diff --git a/src/core/json/render.rs b/src/core/json/render.rs
index 1c0b5c4b..7ae33e67 100644
--- a/src/core/json/render.rs
+++ b/src/core/json/render.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::any::Any;
 use crate::{
     crossterm::{
         event::{Event, KeyCode, KeyEvent, KeyEventKind, KeyEventState, KeyModifiers},
-        style::{Color, ContentStyle},
+        style::{Attribute, Attributes, ContentStyle},
     },
     grapheme::{trim, Graphemes},
     pane::Pane,
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ pub struct Renderer {
     /// Style for boolean values.
     pub boolean_value_style: ContentStyle,
 
-    /// Style for the selected line.
-    pub active_item_background_color: Color,
-    /// Style for un-selected lines.
-    pub inactive_item_background_color: Color,
-
     /// Number of lines available for rendering.
     pub lines: Option<usize>,
 
@@ -178,10 +173,9 @@ impl Renderable for Renderer {
             .map(|(i, kind)| {
                 if i == self.json.position() {
                     Graphemes::from_iter([Graphemes::from(" ".repeat(indent(kind))), syntax(kind)])
-                        .stylize_all_backgrounds(self.active_item_background_color)
                 } else {
                     Graphemes::from_iter([Graphemes::from(" ".repeat(indent(kind))), syntax(kind)])
-                        .stylize_all_backgrounds(self.inactive_item_background_color)
+                        .stylize_all_attributes(Attributes::from(Attribute::Dim))
                 }
             })
             .collect::<Vec<Graphemes>>();
diff --git a/src/grapheme.rs b/src/grapheme.rs
index 693880e0..2a0d4c62 100644
--- a/src/grapheme.rs
+++ b/src/grapheme.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ use std::{
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
 };
 
+use crossterm::style::Attributes;
 use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthChar;
 
 use crate::crossterm::style::{Color, ContentStyle};
@@ -122,6 +123,13 @@ impl Graphemes {
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn stylize_all_attributes(mut self, attrs: Attributes) -> Self {
+        for grapheme in &mut self.0 {
+            grapheme.style.attributes = attrs;
+        }
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn styled_display(&self) -> StyledGraphemesDisplay<'_> {
         StyledGraphemesDisplay { graphemes: self }
     }
diff --git a/src/preset/json.rs b/src/preset/json.rs
index 7c832e59..b9166562 100644
--- a/src/preset/json.rs
+++ b/src/preset/json.rs
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ impl Json {
                 string_value_style: Style::new().fgc(Color::DarkGreen).build(),
                 number_value_style: Style::new().build(),
                 boolean_value_style: Style::new().build(),
-                active_item_background_color: Color::DarkYellow,
-                inactive_item_background_color: Color::Reset,
                 lines: Default::default(),
                 indent: 2,
             },
@@ -59,18 +57,6 @@ impl Json {
         self
     }
 
-    /// Sets the background color for active items in the JSON rendering.
-    pub fn active_item_background_color(mut self, color: Color) -> Self {
-        self.json_renderer.active_item_background_color = color;
-        self
-    }
-
-    /// Sets the background color for inactive items in the JSON rendering.
-    pub fn inactive_item_background_color(mut self, color: Color) -> Self {
-        self.json_renderer.inactive_item_background_color = color;
-        self
-    }
-
     /// Sets the number of lines to be used for rendering the JSON data.
     pub fn json_lines(mut self, lines: usize) -> Self {
         self.json_renderer.lines = Some(lines);