I've been using the Tango color scheme (with a different background color) for gnome-terminal for over a decade, and this is one of the only times that I can think of that it's not worked for a program or the program has not had a way to customize it's color scheme (light is also not legible). I'm also not a fan of the grey text. Perhaps the default should be simpler (like the default color for text with no background, blue background with black text for menu), and give more options for specific customizations.
I've been using the Tango color scheme (with a different background color) for gnome-terminal for over a decade, and this is one of the only times that I can think of that it's not worked for a program or the program has not had a way to customize it's color scheme (light is also not legible). I'm also not a fan of the grey text. Perhaps the default should be simpler (like the default color for text with no background, blue background with black text for menu), and give more options for specific customizations.