diff --git a/colors/zenburn.kak b/colors/zenburn.kak
index 0bf84a59..c4dfbba7 100644
--- a/colors/zenburn.kak
+++ b/colors/zenburn.kak
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     zenstring="rgb:cc9393"
     zenexception="rgb:c3bf9f+b"
     zenmatching="rgb:3f3f3f,rgb:8cd0d3"
-    zenpadding="rgb:f0dfaf,rgb:3f3f3f+b"
+    zenpadding="rgb:f0dfaf,rgb:343434+b"
 
     echo "
         # then we map them to code