Re: [PATCH] tab-line-alternate-colors

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>
> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:58:35 -0600
> 
> > I'm not sure I understand why would want to inherit just the
> > background color.  What's wrong with inheriting all the rest?
> 
> I would guess that the mode-line face could have other attributes that
> we wouldn't want to interfere with the tab-line faces, e.g. size or
> family.  The only reason I would want to inherit from mode-line is to
> get the background color.

Then inherit from the face and override the attributes you don't want.