As we reported this morning, more researchers are seeing dark mode on Google Search with a button to turn off dark themes on Google Search. And while more are seeing the dark mode on Google Search, what are difficult to see are search ads or at least see what organic listings versus paid listings are. It is just more difficult to distinguish search ads in dark mode than in light mode. If Google made the ad label in white text in dark mode, this would work better than the gray font.
A Twitter follower with the colorful name @AMP_blows shared shared screenshots of what Google Ads looks like in dark and light mode on Google Search. Here is a side-by-side comparison (click to enlarge):
Here is a screenshot of him on desktop search:
I think Google needs to label the ad in dark mode in white text so that it really stands out as much as in light mode.
Forum discussion at Twitter.