diff --git a/crates/egui/src/style.rs b/crates/egui/src/style.rs
index b83c0acb..84de7403 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/style.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/style.rs
@@ -699,8 +699,8 @@ impl Visuals {
             faint_bg_color: Color32::from_gray(242),
             extreme_bg_color: Color32::from_gray(255), // e.g. TextEdit background
             code_bg_color: Color32::from_gray(230),
-            warn_fg_color: Color32::from_rgb(255, 0, 0), // red also, beecause orange doesn't look great because of https://github.com/emilk/egui/issues/1455
-            error_fg_color: Color32::from_rgb(255, 0, 0), // red
+            warn_fg_color: Color32::from_rgb(255, 100, 0), // slightly orange red. it's difficult to find a warning color that pops on bright background.
+            error_fg_color: Color32::from_rgb(255, 0, 0),  // red
             window_shadow: Shadow::big_light(),
             popup_shadow: Shadow::small_light(),
             ..Self::dark()