I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.
... hell yes! but hey, why do my eyes hurt so much?!
...

btw, WON got a nice switch served with an update in 2016:
http://ageod-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=368&t=43363&p=373815
• Color-coding: If you don't want the engine to use faction main color in tooltip, edit the text file NGC\settings\userinterface.opt, there is an entry named inoCommonTTColor:
Set the value to 1, like here: inoCommonTTColor = 1
too sad... that doesn't work in EAW.

anyhow, i'm about to pull these dark and muddy colors out into the light!
mod is online. i made all dark and muddy colors brighter by approx. 10 - 40%.
disclaimer: i know, my eyes are different from yours... i like it better now. hope you like it, too
Brighter Tooltip Colors
copy and overwrite:
Colors1_Various.ini
Colors2_Factions.ini
Colors_Terrains.ini
inside EAW/Aliases
please backup before overwriting or just use JSGME...