> > Oh, right. I forgot about the lack of contrast in the color scheme (at
> > least I hope its just the color scheme, not also the widget style).
>
> I'm using a black color scheme with oxygen style here and I'm pretty amazed
> by
> the good contrast it still provides - I've never seen any style perform that
> good in this regard.

i found oxygenized plastik color scheme lacking of contrast too:
http://fboudra.free.fr/kde4/icons5.png

Dark color schemes like wonton soup have a good contrast.