I've found a solution to this problem. Change the value of the gconf property '/apps/notification-daemon/theme' to 'standard' (instead of 'ubuntu'). Then the notifcation popups will use the default look instead of the Ubuntu look - one of the results being that they follow your selected colour scheme better.
-- Darklooks gnome-panel msg unreadable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145071 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gnome-themes-extras in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs