Hello,
It should not look like this, Please update the theme to latest version and makre sure you use the new version templates when if it asks during the update
because i can see in the image these areas still uses the old color settings which was all changed in latest version, All drop-down menus are uses a seperated color settings located in front-end tab. read the update channellog in marketplace ?
The news ticker uses its own font color check the settings
again you must update the theme, this could be the reason it uses the base text color
Update the theme ?
The problem is i think you have updated the theme but during update you didn't choose the new version for the templates.
also, if you haven't done a lot of theme color customization's then simply do a new install all should be fixed ?