Input Text Color?

[Contra Fates]

I'm currently trying to change the background color of the editor [for the input area], as well as change the actual font color of the text being input.

To be more specific:
I want to change the stylevar textedit_background to #000000, but doing so makes typing nearly impossible, because the default color of the text being input is also #000000, therefore making the text invisible in the editor unless you manually change it to a new color.

The odd thing is that while the input color that shows is black, when a post is made, the font color is gray. [Which I'm fine with.]

So, can anyone tell me what stylevar controls the color of the font being INPUT, and only for that?

Thank you!