also asking about other Emacs features that use colors?

If the former, then disabling show-paren-mode is probably what you
want.

If the latter, it depends on whether you are using Emacs with -nw
(i.e. on TTY terminal) or as a GUI application, and perhaps also on
what OS.

P.S. This question belongs to help-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN mailing list, not
here (this is the Emacs bug tracker, and I don't think there's a bug
in the behavior you describe).




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bug#80111; Package emacs. Full text available.

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I have tried to disable colors im Emacs using

	;; disable color crap
	(global-font-lock-mode 0)
	(setq font-lock-maximum-decoration 0)
	(setq-default face-remapping-alist nil)

as suggested, but matching paranthesis are still shown
with a very beautiful background in swimming pool blue
and a white foreground, making the paranthesis impossible
to read. Ew.

The only suitable options I have found to globally get
rid of the unwanted colors is to turn off matching paren-
thesis altogether, or to reconfigure my terminal. Esp.
NO_COLOR (https://no-color.org/) seems to be ignored.

Every helpful comment is highly appreciated.

Harri




Acknowledgement sent to Harald Dunkel <harri@HIDDEN>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN. Full text available.
Report forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN:
bug#80111; Package emacs. Full text available.
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