User interace color in FM9

Hello fellow Frame users,
I just upgraded to FM9 this morning from 7.1. At first glance, I'm not happy with the color of the intercace. It's very difficult to look at and read. The levels of grey on grey make viewing very difficult. I did find the slide switch in the Interface Preferences box and increased it to the lightest shade of grey possible. However, it's still very hard to work with. I went to the online help to search for a way to change it back to the way I'm used to viewing it (based on my system's Display Properties) and the topic I found "Setting Your Worskspace for High-Contrast Viewing". I tried changing the settings in my control panel's "accessibility options". I had font sizes, desktop, and background colors change, but nothing that affected the menu bars in Frame. Is there something that I missed or is there another avenue I haven't tried? If anyone has any insight on this, PLEASE let me know!!!
Thanks!
Wendy

There is a third-party enhanced color toolbar available that might help you
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