diff --git a/AppKit/CPMenuItem/_CPMenuItemSeparatorView.j b/AppKit/CPMenuItem/_CPMenuItemSeparatorView.j
index 360d8e8cc..86f756b11 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPMenuItem/_CPMenuItemSeparatorView.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPMenuItem/_CPMenuItemSeparatorView.j
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 @import "CPView.j"
 
+@class _CPMenuItemStandardView
+
 
 @implementation _CPMenuItemSeparatorView : CPView
 {
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@
     CGContextMoveToPoint(context, CGRectGetMinX(bounds), FLOOR(CGRectGetMidY(bounds)) - 0.5);
     CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, CGRectGetMaxX(bounds), FLOOR(CGRectGetMidY(bounds)) - 0.5);
 
-    CGContextSetStrokeColor(context, [CPColor lightGrayColor]);
+    CGContextSetStrokeColor(context, [[CPTheme defaultTheme] valueForAttributeWithName:@"menu-item-separator-color" forClass:_CPMenuItemStandardView]);
     CGContextStrokePath(context);
 }
 
diff --git a/AppKit/CPMenuItem/_CPMenuItemStandardView.j b/AppKit/CPMenuItem/_CPMenuItemStandardView.j
index 223cf74d2..851dba7ea 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPMenuItem/_CPMenuItemStandardView.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPMenuItem/_CPMenuItemStandardView.j
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@
     CPMenuItem              _menuItem @accessors(property=menuItem);
 
     CPFont                  _font;
-    CPColor                 _textColor;
-    CPColor                 _textShadowColor;
 
     CGSize                  _minSize @accessors(readonly, property=minSize);
     BOOL                    _isDirty;
+    BOOL                    _highlighted;
 
     CPImageView             _stateView;
     _CPImageAndTextView     _imageAndTextView;
@@ -48,16 +47,18 @@
 
 + (id)themeAttributes
 {
-    return [CPDictionary dictionaryWithObjects:[[CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], 3.0, 17.0, 14.0, 17.0, 4.0, 30.0]
+    return [CPDictionary dictionaryWithObjects:[[CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], [CPNull null], 3.0, 17.0, 14.0, 17.0, 4.0, 30.0]
                                        forKeys:[    @"submenu-indicator-color",
                                                     @"menu-item-selection-color",
                                                     @"menu-item-text-shadow-color",
+                                                    @"menu-item-text-color",
                                                     @"menu-item-default-off-state-image",
                                                     @"menu-item-default-off-state-highlighted-image",
                                                     @"menu-item-default-on-state-image",
                                                     @"menu-item-default-on-state-highlighted-image",
                                                     @"menu-item-default-mixed-state-image",
                                                     @"menu-item-default-mixed-state-highlighted-image",
+                                                    @"menu-item-separator-color",
                                                     @"left-margin",
                                                     @"right-margin",
                                                     @"state-column-width",
@@ -121,7 +122,10 @@
     if (![_menuItem isEnabled])
         return [CPColor lightGrayColor];
 
-    return _textColor || [CPColor colorWithCalibratedRed:70.0 / 255.0 green:69.0 / 255.0 blue:69.0 / 255.0 alpha:1.0];
+    if (_highlighted)
+        return [CPColor whiteColor];
+
+    return [self valueForThemeAttribute:@"menu-item-text-color"];
 }
 
 - (CPColor)textShadowColor
@@ -129,7 +133,10 @@
     if (![_menuItem isEnabled])
         return nil;
 
-    return _textShadowColor || [CPColor colorWithWhite:1.0 alpha:0.8];
+    if (_highlighted)
+        return nil;
+
+    return [self valueForThemeAttribute:@"menu-item-text-shadow-color"];
 }
 
 - (void)setFont:(CPFont)aFont
@@ -263,29 +270,24 @@
     if (![_menuItem isEnabled])
         return;
 
