diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/notes/NotesPanel.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/notes/NotesPanel.java
index d0cd509e4b..b0d6039b30 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/notes/NotesPanel.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/notes/NotesPanel.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2018 Charlie Waters
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Psikoi <https://github.com/psikoi>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -24,13 +25,17 @@
  */
 package net.runelite.client.plugins.notes;
 
+import java.awt.Color;
 import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
 import javax.swing.JTextArea;
 import javax.swing.JLabel;
+import javax.swing.JPanel;
+import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
 import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
 import javax.swing.text.Document;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import net.runelite.client.ui.ColorScheme;
 import net.runelite.client.ui.PluginPanel;
 
 import java.awt.BorderLayout;
@@ -50,14 +55,24 @@ public class NotesPanel extends PluginPanel
 		getParent().add(this, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
 		setLayout(new BorderLayout());
-		setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(2, 6, 6, 6));
+		setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
+		setBackground(ColorScheme.DARK_GRAY_COLOR);
 
 		final JLabel notesHeader = new JLabel("Notes");
+		notesHeader.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
+		notesHeader.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(1, 0, 10, 0));
+
 		add(notesHeader, BorderLayout.NORTH);
 
 		notesEditor.setLineWrap(true);
 		notesEditor.setWrapStyleWord(true);
 
+		JPanel notesContainer = new JPanel();
+		notesContainer.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
+		notesContainer.setBackground(ColorScheme.DARKER_GRAY_COLOR);
+
+		notesEditor.setOpaque(false);
+
 		// load note text
 		String data = config.notesData();
 		notesEditor.setText(data);
@@ -90,7 +105,10 @@ public class NotesPanel extends PluginPanel
 				}
 			}
 		});
-		add(notesEditor, BorderLayout.CENTER);
+		notesContainer.add(notesEditor, BorderLayout.CENTER);
+		notesContainer.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
+
+		add(notesContainer, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 	}
 
 	void setNotes(String data)