diff --git a/src/code-block/editor.scss b/src/code-block/editor.scss
index 2a5215a..c51e996 100644
--- a/src/code-block/editor.scss
+++ b/src/code-block/editor.scss
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 @import '../toolbar-dropdown/style'
+
+// to override the "color: inherit" value set here https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/blob/trunk/packages/block-editor/src/components/plain-text/style.scss#L5
+.wp-block-syntaxhighlighter__textarea {
+    color: initial;
+}