Looks like this bug still exists in Mint 17 and the solution is slightly different:
Modify: /usr/share/themes/Mint-X/gtk-2.0/styles/menus.rc
Change line 53 from: fg[ACTIVE] = @base_color
to: fg[ACTIVE] = @fg_color
Hope this helps someone.
Looks like this bug still exists in Mint 17 and the solution is slightly different:
Modify: /usr/share/ themes/ Mint-X/ gtk-2.0/ styles/ menus.rc
Change line 53 from:
fg[ACTIVE] = @base_color
to:
fg[ACTIVE] = @fg_color
Hope this helps someone.