diff --git a/media/preview.css b/media/preview.css
index 937e63f..c67b333 100644
--- a/media/preview.css
+++ b/media/preview.css
@@ -18,19 +18,35 @@ body {
   display: flex;
   gap: 1rem;
 }
-#cw-summary .cw-add { color: var(--vscode-gitDecoration-addedResourceForeground); }
-#cw-summary .cw-del { color: var(--vscode-gitDecoration-deletedResourceForeground); }
+/* Author-colored track changes — style = operation, color = author.
+   underline = inserted, strikethrough = removed; human green/red, Claude blue/purple. */
+#cw-summary .cw-add { color: #3fb950; }
+#cw-summary .cw-del { color: #f85149; }
 .cw-blk { position: relative; }
-ins, .cw-added {
-  background: var(--vscode-diffEditor-insertedTextBackground, rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.15));
-  text-decoration: none;
-}
-del, .cw-removed {
-  background: var(--vscode-diffEditor-removedTextBackground, rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.15));
-  text-decoration: line-through;
-  opacity: 0.7;
-}
-.cw-changed { outline: 2px solid var(--vscode-diffEditor-insertedTextBackground, rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.25)); outline-offset: 2px; }
+
+/* base ins/del carry the operation; author classes carry the color */
+ins { text-decoration: none; }
+del { text-decoration: line-through; opacity: 0.7; }
+
+.cw-ins-human  { background: rgba(63,185,80,0.14);  border-bottom: 2px solid #3fb950; text-decoration: none; }
+.cw-ins-claude { background: rgba(88,166,255,0.15); border-bottom: 2px solid #58a6ff; text-decoration: none; }
+.cw-ins-none   { background: var(--vscode-diffEditor-insertedTextBackground, rgba(63,185,80,0.14)); text-decoration: none; }
+.cw-del-human  { background: rgba(248,81,73,0.11);  text-decoration: line-through; text-decoration-color: #f85149; }
+.cw-del-claude { background: rgba(188,140,255,0.13); text-decoration: line-through; text-decoration-color: #bc8cff; }
+.cw-del-none   { background: var(--vscode-diffEditor-removedTextBackground, rgba(248,81,73,0.11)); text-decoration: line-through; opacity: 0.7; }
+
+/* whole-block ops: an added block is an insertion (author-colored inside via cw-by-*);
+   a standalone removed block is neutral struck (adjacency heuristic fallback) */
+.cw-added   { background: transparent; }
+.cw-removed { background: var(--vscode-diffEditor-removedTextBackground, rgba(248,81,73,0.10)); text-decoration: line-through; opacity: 0.65; }
+.cw-changed { outline: none; }
+
+/* added-block author runs (colorByAuthor sentinels) read as insertions */
+.cw-by-human  { background: rgba(63,185,80,0.14);  border-bottom: 2px solid #3fb950; text-decoration: none; }
+.cw-by-claude { background: rgba(88,166,255,0.15); border-bottom: 2px solid #58a6ff; text-decoration: none; }
+.cw-blk.cw-by-claude, .cw-blk.cw-by-human, .cw-blk.cw-mixed { outline: 2px solid currentColor; outline-offset: 2px; background: transparent; }
+#cw-legend .cw-swatch { padding: 0 0.4em; border-radius: 3px; }
+#cw-summary .cw-prop { opacity: 0.85; }
 .cw-badge {
   position: absolute;
   top: 0;
@@ -52,12 +68,6 @@ del, .cw-removed {
 pre.mermaid { text-align: center; background: transparent; }
 pre.mermaid[data-cw-error] { color: var(--vscode-errorForeground); }
 
-/* F9 authorship mode — inline author tints + block-level fence badges + toggle. */
-.cw-by-claude { background: var(--vscode-editorInfo-foreground, rgba(64, 120, 242, 0.18)); text-decoration: none; }
-.cw-by-human { background: var(--vscode-gitDecoration-addedResourceForeground, rgba(46, 160, 67, 0.18)); text-decoration: none; }
-.cw-blk.cw-by-claude, .cw-blk.cw-by-human, .cw-blk.cw-mixed { outline: 2px solid currentColor; outline-offset: 2px; background: transparent; }
-#cw-legend .cw-swatch { padding: 0 0.4em; border-radius: 3px; }
-#cw-summary .cw-prop { opacity: 0.85; }
 
 /* F11 — preview toolbar buttons (Pin baseline; adaptive Ask Claude). Theme-aware. */
 #cw-header button {
@@ -76,8 +86,8 @@ pre.mermaid[data-cw-error] { color: var(--vscode-errorForeground); }
 #cw-toggle { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.35em; cursor: pointer; }
 .cw-proposal {
   position: relative;
-  border-left: 3px solid var(--vscode-charts-blue, #4daafc);
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--vscode-charts-blue, #4daafc) 12%, transparent);
+  border-left: 3px solid var(--vscode-panel-border, #555);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--vscode-foreground) 5%, transparent);
   padding: 0.4em 0.6em; margin: 0.4em 0; border-radius: 3px;
 }
 .cw-proposal-unanchored { border-left-style: dashed; opacity: 0.85; }