Gnome apps in KDE

[Jay DeKing <jdeking2 comcast net>]

I'm cross-posting this to Gnome and KDE since both wm's are involved.

When I run Gnome-based apps in KDE, they have the grey "Gradient" theme (from 
old Gnome), which makes them hard to read at the top of the dialog box - 
small black text on a dark grey background - especially if it is a tall 
dialog. I cannot figure out where they are getting this setting; when I boot 
into Gnome, I don't have the Gradient theme chosen (though I did at one time, 
about a year and a half ago) and the same apps do not display in gradient 
form; nor do they when logged in as root under KDE. Changing my Gnome theme 
does not seem to affect the theme used by Gnome apps under KDE

Ideas, hints, solutions? I have been though and through the config files and 
directories (even tried 'find . * | grep "gradient"' in /etc and /home) 
without any luck.

Thanks,
Jay aka "Florida Yankee"