This was fixed in Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring" by dropping the Low Contrast and High Contrast Inverse themes. Because Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise" is a stable release we can't remove things that people may be using.
** Changed in: gnome-themes-standard (Ubuntu Precise) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/964685 Title: High contrast and High contrast inverse themes are poor quality for the Unity desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-themes-standard/+bug/964685/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs