You can modify the view.css of the default form block, the same way all other templates are modified. Please check the below mentioned styling to change the bg color of the text area.

.miniSurveyView textarea {
color:#FFF;
background-color: #414141;
border: 0px none;
width: 214px;
height: 50px;
}

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