diff --git a/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/item_thumb.py b/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/item_thumb.py
index 3822d135..d639babf 100644
--- a/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/item_thumb.py
+++ b/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/item_thumb.py
@@ -64,27 +64,29 @@ class ItemThumb(FlowWidget):
     tag_group_icon_128.load()
 
     small_text_style = (
-        f"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 192);"
-        f"font-family:Oxanium;"
-        f"font-weight:bold;"
-        f"font-size:12px;"
-        f"border-radius:3px;"
-        f"padding-top: 4px;"
-        f"padding-right: 1px;"
-        f"padding-bottom: 1px;"
-        f"padding-left: 1px;"
+        "background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 192);"
+        "color:#FFFFFF;"
+        "font-family:Oxanium;"
+        "font-weight:bold;"
+        "font-size:12px;"
+        "border-radius:3px;"
+        "padding-top: 4px;"
+        "padding-right: 1px;"
+        "padding-bottom: 1px;"
+        "padding-left: 1px;"
     )
 
     med_text_style = (
-        f"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 192);"
-        f"font-family:Oxanium;"
-        f"font-weight:bold;"
-        f"font-size:18px;"
-        f"border-radius:3px;"
-        f"padding-top: 4px;"
-        f"padding-right: 1px;"
-        f"padding-bottom: 1px;"
-        f"padding-left: 1px;"
+        "background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 192);"
+        "color:#FFFFFF;"
+        "font-family:Oxanium;"
+        "font-weight:bold;"
+        "font-size:18px;"
+        "border-radius:3px;"
+        "padding-top: 4px;"
+        "padding-right: 1px;"
+        "padding-bottom: 1px;"
+        "padding-left: 1px;"
     )
 
     def __init__(