diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/SketchTextArea.java b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/SketchTextArea.java
index f31a45ab3..ea16d0ed9 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/SketchTextArea.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/SketchTextArea.java
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ public class SketchTextArea extends RSyntaxTextArea {
     setSyntaxTheme(TokenTypes.COMMENT_EOL, "comment1");
     setSyntaxTheme(TokenTypes.COMMENT_KEYWORD, "comment1");
     setSyntaxTheme(TokenTypes.COMMENT_MARKUP, "comment1");
+    setSyntaxTheme(TokenTypes.LITERAL_BOOLEAN, "literal_boolean");
     setSyntaxTheme(TokenTypes.LITERAL_CHAR, "literal_char");
     setSyntaxTheme(TokenTypes.LITERAL_STRING_DOUBLE_QUOTE, "literal_string_double_quote");
   }
diff --git a/build/shared/lib/theme/theme.txt b/build/shared/lib/theme/theme.txt
index a16b63c39..17d66d75a 100644
--- a/build/shared/lib/theme/theme.txt
+++ b/build/shared/lib/theme/theme.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ editor.literal1.style = #006699,plain
 editor.literal2.style = #00979C,plain
 editor.variable.style = #00979C,plain
 editor.reserved_word_2.style = #00979C,plain
+editor.literal_boolean.style = #00979C,plain
 editor.literal_char.style = #00979C,plain
 editor.literal_string_double_quote.style = #00979C,plain