diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/dark.colors b/gtk2_ardour/dark.colors
index 39d713c17f..080824b03c 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/dark.colors
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/dark.colors
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
     <ColorAlias name="tempo marker" alias="color 19"/>
     <ColorAlias name="time axis frame" alias="color 4"/>
     <ColorAlias name="time axis view item base" alias="color 94"/>
-    <ColorAlias name="time stretch fill" alias="color 26"/>
+    <ColorAlias name="time stretch fill" alias="color 100"/>
     <ColorAlias name="time stretch outline" alias="color 94"/>
     <ColorAlias name="tracknumber label: fill" alias="color 34"/>
     <ColorAlias name="tracknumber label: fill active" alias="color 46"/>
@@ -508,7 +508,8 @@
     <Modifier name="stereo panner inverted" modifier="= alpha:0.7882"/>
     <Modifier name="stereo panner inverted bg" modifier="= alpha:0.7529"/>
     <Modifier name="time axis view item base" modifier="= alpha:0.7"/>
-    <Modifier name="transparent region base" modifier="= alpha:0.5"/>
+    <Modifier name="transparent region base" modifier="= alpha:0.5"/> 
+   <Modifier name="time stretch fill" modifier="= alpha:0.5"/>
     <Modifier name="verbose canvas cursor" modifier="= alpha:0.4666"/>
   </Modifiers>
 </Ardour>
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/route_time_axis.cc b/gtk2_ardour/route_time_axis.cc
index 92bee3a4fe..b8d71a1e4c 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/route_time_axis.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/route_time_axis.cc
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ RouteTimeAxisView::show_timestretch (framepos_t start, framepos_t end, int layer
 
 	if (timestretch_rect == 0) {
 		timestretch_rect = new ArdourCanvas::Rectangle (canvas_display ());
-		timestretch_rect->set_fill_color (ARDOUR_UI::config()->color ("time stretch fill"));
+		timestretch_rect->set_fill_color (ArdourCanvas::HSV (ARDOUR_UI::config()->color ("time stretch fill")).mod (ARDOUR_UI::config()->modifier ("time stretch fill")).color());
 		timestretch_rect->set_outline_color (ARDOUR_UI::config()->color ("time stretch outline"));
 	}