No,it should't that commit is already backported in unity 4.8.0 package. When I first started unity after the update, I had the very similar issue, in my case the color was white, re-login fixed it and the issue have not happened since.
** Also affects: unity Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824886 Title: When displaying the dash the launcher and dash turn bright green To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/824886/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs