I\'m using a dark theme in IntelliJ 14, the problem is that I have difficulties in distinguish the active tab, because its header\'s background is not different than the oth
Whilst this solution does not change the colour between tabs, it does change all tab colours so that you can distinguish it from the background tab bar, which in my case was enough. It may still help others.
I used File Colors. The image below shows what I did. Set scope to All and choose the Custom colour (white):