diff --git a/templates/user/auth/captcha.tmpl b/templates/user/auth/captcha.tmpl
index b2deb5a2c9..906786e4c8 100644
--- a/templates/user/auth/captcha.tmpl
+++ b/templates/user/auth/captcha.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {{if .EnableCaptcha}}{{if eq .CaptchaType "image"}}
 	<div class="inline field tw-text-center">
 		<input type="hidden" name="img-captcha-id" value="{{.Captcha}}">
-		<img style="transform: scaleX(-1);background-color: white" onclick="this.src=`{{AppSubUrl}}/captcha/{{.Captcha}}.png?reload=${Date.now()}`" class="captcha-img" src="{{AppSubUrl}}/captcha/{{.Captcha}}.png" alt="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "captcha"}}">
+		<img style="transform: scaleX(-1);" onclick="this.src=`{{AppSubUrl}}/captcha/{{.Captcha}}.png?reload=${Date.now()}`" class="captcha-img" src="{{AppSubUrl}}/captcha/{{.Captcha}}.png" alt="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "captcha"}}">
 	</div>
 	<div class="required field {{if .Err_Captcha}}error{{end}}">
 		<label for="captcha">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "captcha"}}</label>
diff --git a/web_src/css/markup/dark.css b/web_src/css/markup/dark.css
index 700a48518e..e17f9fba67 100644
--- a/web_src/css/markup/dark.css
+++ b/web_src/css/markup/dark.css
@@ -11,3 +11,13 @@
 .markup [href$="#dark-mode-only"] {
   display: unset;
 }
+
+/*
+  The reason we're doing this here, is because dark templates always use this file, and there's no other way to detect dark theme.
+  Third party templates may not, but this isn't that big, since you can't change the theme logged out.
+*/
+
+.captcha-img {
+  filter: invert();
+  /* optionally contrast filter? */
+}
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