I am color blind red\green and between Visual Studio, SSMS, Office I ended up with a massive headache working with these all one shade skins. I can't believe MS keeps creating these GUIs without following usability standards that have been out for a decade or two. Especially for developers who work in these tools every day.
The tool developers need to think function over design. Or maybe they should be given an invisible axe or a keyboard with no letters and see how productive they are. And I hear complaint from people that can see just fine also.