On other distributions based on Debian above won't work (mainly because you will not have elementary). This below resolves problem.
Find in your home holder .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css and add: /* Black on white for HTML messages in Evolution Reader/Composer */ /* adjust colour to your liking */ EMailView WebKitWebView, EMailReader WebKitWebView { color: #000fff; background-color: #fff000; } /***************************** * FIX EVOLUTION BLACK EMAIL * *****************************/ GtkWindow { color: @theme_fg_color; background-color: @theme_bg_color; } GtkPaned { color: @theme_fg_color; /* Evolution sets the background color of its mail window to the background * color of entries, but cannot handle background images. Setting the * background color here doesn't effect real entries, because * 'background-image' has precedence. */ background-color: @theme_bg_color; } -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1272001 Title: Evolution black background in mail display Status in evolution package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-themes package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: With different GT3 theme (tested : Adwaita, Zukitwo and Zukiwi), Evolution 3.10 display e-mail with a black background. I put a screenshot in attachment. It's work but it's very ugly ! Please, give us a workaround. -- I wanna attach this bug to the package "evolution" but the package search (Choose...) refuse to give me a link and display to my screen "Too many matches. Please try to narrow your search.". So I choose to target evolution-common. Have a nice day. Jo. --- ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-11 (634 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True Package: evolution 3.10.3-0ubuntu3~saucy1 [origin: LP-PPA-gnome3-team-gnome3] PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.25-generic 3.11.10 Tags: third-party-packages saucy gnome3-ppa Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-08 (88 days ago) UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dip fuse kvm libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo vboxusers vdr video weston-launch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/1272001/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp