Comment 11 for bug 586928

I think the interaction path becomes clear, when the color of the menu item (Restart..) corresponds with the state it has, and with the color of the indicator icon on top of the menu it is in, as suggested here:
https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg03343.html

once indicator icon and menu item both equally reflect the special state the system is in, a visible interaction path affords itself to the user from the top of the menu (symbolic indicator icon) down to the item that needs to be pressed in order to make the interaction happen.