+    _highlighted = shouldHighlight;
+
+    [_imageAndTextView setTextColor:[self textColor]];
+    [_keyEquivalentView setTextColor:[self textColor]];
+    [_imageAndTextView setTextShadowColor:[self textShadowColor]];
+    [_keyEquivalentView setTextShadowColor:[self textShadowColor]];
+
     if (shouldHighlight)
     {
         [self setBackgroundColor:[self valueForThemeAttribute:@"menu-item-selection-color"]];
-
         [_imageAndTextView setImage:[_menuItem alternateImage] || [_menuItem image]];
-        [_imageAndTextView setTextColor:[CPColor whiteColor]];
-        [_keyEquivalentView setTextColor:[CPColor whiteColor]];
-        [_submenuIndicatorView setColor:[CPColor whiteColor]];
-
-        [_imageAndTextView setTextShadowColor:[self valueForThemeAttribute:@"menu-item-text-shadow-color"]];
-        [_keyEquivalentView setTextShadowColor:[self valueForThemeAttribute:@"menu-item-text-shadow-color"]];
+        [_submenuIndicatorView setColor:[self textColor]];
     }
     else
     {
         [self setBackgroundColor:nil];
-
         [_imageAndTextView setImage:[_menuItem image]];
-        [_imageAndTextView setTextColor:[self textColor]];
-        [_keyEquivalentView setTextColor:[self textColor]];
         [_submenuIndicatorView setColor:[self valueForThemeAttribute:@"submenu-indicator-color"]];
-
-        [_imageAndTextView setTextShadowColor:[self textShadowColor]];
-        [_keyEquivalentView setTextShadowColor:[self textShadowColor]];
     }
 
     if ([[_menuItem menu] showsStateColumn])
diff --git a/AppKit/Themes/Aristo/ThemeDescriptors.j b/AppKit/Themes/Aristo/ThemeDescriptors.j
index ff7351eb1..106bb8f12 100755
--- a/AppKit/Themes/Aristo/ThemeDescriptors.j
+++ b/AppKit/Themes/Aristo/ThemeDescriptors.j
@@ -2577,11 +2577,13 @@ var themedButtonValues = nil,
         [
             [@"submenu-indicator-color",                                    [CPColor grayColor]],
             [@"menu-item-selection-color",                                  [CPColor colorWithHexString:@"5C85D8"]],
-            [@"menu-item-text-shadow-color",                                [CPColor colorWithCalibratedRed:26.0 / 255.0 green: 73.0 / 255.0 blue:109.0 / 255.0 alpha:1.0]],
+            [@"menu-item-text-color",                                       [CPColor colorWithHexString:@"333333"]],
+            [@"menu-item-text-shadow-color",                                [CPColor colorWithWhite:1.0 alpha:0.8]],
             [@"menu-item-default-off-state-image",                          nil],
             [@"menu-item-default-off-state-highlighted-image",              nil],
             [@"menu-item-default-on-state-image",                           menuItemDefaultOnStateImage],
             [@"menu-item-default-on-state-highlighted-image",               menuItemDefaultOnStateHighlightedImage],
+            [@"menu-item-separator-color",                                  [CPColor lightGrayColor]],
             [@"menu-item-default-mixed-state-image",                        nil],
             [@"menu-item-default-mixed-state-highlighted-image",            nil],
             [@"left-margin",                                                3.0],
diff --git a/AppKit/Themes/Aristo2/ThemeDescriptors.j b/AppKit/Themes/Aristo2/ThemeDescriptors.j
index 722b40819..89ac0508d 100644
--- a/AppKit/Themes/Aristo2/ThemeDescriptors.j
+++ b/AppKit/Themes/Aristo2/ThemeDescriptors.j
@@ -2012,11 +2012,13 @@ var themedButtonValues = nil,
         [
             [@"submenu-indicator-color",                                    [CPColor grayColor]],
             [@"menu-item-selection-color",                                  [CPColor colorWithHexString:@"5C85D8"]],
-            [@"menu-item-text-shadow-color",                                [CPColor colorWithCalibratedRed:26.0 / 255.0 green: 73.0 / 255.0 blue:109.0 / 255.0 alpha:1.0]],
+            [@"menu-item-text-color",                                       [CPColor colorWithHexString:@"333333"]],
+            [@"menu-item-text-shadow-color",                                [CPColor colorWithWhite:1.0 alpha:0.8]],
             [@"menu-item-default-off-state-image",                          nil],
             [@"menu-item-default-off-state-highlighted-image",              nil],
             [@"menu-item-default-on-state-image",                           menuItemDefaultOnStateImage],
             [@"menu-item-default-on-state-highlighted-image",               menuItemDefaultOnStateHighlightedImage],
+            [@"menu-item-separator-color",                                  [CPColor colorWithHexString:@"DFDFDF"]],
             [@"menu-item-default-mixed-state-image",                        nil],
             [@"menu-item-default-mixed-state-highlighted-image",            nil],
             [@"left-margin",                                                3.0],