diff --git a/wp-admin/admin.php b/wp-admin/admin.php
index 55e47f065d..f6bfe67c40 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ $time_format = get_option('time_format');
 
 wp_reset_vars(array('profile', 'redirect', 'redirect_url', 'a', 'popuptitle', 'popupurl', 'text', 'trackback', 'pingback'));
 
-wp_admin_css_color('classic', __('Blue'), admin_url("css/colors-classic.css"), array('#073447', '#6D6D6D', '#F1F1F1', '#DFDFDF'));
+wp_admin_css_color('classic', __('Blue'), admin_url("css/colors-classic.css"), array('#073447', '#21759B', '#EAF3FA', '#BBD8E7'));
 wp_admin_css_color('fresh', __('Gray'), admin_url("css/colors-fresh.css"), array('#464646', '#6D6D6D', '#F1F1F1', '#DFDFDF'));
 
 wp_enqueue_script( 'common' );
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
index 8343fc5a54..80d1168747 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 html {
-	background-color: #f9f9f9;
+	background-color: #F5FCFD;
 }
 
 .find-box-search {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ div.dashboard-widget,
 }
 
 .widefat {
-	border-color: #dfdfdf;
+	border-color: #BBD8E7;
 	background-color: #fff;
 }
 
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ li.widget-list-control-item div.widget-control {
 	border-color: #dfdfdf;
 }
 
-#poststuff h3,
-.metabox-holder h3 {
-	background-color: #dfdfdf;
+.metabox-holder .postbox h3,
+#poststuff .postbox h3,
+#poststuff .stuffbox h3 {
+	background: #dfdfdf url("../images/blue-grad.png") repeat-x left top;
 	text-shadow: #fff 0 1px 0;
 }
 
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item h4.widget-title {
 }
 
 .alternate, .alt {
-	background-color: #f9f9f9;
+	background-color: #EDFBFC;
 }
 
 .available-theme a.screenshot {
@@ -434,7 +435,11 @@ ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item,
 
 .widefat td,
 .widefat th {
-	border-color: #dfdfdf;
+	border-bottom-color: #BBD8E7;
+}
+
+.widefat th {
+	text-shadow: rgba(255,255,255,0.8) 0 1px 0;
 }
 
 .widefat thead tr,
@@ -446,7 +451,7 @@ h3.dashboard-widget-title span,
 h3.dashboard-widget-title small,
 .find-box-head {
 	color: #333;
-	background: #dfdfdf url(../images/gray-grad.png) repeat-x scroll left top;
+	background: #dfdfdf url(../images/blue-grad.png) repeat-x scroll left top;
 }
 
 h3.dashboard-widget-title small a {
@@ -464,7 +469,7 @@ h3.dashboard-widget-title small a:hover {
 #media-upload a.del-link,
 #media-upload a.delete,
 .ui-tabs-nav a, a {
-	color: #21759b;
+	color: #1C6280;
 }
 
 /* Because we don't want visited on these links */
@@ -625,7 +630,7 @@ li.widget-list-control-item h4,
 .postbox textarea,
 .stuffbox input[type="text"],
 .stuffbox textarea {
-	border-color: #dfdfdf;
+	border-color: #BBD8E7;
 }
 
 .metabox-holder .postbox,
@@ -1010,7 +1015,7 @@ abbr.required,
 }
 
 #adminmenu a.menu-top {
-	background: #f1f1f1 url(../images/menu-bits.gif) repeat-x scroll left -379px;
+	background: #EAF3FA url(../images/menu-bits.gif) repeat-x scroll left -379px;
 }
 
 #adminmenu .wp-submenu a {
@@ -1075,17 +1080,17 @@ abbr.required,
 
 .folded #adminmenu li.menu-top,
 #adminmenu .wp-submenu .wp-submenu-head {
-	background-color: #F1F1F1;
+	background-color: #EAF2FA;
 }
 
 .folded #adminmenu li.wp-has-current-submenu,
 .folded #adminmenu li.menu-top.current {
-	background-color: #eaeaea;
+	background-color: #BBD8E7;
 }
 
 #adminmenu .wp-has-current-submenu .wp-submenu .wp-submenu-head {
-	background-color: #EAEAEA;
-	border-color: #aaa;
+	background-color: #BBD8E7;
+	border-color: #8CBDD5;
 }
 
 #adminmenu div.wp-submenu {
@@ -1485,10 +1490,6 @@ fieldset.inline-edit-col-right .inline-edit-col {
 	text-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,0.3) 0 -1px 0;
 }
 
-.widefat th {
-	text-shadow: rgba(255,255,255,0.8) 0 1px 0;
-}
-
 #wphead h1 {
 	text-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 0 -1px 0;
 }
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
index 3c1837d04f..1906ed4cc9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
@@ -111,26 +111,16 @@ li.widget-list-control-item h4.widget-title a,
 #plugin-information .action-button a:visited {
 	color: #fff;
 }
-/*
-li.widget-list-control-item,
-div.nav,
-#dashboard-widgets p.dashboard-widget-links,
-#replyhandle,
-h3.info-box-title,
-#screen-options-wrap,
-#wpbody-content .describe tr {
-	background-color: #eaf3fa;
-}
-*/
 
 li.widget-list-control-item div.widget-control {
 	background-color: #fff;
 	border-color: #dfdfdf;
 }
 
