Thx for the help, I must have some other issue. I unzipped a clean 4.3, then edited the !ACTIVE.xaml in the same manner.
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="AOMainFontColor" Color="Red" />
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="AOEmphFontColor" Color="Black" />
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="AODecoFontColor" Color="Black" />
Resulted in:
I may have to try a clean copy of LB...