On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 07:34:59PM +0100, michael-franzese@gmx.com wrote: > I have done (require 'paren) before defining my functions. It is working > for (setq show-paren-style 'parenthesis), but not when using > (setq show-paren-style 'expression). [...] There is a face `show-paren-match-expression': most probably you want to tweak that one. How did I find out? Well, I set show-paren-style to 'expression, set point to an opening parenthesis and then did a `describe-face'. Cheers - t