Hi Saguaros. I tried that but it just doesnt work. I have used T4 palettes and styles many times and never had a problem. But this is strange.
I did as you suggested with the cloned default template AND cloned default styles. When I edit the Header position, no matter which palette I clone and change I cannot get the top menu links to remain white and the drop down menu links to be black. The palette controls ALL the links in the header position PLUS all the links in the dropdown menu.
Also note, on the 'our-services' page I am still using masthead. But I have changed the color of the header menu to be solid dark color. Again, you will see the top menu item links are correctly WHITE on dark background, BUT in the drop down menu ALL LINKS AND TITLES ARE WHITE TOO on a white background (which makes them invisible).
Basically, you cannot control the main menu links and the dropdown menu links separately.
Perhaps you could suggest a CSS which I could add to the inbuilt CSS, ONLY FOR THE DROPDOWN MENU menu links and headings to be color black.