diff --git a/editor/editor_themes.cpp b/editor/editor_themes.cpp
index cacd26a20a5..25e1f0ecb80 100644
--- a/editor/editor_themes.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_themes.cpp
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ Ref<Theme> create_editor_theme(const Ref<Theme> p_theme) {
 	theme->set_color("contrast_color_1", "Editor", contrast_color_1);
 	theme->set_color("contrast_color_2", "Editor", contrast_color_2);
 
+	theme->set_color("font_color", "Editor", font_color);
+
 	Color success_color = accent_color.linear_interpolate(Color(.6, 1, .6), 0.8);
 	Color warning_color = accent_color.linear_interpolate(Color(1, 1, .2), 0.8);
 	Color error_color = accent_color.linear_interpolate(Color(1, .2, .2), 0.8);
diff --git a/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
index 6f03d086ca3..fce9732919d 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -1393,8 +1393,8 @@ void ScriptEditor::_update_script_colors() {
 	bool highlight_current = EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/open_scripts/highlight_current_script");
 
 	int hist_size = EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/open_scripts/script_temperature_history_size");
-	Color hot_color = EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/open_scripts/script_temperature_hot_color");
-	Color cold_color = EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/open_scripts/script_temperature_cold_color");
+	Color hot_color = get_color("accent_color", "Editor");
+	Color cold_color = get_color("font_color", "Editor");
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < script_list->get_item_count(); i++) {
 
@@ -2520,8 +2520,6 @@ ScriptEditorPlugin::ScriptEditorPlugin(EditorNode *p_node) {
 	EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/open_scripts/script_temperature_enabled", true);
 	EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/open_scripts/highlight_current_script", true);
 	EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/open_scripts/script_temperature_history_size", 15);
-	EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/open_scripts/script_temperature_hot_color", Color::html("ed5e5e"));
-	EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/open_scripts/script_temperature_cold_color", Color(1, 1, 1, 0.3));
 	EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/open_scripts/current_script_background_color", Color(1, 1, 1, 0.5));
 	EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/open_scripts/group_help_pages", true);
 	EditorSettings::get_singleton()->add_property_hint(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "text_editor/open_scripts/sort_scripts_by", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Name,Path"));