I'm blundering around in SkinStudio 10, started with changing system colors. My main interest is in reducing the incidence of glaring white backgrounds in windows, dialogs, etc.

My go-to test subject is File Explorer. I have succeeded in reducing its background whiteness to a soft gray/green, but I see that the title bar failed to pick up the color I assigned that item, and the menu bar retains what looks like a default aero-style blue. The bottom bar picks up the color I assigned to backgrounds; is that not skinnable? And I can't even see what I've selected for "selected text", for example, if I try to change the name of a file listed. In fact, the selection highlight doesn't even move to the item I select, when I select a different line! What am I doing wrong?