diff --git a/protocol/protocol.tex b/protocol/protocol.tex
index 3257f84e..c8cf13c1 100644
--- a/protocol/protocol.tex
+++ b/protocol/protocol.tex
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ electronic commerce and payment, financial privacy, proof of work, zero knowledg
 % https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Colors#The_68_standard_colors_known_to_dvips
 
 \newcommand{\todo}[1]{{\color{Sepia}\sf{TODO: #1}}}
-\definecolor{green}{RGB}{0,120,0}
+\definecolor{green}{RGB}{0,100,10}
 
 \newcommand{\changedcolor}{magenta}
 \newcommand{\setchanged}{\color{\changedcolor}}
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ electronic commerce and payment, financial privacy, proof of work, zero knowledg
   \newcommand{\setnuzero}{\color{\nuzerocolor}}
   \newcommand{\nuzero}[1]{\texorpdfstring{{\setnuzero{#1}}}{#1}}
   \newcommand{\optSprout}[1]{{#1}^\mathsf{Sprout}}
-  \pagecolor{yellow!8}
+  \pagecolor{yellow!3}
 } {
   \newcommand{\sprout}[1]{#1}
   \newcommand{\notsprout}[1]{}
@@ -6286,6 +6286,7 @@ Daira Hopwood, Sean Bowe, and Jack Grigg.
     \item No changes to \Sprout.
 \sapling{
     \item Add instantiation of $\CRHivk$.
+    \item Make the background lighter and the \Sapling green darker, for contrast.
 }
 \end{itemize}