Os lion sidebar is grayed out????

Just started using my new 27" iMac w/ OS 7 Lion and noticed a few quirks that are really bugging me.
1. The side bar is completely grayed out. Icons are no longer in color. It is extremely annoying. I don't want to have to READ the name of each file when clicking rapidly - I want to recognize the icon. What are icons for??? This is ridiculous.
2. The size of the fonts on the menu bar, etc on the 27" screen are too small. If I change the resolution the words become larger so I'm not straining to read, but they are out of focus. Why can't you change the font size on your menu bar, etc without compromising quality? My choices are to squint, or strain.
3. Mail - Again - with the grayed out icons. Give me a break.
Bottom line is that creative professionals use Macs. Don't change icons to gray. If I wanted gray, dull, boring and hard to navigate I would buy a PC.
In the meantime, does ANYONE have a clue how to change this?

You can't; not without hacking, at any rate. The icons in the Sidebar and in Mail are now grey, with no option to change. Fonts in menus, etc are and always have been fixed pixel hights and widths and will appear smaller when you move to a screen with a higher resolution. You can change some font faces and sizes with third-party utilities such as TinkerTool, but such changes can cause unexpected negative consequences with some functions and applications.
You can comment to Apple on this here, if you wish:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
Regards.

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