Thanks again Brian.  That fixed the problem.

> That looks like it's pulling parts from 2 different themes,  Have you
> tried switching desktop themes.  Perhaps you just need to switch to
> anything else and then back to what the default is.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 01/16/2013 04:14 PM, joe@actionline.com wrote:
>> Just installed Linux Mint 13 (which am finding to be quite good) but
>> suddenly the panel became very dark and when I click on the clock and
>> device notifier, the backgrounds are black so I can't read them.
>>
>> Can't imagine what could have caused this change as I did not
>> (knowingly)
>> make any changes.
>>
>> Here are a couple of screen-shot examples:
>>
>> http://www.upquick.com/temp/clockblack.jpg
>> http://www.upquick.com/temp/notifierblack.jpg
>>
>> What do I need to do to get rid of this blackness?
>>
>>
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