Commit 63bdb94 unified the MATE panel colors between regular, light, and dark variants, making the grey color in the regular theme a bit darker, and the nearly-white color in the light theme much darker. The light theme has looked fugly on MATE desktop ever since. This should fix it.
Commit 63bdb94 unified the MATE panel colors between regular, light, and dark variants, making the grey color in the regular theme a bit darker, and the nearly-white color in the light theme much darker. The light theme has looked fugly on MATE desktop ever since. This should fix it.
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