Contrary to what you have been told in GitHub, this is not a bug in Unity, but in the indicator depicted in your screenshot.
** Package changed: unity (Ubuntu) => indicator-session (Ubuntu) ** Project changed: unity => hundredpapercuts ** No longer affects: hundredpapercuts ** Tags removed: theme ** Summary changed: - White icons on white background menus + User icons are not symbolic and do not pick up theme’s color ** Changed in: indicator-session (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-session in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1503897 Title: User icons are not symbolic and do not pick up theme’s color Status in indicator-session package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I guess Unity checks if the panel color is light or dark and then chooses light or dark icons accordingly. It should do the same for the menu, but it looks like it doesn't. This discussion was started here: https://github.com/horst3180/Arc- theme/issues/245#issuecomment-146342750 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-session/+bug/1503897/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp