diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
index a56af5dd4ea..ea682127e58 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ void CPPEditor::renameInPlace()
         if (c.position() >= s.cursor.anchor()
                 && c.position() <= s.cursor.position()) {
             m_currentRenameSelection = i;
-            m_renameSelections[i].format.setBackground(QColor(255, 200, 200));
+            m_renameSelections[i].format = m_occurrenceRenameFormat;
             setExtraSelections(CodeSemanticsSelection, m_renameSelections);
             break;
         }
@@ -1566,6 +1566,8 @@ void CPPEditor::setFontSettings(const TextEditor::FontSettings &fs)
     highlighter->rehighlight();
 
     m_linkFormat = fs.toTextCharFormat(QLatin1String(TextEditor::Constants::C_LINK));
+    m_occurrencesFormat = fs.toTextCharFormat(QLatin1String(TextEditor::Constants::C_OCCURRENCES));
+    m_occurrenceRenameFormat = fs.toTextCharFormat(QLatin1String(TextEditor::Constants::C_OCCURRENCES_RENAME));
 }
 
 void CPPEditor::setDisplaySettings(const TextEditor::DisplaySettings &ds)
@@ -1632,9 +1634,6 @@ void CPPEditor::updateSemanticInfo(const SemanticInfo &semanticInfo)
     int line = 0, column = 0;
     convertPosition(position(), &line, &column);
 
-    QTextCharFormat format;
-    format.setBackground(QColor(220, 220, 220));
-
     QList<QTextEdit::ExtraSelection> selections;
 
     SemanticInfo::LocalUseIterator it(semanticInfo.localUses);
@@ -1655,7 +1654,7 @@ void CPPEditor::updateSemanticInfo(const SemanticInfo &semanticInfo)
         if (! good)
             continue;
 
-        highlightUses(document(), format, uses, &selections);
+        highlightUses(document(), m_occurrencesFormat, uses, &selections);
         break; // done
     }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.h
index 6f1c74af94e..b13ac2a6366 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.h
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ private:
     QAction *m_sortAction;
     QTimer *m_updateMethodBoxTimer;
     QTimer *m_updateUsesTimer;
+    QTextCharFormat m_occurrencesFormat;
+    QTextCharFormat m_occurrenceRenameFormat;
 
     QList<QTextEdit::ExtraSelection> m_renameSelections;
     int m_currentRenameSelection;
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
index e816f1af933..18c4e723e51 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ QColor FormatDescription::background() const
     } else if (m_name == QLatin1String(Constants::C_SELECTION)) {
         const QPalette palette = QApplication::palette();
         return palette.color(QPalette::Highlight);
+    } else if (m_name == QLatin1String(Constants::C_OCCURRENCES)) {
+        return QColor(220, 220, 220);
+    } else if (m_name == QLatin1String(Constants::C_OCCURRENCES_RENAME)) {
+        return QColor(255, 200, 200);
     }
     return QColor(); // invalid color
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
index 70372541be4..18d19492987 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ const char * const C_SEARCH_SCOPE        = "SearchScope";
 const char * const C_PARENTHESES         = "Parentheses";
 const char * const C_CURRENT_LINE        = "CurrentLine";
 const char * const C_CURRENT_LINE_NUMBER = "CurrentLineNumber";
+const char * const C_OCCURRENCES         = "Occurrences";
+const char * const C_OCCURRENCES_RENAME  = "Occurrences.Rename";
 
 const char * const C_NUMBER              = "Number";
 const char * const C_STRING              = "String";
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
index 7d0942b4976..65ae67bbd40 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ TextEditorSettings::TextEditorSettings(QObject *parent)
     currentLineNumber.format().setBold(true);
     formatDescriptions.append(currentLineNumber);
 
+    formatDescriptions.append(FormatDescription(QLatin1String(C_OCCURRENCES), tr("Occurrences")));
+    formatDescriptions.append(FormatDescription(QLatin1String(C_OCCURRENCES_RENAME), tr("Renaming Occurrence")));
+
     // Standard categories
     formatDescriptions.append(FormatDescription(QLatin1String(C_NUMBER), tr("Number"), Qt::darkBlue));
     formatDescriptions.append(FormatDescription(QLatin1String(C_STRING), tr("String"), Qt::darkGreen));