diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/dashboard.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/dashboard.scss
index 8bd4e7cbd..57a4c41d4 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/dashboard.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/dashboard.scss
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@
   border-right: 1px solid $border;
 
   [class^="icon-"] {
-    color: $text;
     display: inline-block;
     font-size: rem-calc(24);
     line-height: $line-height;
@@ -358,7 +357,6 @@
 
   .has-tip {
     border-bottom: 0;
-    color: $text;
     cursor: auto;
     font-weight: normal;
   }
@@ -519,7 +517,6 @@
     color: #fff;
 
     h1 {
-      color: #fff;
       text-align: left;
     }
   }
@@ -680,7 +677,6 @@
     }
 
     p {
-      color: #fff;
       font-size: rem-calc(80);
       line-height: rem-calc(100);
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/datepicker_overrides.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/datepicker_overrides.scss
index d59d8b7c7..66bdef12e 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/datepicker_overrides.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/datepicker_overrides.scss
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
     .ui-state-default:not(&) {
       background: $highlight;
-      color: $text;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/in_favor_against.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/in_favor_against.scss
index 1c46a449d..f3c6988e7 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/in_favor_against.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/in_favor_against.scss
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
   }
 
   .percentage {
-    color: $text;
     display: inline-block;
     font-size: $small-font-size;
     line-height: $line-height * 2;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/layout.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/layout.scss
index 79631fcd4..6c219fca6 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/layout.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/layout.scss
@@ -135,11 +135,6 @@ button,
   @include inverted-selection;
   background: $brand;
 
-  &.warning,
-  &.warning:hover {
-    color: #000;
-  }
-
   &.medium {
     font-size: $small-font-size;
   }
@@ -752,7 +747,6 @@ body > header,
 
   @include breakpoint(medium) {
     background: $body-background;
-    color: $text;
     flex-direction: row;
     padding-bottom: 0;
 
@@ -1941,13 +1935,11 @@ table {
 }
 
 .comment-info {
-  color: $text-medium;
   display: inline-block;
   font-size: $small-font-size;
   line-height: rem-calc(32); // Same as avatar height
 
   .user-name {
-    color: $text;
     font-weight: bold;
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/participation.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/participation.scss
index c1830da9c..26c42511a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/participation.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/participation.scss
@@ -1616,7 +1616,6 @@
 
 .section-title-divider {
   border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
-  color: #000;
   margin: $line-height 0;
 
   span {