AskUserQuestion tool renders black text — invisible on dark terminal backgrounds

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 30, 2026 by ix-ath Closed Mar 31, 2026

Description

The AskUserQuestion tool renders its question text as black, which is invisible on dark/black terminal backgrounds. Users have to highlight the text to read it.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Use a terminal with a dark/black background (e.g., Windows Terminal with dark theme)
  2. Have Claude Code invoke the AskUserQuestion tool with any question
  3. Observe that the question text in the selection UI is black-on-black

Expected behavior

Question text should use a color that's visible on both light and dark terminal backgrounds (e.g., inherit terminal foreground color, or use a bright/contrasting color).

Screenshot

The user has to highlight the text to read it — the question text is black on a dark background:

User report: "notice that i have to highlight the text to see it? the text is black and so is the background"

Environment

  • Platform: Windows 11
  • Terminal: Dark background theme
  • Claude Code CLI

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