White text on a white background when adding glossary definitions

I inherited an existing IBA file so I'm not sure how the styles were defined (and I've never really played around with custom styles or layouts) but I was hoping it wouldn't matter. The main color scheme is a dark background and light (white) text. Similar to the built in template 'contemporary'.
When I add a glossary term, i have my definitions in a separate (word) document. I copy/paste from the document into the glossary term area. When I paste, it's pasting white text. Background color of the glossary definition window is also white (not sure I can control that). My definition document is black text.
When I test the book, the little glossary dialog pops up when I touch/click on a word but again, it's white text on a white background.
Can I change the background color of the glossary dialog?
Is there a way to change all my glossary definitions from white text to black text?
When I create a test book using 'contemporary', which is also white text on a dark background, it does not have this problem.

As I mentioned, when I used a built in template, like contemporary, it worked too. The problem only happened with the IBA that I was given. Perhaps the previous owner of the file had accidentally chosen Format/Advanced/Define Default Glossary Style when they had some white on white displayed and caused all the formatting for the glossary to be the same. I was able to fix it using that menu path.
I'm not sure what fixing it in the "source file" means. I was trying to fix it in the IBA file. Not sure where else I would have fixed it.

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