Skype for Business color scheme

The new Skype for Business looks as if colored by a preschooler with two crayons; blue and blue.  It is difficult to read and simply looks unprofessional.  
Please include an option to change the color scheme in the next release. 

I second the motion.  IT rolled out the Skype for Business and I literally typed out one message to a user and saw the blue-on-blue color theme and started clicking frantically.   It is too bright and having both parties appear in blue is confusing and quite frankly WRONG.
Please allow users to customize this.   I suggest a box that says "Chat Box Background Color" that has a couple of different options.  Please talk to your programmers.  I am pretty sure this is an easy fix.
Thanks.

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