Blackbird theme makes Ubuntu Software Center descriptions unreadable

[Anonymouse]

On xubuntu, switching to the Blackbird theme (from Ambiance to Blackbird) makes the descriptions in the Ubuntu Software Center hard to read (pale grey on white).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: shimmer-themes 1.5.4-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 12 16:54:14 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-02 (404 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: shimmer-themes
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-27 (14 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[peregrine (andrej1741)]

Ubuntu 13.04 (Unity). With the Blackbird theme fonts in Ubuntu Software Center are light and the background is light too. It is impossible to read any text in Ubuntu Software Center with this theme. Sorry for my bad English.

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Blackbird has been dropped from shimmer-themes in saucy.

[Paul (treepata)]

This issue also affects other programs in Xubuntu 13.04, such as message boxes in Firefox (Facebook pages) and startup screen of LibreOffice 4.0.2. It is a pity, as it is one of the few nice looking Themes for Xubuntu (13.04) out there.

[Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi)]

Yes, I know. It was always my pet project. But I simply don't have enough time (and motivation) to deal with all the corner-cases of a dark theme plus all the Gtk2/3 stuff, especially when Gtk3 broke theming so often...
So if anyone else wants to pick it up and make something of it please get in touch, I'd appreciate it!

[ryukusu l. (ryukusu-luminarius)]

I fixed that theme.
There is decription how I did that: http://forum.ubuntu.ru/index.php?topic=223139.0
There are fixed theme and screenshotes along with some comments for configuration files.