diff --git a/editor/editor_help.cpp b/editor/editor_help.cpp
index 60826aa81b..65c41ef579 100644
--- a/editor/editor_help.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_help.cpp
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ void EditorHelp::_notification(int p_what) {
 
 		case EditorSettings::NOTIFICATION_EDITOR_SETTINGS_CHANGED: {
 
-			class_desc->add_color_override("selection_color", get_color("text_editor/theme/selection_color", "Editor"));
+			class_desc->add_color_override("selection_color", EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/theme/selection_color"));
 			_update_doc();
 
 		} break;
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ EditorHelp::EditorHelp() {
 	class_desc = memnew(RichTextLabel);
 	add_child(class_desc);
 	class_desc->set_v_size_flags(SIZE_EXPAND_FILL);
-	class_desc->add_color_override("selection_color", get_color("text_editor/theme/selection_color", "Editor"));
+	class_desc->add_color_override("selection_color", EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/theme/selection_color"));
 	class_desc->connect("meta_clicked", this, "_class_desc_select");
 	class_desc->connect("gui_input", this, "_class_desc_input");
 
@@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ void EditorHelpBit::_notification(int p_what) {
 	switch (p_what) {
 		case EditorSettings::NOTIFICATION_EDITOR_SETTINGS_CHANGED: {
 
-			rich_text->add_color_override("selection_color", get_color("text_editor/theme/selection_color", "Editor"));
+			rich_text->add_color_override("selection_color", EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/theme/selection_color"));
 		} break;
 
 		default: break;
@@ -1948,7 +1948,7 @@ EditorHelpBit::EditorHelpBit() {
 	add_child(rich_text);
 	//rich_text->set_anchors_and_margins_preset(Control::PRESET_WIDE);
 	rich_text->connect("meta_clicked", this, "_meta_clicked");
-	rich_text->add_color_override("selection_color", get_color("text_editor/theme/selection_color", "Editor"));
+	rich_text->add_color_override("selection_color", EditorSettings::get_singleton()->get("text_editor/theme/selection_color"));
 	rich_text->set_override_selected_font_color(false);
 	set_custom_minimum_size(Size2(0, 70 * EDSCALE));
 }
diff --git a/editor/editor_settings.cpp b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
index d673cc1b29..85186440ab 100644
--- a/editor/editor_settings.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ void EditorSettings::_load_defaults(Ref<ConfigFile> p_extra_config) {
 	hints["text_editor/theme/color_theme"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::STRING, "text_editor/theme/color_theme", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Adaptive,Default,Custom");
 
 	_initial_set("text_editor/theme/line_spacing", 4);
+	_initial_set("text_editor/theme/selection_color", Color::html("40808080"));
 
 	_load_default_text_editor_theme();