diff --git a/src/components/node/NodePanel/styles.scss b/src/components/node/NodePanel/styles.scss
index a4904727..bd755630 100644
--- a/src/components/node/NodePanel/styles.scss
+++ b/src/components/node/NodePanel/styles.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .wrap {
   // background: $node_title_background;
-  background: $content_bg;
+  background: $node_bg;
   padding: $gap;
   box-sizing: border-box;
   display: flex;
diff --git a/src/containers/examples/ImageExample/styles.scss b/src/containers/examples/ImageExample/styles.scss
index d69d0a32..453385d7 100644
--- a/src/containers/examples/ImageExample/styles.scss
+++ b/src/containers/examples/ImageExample/styles.scss
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   display: flex;
   align-items: flex-start;
   justify-content: flex-start;
-  padding-left: $gap;
+  padding-left: $gap / 2;
 
   @include tablet {
     padding-left: 0;
diff --git a/src/styles/colors.scss b/src/styles/colors.scss
index 6deb9ad5..448230e5 100644
--- a/src/styles/colors.scss
+++ b/src/styles/colors.scss
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ $button_bg_color: $red_gradient;
 
 $comment_bg: lighten($main_bg_color, 0%);
 $panel_bg: transparent;
-$node_bg: $content_bg;
+$node_bg: darken($content_bg, 4%);
 $node_image_bg: lighten($main_bg_color, 4%);
 $node_title_background: darken($main_bg_color, 8%);
 
diff --git a/src/styles/variables.scss b/src/styles/variables.scss
index b9c9ed7d..50eff640 100644
--- a/src/styles/variables.scss
+++ b/src/styles/variables.scss
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ $shadow_depth_1: transparentize(black, 0.8) 0 1px, inset transparentize(white, 0
 $shadow_depth_2: transparentize(black, 0.8) 0 2px, inset transparentize(white, 0.98) 0 1px;
 
 $comment_shadow: $shadow_depth_2;
-$node_shadow: transparentize(black, 0.8) 1px 2px;
+$node_shadow: transparentize(black, 0.8) 0 2px, transparentize(black, 0.8) 0 2px 4px;
 
 $tag_height: 22px;