<p><code>marker_mark</code> is used for colors of the markers in the marker margin, not in the text.  What you see is probably the <code>marker_search</code>, for which only the background is used.  See <a href="http://www.geany.org/manual/#id4">http://www.geany.org/manual/#id4</a> and the values there.</p>

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