gtkrc file: how to define tab background color? [SOLVED]

[Argolance]

Hello,
Does anybody knows, inside a "gtkrc" gtk theme file, where tab background color can be defined (to suit with other defined colors). Below, for example, pnethood, which contains tabs and shows them... Grey.
Most of colors seem to be set in this part of the gtkrc configuration file but all I tried to do has no effect on. Is a special line missing? Or is this color defined anywhere else?

font_name = "DejaVu Sans 12"
fg[NORMAL] = "#000000" #Foreground text of nearly all widgets (not editor text)
fg[PRELIGHT] = "#000000" #Foreground text as you mouse-over something
fg[ACTIVE] = "#000000" #Foreground text of non-selected but available widgets
fg[SELECTED] = "#000000" #The foreground of something as you click on it, or which is already selected
fg[INSENSITIVE] = "#8B8989" #Foreground text of inactive buttons, etc.

bg[NORMAL] = "#FFF7AE" #The background of every non-clickable/non-active element
bg[PRELIGHT] = "#FFFFFF" #??
bg[ACTIVE] = "#FFf265" #The background of Evolutions's icons, selected folder, shorcut panel, etc.
bg[SELECTED] = "#fff47f" #The background of something as you click on it, or which is already selected
bg[INSENSITIVE] = "#fffce5" #Background of un-clickable widgets

base[NORMAL] = "#ffffff" #Background for just about everything (editor windows, Evolution's folders, etc.)
base[SELECTED] = "#fff265" #Background of selected text in a list when window is in foreground
base[ACTIVE] = "#fff7bf" #Background of selected text in a list when window not in foreground
base[PRELIGHT] = "#ffffff" #??
base[INSENSITIVE]= "#fffce5" #Background of un-clickable widgets

# text[INSENSITIVE]= "#9B9B9B" #Un-selectable text
text[SELECTED] = "#000000" #Foreground of selected text in a list when window is in foreground
text[ACTIVE] = "#000000" #Certain highlighted/selected things
# text[PRELIGHT] = "#353535"

I made many other themes, but never encountered this problem!

Thank you for your attention.

Cordialement.

[musher0]

Hello, argolance.

A test with gcolor2 revealed that it is none of the defined colours. (See pic.)
Maybe this data panel is fed into pnethood by some other progr? gxmessage, maybe? Or it may be pre-defined by the GTK theme. Have you tried changing the GTK theme?

Best of luck !

[technosaurus]

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style "notebook"
{
 engine "pixmap" {
    image 
      {
        function        = EXTENSION
	recolorable     = TRUE
	state		= ACTIVE
	file            = "tab2.png"
	border          = { 6,6,6,6 }
	stretch         = TRUE
      }

    image 
      {
        function        = EXTENSION
	recolorable     = TRUE
	file            = "tab1.png"
	border          = { 6,6,6,6 }
	stretch         = TRUE
      }
  }
}

or

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style "notebook"
{
  engine "pixmap" 
    {
    image 
      {
        function        = EXTENSION
	recolorable     = TRUE
	state		= ACTIVE
	file            = "notebook1.png"
	border          = { 6,6,6,6 }
	stretch         = TRUE
      }

    image 
      {
        function        = EXTENSION
	recolorable     = TRUE
	file            = "notebook2.png"
	border          = { 6,6,6,6 }
	stretch         = TRUE
      }
    image 
      {
        function        = BOX_GAP
	recolorable     = TRUE
	file            = "up.png"
	border          = { 2,2,2,2 }
	stretch         = TRUE
	gap_file        = "blank.png"
	gap_border      = { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
	gap_start_file  = "blank.png"
	gap_start_border= { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
	gap_end_file    = "blank.png"
	gap_end_border  = { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
      }
  }
}

then at the end of the gtkrc file put:
class "GtkNotebook" style "notebook"

not sure if you can use just colors?

[Argolance]

Hello,
Thank you for answering.
@musher0

A test with gcolor2 revealed that it is none of the defined colours. (See pic.)

The way I came to this conclusion was a bit laborious : I commented lines or replaced the initial colors with #FF00FF (magenta) to see what occurs... On the other side, I learnt a lot about this gtkrc file!

Maybe this data panel is fed into pnethood by some other progr?

This was just an example: this occured with all GUIs containing tabs!

Have you tried changing the GTK theme

Of course, and it was correct!

@technosaurus
I replaced the second proposal which was already (and word for word!), present in the existing gtkrc file (which served me as work-base) with the first one: bingo!
This works perfectly.

Cordialement.
Thank you!