It's controlled by the button.xml file located in this location: \graphics\tabs\standard\normal\top Locate this code: <colour name="text"/> and change the bold bit to the colour variable you want it to use. If the location isn't present for your skin you'll find the file you need in the above location for the fm-widgets skin, or if you don't want to extract the files create a new xml file called button in the above location for your skin and paste the following code into the file: If