Playing down the text in org-mode

[fatiparty]

Jan 15, 2022, 08:41 by maciaschain@posteo.net:

> fatiparty@tutanota.com writes:
>
>> But this is giving "error: Invalid face, org-footnote"
>>
>
> Try this (I forgot to mention this, sorry):
>
> (with-eval-after-load 'org
> (set-face-attribute 'org-footnote nil :foreground "d2691e" :height 0.8 
> :extend t :underline "red"))
>
That works well.  But although I am atttempting to remove the background and 
change the foreground colour, the old colours remain.

(with-eval-after-load 'org
  (set-face-attribute 'org-footnote nil
     :foreground "d2691e" :background 'nil :underline 'nil
     :weight 'normal :slant 'italic :height 0.8))