diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp
index 7f4acd3fc1893bd2c31602ca68d3cfd5bfda957c..3634f1f43895a621446dddee0435adfb0fcbbb00 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp
@@ -320,8 +320,12 @@ bool FontSettings::loadColorScheme(const QString &fileName,
         const TextStyle id = desc.id();
         if (!m_scheme.contains(id)) {
             Format format;
-            format.setForeground(desc.foreground());
-            format.setBackground(desc.background());
+            if (desc.format() == format && m_scheme.contains(C_TEXT)) {
+                format = m_scheme.formatFor(C_TEXT); // Default format -> Text
+            } else {
+                format.setForeground(desc.foreground());
+                format.setBackground(desc.background());
+            }
             format.setBold(desc.format().bold());
             format.setItalic(desc.format().italic());
             format.setUnderlineColor(desc.format().underlineColor());