Hi Jabber,

I had the same problem as you and solved it using this theme blow.
It is a modified version of an old theme Michael posted some time ago. I cant remember when it was posted or what was the original highlight color, but I changed it to brown after going through a dark-blue version that i didnt like. Its not 100% consistent or perfect by a long shot, but its not that bad either :-)

If you like to test it you will need to put the 2 files in the zip in your ui folder. Remember to keep a backup or rename the original files first in case you want to go back to the default look.
You can change the background color, grid color, axis color etc in the settings window.

Dinos