ICS is horrible

The new ICS forces you to use a black background with white text for all TXT applications and contact lists.    This is very hard to read when you are older even with corrective lenses.   There is no way to go back to the old version of black on white text.   I've spent hours with Verizon and Motorola trying to figure out how to do this.    They also changed the keyboard function.   I got an android 4 six weeks ago.   This is NOT what I bought.

Thanks for the answer .. it's exactly what I mean.   I've delt with both Verizon and Motorola 2nd level support on this in the past 2 days.  They've both told me there is no way to do this --- including other txt applications.    One of the guys at Motorola even tried the 3rd party things on their own and called me back to tell me ... there is no way to do it.  
My complaint is ... this is not what I purchased 4 weeks ago.   And now I'm told it will be several hundreds of dollars to switch.   It's just not right.    Something as critical as being able to see the screen should have options without having to search for a 3rd party application to do it.   
By the way .. the Motorola folks told me specifically that putting too many 3rd party applications on your phone could be an issue as they are not all tested with each other and my mess up your phone.
But thanks for the reply.

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