-#poststuff h3,
-.metabox-holder h3 {
-	background-color: #dfdfdf;
+.metabox-holder .postbox h3,
+#poststuff .postbox h3,
+#poststuff .stuffbox h3 {
+	background: #dfdfdf url("../images/gray-grad.png") repeat-x left top;
 	text-shadow: #fff 0 1px 0;
 }
 
@@ -457,6 +447,10 @@ ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item,
 	border-color: #dfdfdf;
 }
 
+.widefat th {
+	text-shadow: rgba(255,255,255,0.8) 0 1px 0;
+}
+
 .widefat thead tr,
 .widefat tfoot tr,
 .thead,
@@ -693,40 +687,7 @@ li.widget-list-control-item h4,
 	border-top-color: #ccc;
 	color: #555;
 }
-/*
-#upload-files a.file-link {
-	background-color: #d1e2ef;
-}
 
-#upload-file-view a img {
-	border-bottom-color: #69c;
-}
-
-#upload-menu li #current-tab-nav,
-#upload-file {
-	background-color: #f9fcfe;
-}
-
-#upload-menu li span a.page-numbers {
-	color: #00019b;
-}
-
-#upload-menu li.current {
-	border-right-color: #448abd;
-	color: #000;
-}
-
-#upload-menu li.current a.upload-tab-link,
-#upload-menu li a:hover {
-	background-color: #f9fcfe;
-	color: #000;
-}
-
-#upload-menu,
-#upload-menu li {
-	border-top-color: #247fab;
-}
-*/
 .login #backtoblog a {
 	color: #ccc;
 }
@@ -1133,7 +1094,7 @@ abbr.required,
 
 .folded #adminmenu li.wp-has-current-submenu,
 .folded #adminmenu li.menu-top.current {
-	background-color: #eaeaea;
+	background-color: #e6e6e6;
 }
 
 #adminmenu .wp-has-current-submenu .wp-submenu .wp-submenu-head {
@@ -1538,10 +1499,6 @@ fieldset.inline-edit-col-right .inline-edit-col {
 	text-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,0.3) 0 -1px 0;
 }
 
-.widefat th {
-	text-shadow: rgba(255,255,255,0.8) 0 1px 0;
-}
-
 #wphead h1 {
 	text-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 0 -1px 0;
 }
diff --git a/wp-admin/gears-manifest.php b/wp-admin/gears-manifest.php
index 879dc6ae15..7ead326e47 100644
--- a/wp-admin/gears-manifest.php
+++ b/wp-admin/gears-manifest.php
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ header( 'Content-Type: application/x-javascript; charset=UTF-8' );
 { "url" : "images/align-none.png" },
 { "url" : "images/align-right.png" },
 { "url" : "images/archive-link.png" },
+{ "url" : "images/blue-grad.png" },
 { "url" : "images/browse-happy.gif" },
 { "url" : "images/bubble_bg.gif" },
 { "url" : "images/bubble_bg-rtl.gif" },
@@ -174,7 +175,6 @@ header( 'Content-Type: application/x-javascript; charset=UTF-8' );
 { "url" : "images/menu-dark.gif" },
 { "url" : "images/menu-dark-rtl.gif" },
 { "url" : "images/no.png" },
-{ "url" : "images/postbox-bg.gif" },
 { "url" : "images/required.gif" },
 { "url" : "images/resize.gif" },
 { "url" : "images/screen-options-left.gif" },
diff --git a/wp-admin/images/blue-grad.png b/wp-admin/images/blue-grad.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d338d7131
Binary files /dev/null and b/wp-admin/images/blue-grad.png differ
diff --git a/wp-admin/images/menu-vs.png b/wp-admin/images/menu-vs.png
index feefc24fc5..eb53fe8d1b 100644
Binary files a/wp-admin/images/menu-vs.png and b/wp-admin/images/menu-vs.png differ
diff --git a/wp-admin/images/postbox-bg.gif b/wp-admin/images/postbox-bg.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index 02210fee84..0000000000
Binary files a/wp-admin/images/postbox-bg.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 266cbb0243..ceba8168f6 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -1624,9 +1624,6 @@ table.form-table td .updated {
 .metabox-holder .postbox h3,
 #poststuff .postbox h3,
 #poststuff .stuffbox h3 {
-	background-image: url("images/postbox-bg.gif");
-	background-position: left top;
-	background-repeat: repeat-x;
 	-moz-border-radius: 6px 6px 0 0;
 	-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 6px;
 	-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 6px;
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index a7e6841731..9c92978d39 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ function wp_default_styles( &$styles ) {
 	$styles->add( 'ie', '/wp-admin/css/ie.css', array(), '20081128' );
 	$styles->add_data( 'ie', 'conditional', 'gte IE 6' );
 
-	$styles->add( 'colors', true, array(), '20081129' ); // Register "meta" stylesheet for admin colors
+	$styles->add( 'colors', true, array(), '20081130' ); // Register "meta" stylesheet for admin colors
 	$styles->add( 'colors-fresh', '/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css', array(), '20081129'); // for login.php.  Is there a better way?
 	$styles->add_data( 'colors-fresh', 'rtl', true );
 	$styles->add( 'colors-classic', '/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css', array(), '20081129');