diff --git a/template/resources/sass/_class_overview.scss b/template/resources/sass/_class_overview.scss
index 8e91949aec01a6c1e4b2f76704d43acc0d767062..c4e905cfd0a0f9a2901610502aafbf19dd660e2c 100644
--- a/template/resources/sass/_class_overview.scss
+++ b/template/resources/sass/_class_overview.scss
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
   .signature {
     font-weight: bold;
     text-transform: uppercase;
-    color: white;
     font-size: 0.7em;
     @include border-radius(2px);
     margin-left: 5px;
diff --git a/template/resources/sass/_hover_menu.scss b/template/resources/sass/_hover_menu.scss
index e0fa23fd019ffdca587d935cbae2a60279c0d0e6..755cb219da6f45dc1794b3cfc8e3a5d30f7a0fd8 100644
--- a/template/resources/sass/_hover_menu.scss
+++ b/template/resources/sass/_hover_menu.scss
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@
       font-weight: bold;
       padding: 0 0.5em;
       @include border-radius(2px);
-      color: white;
-      background: #aaa;
       @include signature-colors; } } }
 
 .hover-menu a {
diff --git a/template/resources/sass/_mixins.scss b/template/resources/sass/_mixins.scss
index 130385894232a557420f69045e0e83962608860c..fbb1c046063cca29abccde54fa577d997126a384 100644
--- a/template/resources/sass/_mixins.scss
+++ b/template/resources/sass/_mixins.scss
@@ -146,10 +146,12 @@
 
 // Shared colors for member signatures in toolbar menu and class api body
 @mixin signature-colors {
+  // the default colors
+  color: white;
+  background-color: #aaa;
+  // specific colors
   &.deprecated {
     background-color: #aa0000; }
-  &.protected, &.template, &.readonly, &.abstract {
-    background-color: #aaa; }
   &.static {
     background-color: $docs-text-color; }
   &.required {