The problem lies in the Mint-X GTK theme. The following file must be modified to fix this problem: /usr/share/themes/Mint-X/gtk-2.0/Styles/menu.rc
The following line (around line 14) must be replaced: fg[ACTIVE] = @selected_fg_color
It should be replaced with the following: fg[ACTIVE] = @menu_fg_color
This fixes the problem described in the bug report.
The problem lies in the Mint-X GTK theme. The following file must be modified to fix this problem: /usr/share/ themes/ Mint-X/ gtk-2.0/ Styles/ menu.rc
The following line (around line 14) must be replaced:
fg[ACTIVE] = @selected_fg_color
It should be replaced with the following:
fg[ACTIVE] = @menu_fg_color
This fixes the problem described in the bug report.