When positioned at the end of an outline node, blocks will spill their background color (defined by the `org-block-end-line' face) when the node is folded. To see this, paste the following lines into an Org buffer, and make sure that a background color is set for `org-block-end-line': * One #+BEGIN_SRC #+END_SRC This is OK, it won't spill. * Two This will spill. #+BEGIN_SRC #+END_SRC * Three Spill is gone now. When the node "Two" is folded, the background color will still be painted all the way to the right fringe (as can be viewed here: http://folk.uio.no/simenheg/org-spill.png). This becomes especially prominent when using a theme that sets a background color for `org-block-end-line', for instance the built-in Leuven theme. Emacs : GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.14.5) of 2015-03-07 on trouble, modified by Debian Package: Org-mode version 8.3beta (release_8.3beta-1145-g45555d @ /home/simen/src/org-mode/lisp/)