So what happens is that the backgroundColor causes the automatic switch to SuruDark which has a bad normal.backgroundColor.
** Attachment added: "Updated backgroundText in suruDark to #5D5D5D" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-ui-toolkit/+bug/1413801/+attachment/4407116/+files/newSuruDarkBackgroundTextColor.png ** Changed in: ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-ui-toolkit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1413801 Title: TextField's placeHolderText invisible inside a dialog Status in Ubuntu UX bugs: Triaged Status in ubuntu-ui-toolkit package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Using a dark background in an application, a Dialog and a TextField inside that Dialog renders the placeholderText nearly invisible. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1413801/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp