Merge from 5.x: PR #16957

Fixes #14895

spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/widgets/shell.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 # Local imports
 from spyder.config.base import (
     _, is_pynsist, running_in_mac_app, running_under_pytest)
+from spyder.config.gui import get_color_scheme
 from spyder.py3compat import to_text_string
 from spyder.utils.palette import SpyderPalette
 from spyder.utils.clipboard_helper import CLIPBOARD_HELPER
@@ -946,6 +947,17 @@ def _syntax_style_changed(self, changed=None):
         else:
             self._highlighter.set_style_sheet(self.style_sheet)
 
+    def _get_color(self, color):
+        """
+        Get a color as qtconsole.styles._get_color() would return from
+        a builtin Pygments style.
+        """
+        color_scheme = get_color_scheme(self.syntax_style)
+        return dict(
+            bgcolor=color_scheme['background'],
+            select=color_scheme['background'],
+            fgcolor=color_scheme['normal'][0])[color]
+
     def _prompt_started_hook(self):
         """Emit a signal when the prompt is ready."""
         if not self._reading: