How to change search background color in eclipse

Question

I\'ve been searching for about 40 minutes now and this is just so frustrating...

The standard search result background color in eclipse is freaking white and black. Ever

Answer 1

Old question but I will add my findings. I'm using a MacBook Pro Using Eclipse Mars.1, while I do a 'text' search (using Emacs). To set the search highlight (or background) color I do the following: Preferences->General->Editors->Text Editors see the Appearance color options section. Highlight the Selection background color and use the color palette to set your desired color. It is somewhat frustrating as the only way I could get this to work is to restart Eclipse. After the restart I am happy.