Color Schemes delivered with Outlook are terrible

Sorry, I don't know of a nice way to say it, but the as-delivered color schemes for Outlook 2010 are horrid.
All 3 of the colors are very difficult to read. What happened to the nice legible look of the demo? Is there a way to have button outlines for that good old "organized" look, or is the wave of the future this "floaty" look? I sure hope not. This looks look
like it was lifted from a Mac.
Sorry to sound so negative, but this just seems like a big step backwards.
If anyone has something helpful I would appreciate it, but I'm guessing the answer is that this is just how it is.

The new color schemes in Office 2010 are awfull.
The lack
of transperans
leads
to people
with
visual disabilities,
have
great difficulty
using the program.
I myself am
a web designer,
who
for years
has worked
with color schemes
on websites
and
it is therefore
incomprehensible, that
a company
like Microsoft,
does not
take into account
these
issues.
I
have been happy
to Microsoft's
software packages
for
many years,
but
I think it´s
the time
for
me to
switch
to Apple.
Their
design line
is
definitely more
user friendly
and timely.

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