diff --git a/Client/Extensions/AppearanceExtensions.swift b/Client/Extensions/AppearanceExtensions.swift
index 241ba77fedc..90be26c0c03 100644
--- a/Client/Extensions/AppearanceExtensions.swift
+++ b/Client/Extensions/AppearanceExtensions.swift
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 import Foundation
+import BraveShared
 
 extension Theme {
     func applyAppearanceProperties() {
@@ -64,6 +65,15 @@ extension Theme {
         } else {
             // iOS 12 fixes, many styling items do not work properly in iOS 12
             UILabel.appearance().appearanceTextColor = colors.tints.home
+            
+            // iOS 12 does not allow in-line color overrides :/
+            // These UI components are currently non-themed
+            // AlertPopupView
+            UILabel.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [AlertPopupView.self]).appearanceTextColor = BraveUX.GreyJ
+            UIButton.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [AlertPopupView.self]).tintColor = .white
+            
+            // EmptyPrivateTabsView
+            UILabel.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [EmptyPrivateTabsView.self]).appearanceTextColor = UIColor.Photon.Grey10
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Client/Frontend/Browser/BackForwardListViewController.swift b/Client/Frontend/Browser/BackForwardListViewController.swift
index 6bd1be90348..e5ca82d669a 100644
--- a/Client/Frontend/Browser/BackForwardListViewController.swift
+++ b/Client/Frontend/Browser/BackForwardListViewController.swift
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class BackForwardListViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UI
         tableView.alwaysBounceVertical = false
         tableView.register(BackForwardTableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: self.BackForwardListCellIdentifier)
         tableView.backgroundColor = BackForwardViewUX.BackgroundColor
-        let blurEffect = UIBlurEffect(style: .extraLight)
+        let blurEffect = UIBlurEffect(style: .regular)
         let blurEffectView = UIVisualEffectView(effect: blurEffect)
         tableView.backgroundView = blurEffectView
         
diff --git a/Client/Frontend/Browser/Onboarding/OnboardingSearchEnginesView.swift b/Client/Frontend/Browser/Onboarding/OnboardingSearchEnginesView.swift
index 010a96eb433..ffa79c97426 100644
--- a/Client/Frontend/Browser/Onboarding/OnboardingSearchEnginesView.swift
+++ b/Client/Frontend/Browser/Onboarding/OnboardingSearchEnginesView.swift
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ extension OnboardingSearchEnginesViewController {
         }
         
         private let titleStackView = UIStackView().then { stackView in
+            stackView.spacing = 10
             stackView.axis = .vertical
         }
         
diff --git a/Client/Frontend/Browser/Onboarding/OnboardingSearchEnginesViewController.swift b/Client/Frontend/Browser/Onboarding/OnboardingSearchEnginesViewController.swift
index 7f977b97269..1390ee7eea1 100644
--- a/Client/Frontend/Browser/Onboarding/OnboardingSearchEnginesViewController.swift
+++ b/Client/Frontend/Browser/Onboarding/OnboardingSearchEnginesViewController.swift
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ extension OnboardingSearchEnginesViewController: UITableViewDataSource {
         
         cell.searchEngineName = searchEngine.shortName
         cell.searchEngineImage = searchEngine.image
-        cell.selectedBackgroundColor = theme.colors.accent
+        cell.selectedBackgroundColor = dark ? UIColor(rgb: 0x495057) : UIColor(rgb: 0xF0F2FF)
+        cell.backgroundColor = .clear
         
         if searchEngine == defaultEngine {
             tableView.selectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true, scrollPosition: .middle)
diff --git a/Client/Frontend/Browser/Onboarding/OnboardingViewController.swift b/Client/Frontend/Browser/Onboarding/OnboardingViewController.swift
index 87e5b47838c..2923f9bf032 100644
--- a/Client/Frontend/Browser/Onboarding/OnboardingViewController.swift
+++ b/Client/Frontend/Browser/Onboarding/OnboardingViewController.swift
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ class OnboardingViewController: UIViewController {
     var profile: Profile
     let theme: Theme
     
+    /// Whether the on-boarding is dark or not, based solely on passed in theme
+    ///  Added explicitly to make removal easier in the future if just `theme` is used
+    var dark: Bool {
+        return theme.isDark
+    }
+    
     init(profile: Profile, theme: Theme) {
         self.profile = profile
         self.theme = theme
@@ -23,7 +29,7 @@ class OnboardingViewController: UIViewController {
     
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
-        view.backgroundColor = theme.colors.home
+        view.backgroundColor = dark ? UIColor(rgb: 0x212529) : UIColor(rgb: 0xFFFFFF)
     }
     
     /// Default behavior to present next onboarding screen.
diff --git a/Client/Frontend/Browser/TabTrayController.swift b/Client/Frontend/Browser/TabTrayController.swift
index 53522b487f4..c0047e65449 100644
--- a/Client/Frontend/Browser/TabTrayController.swift
+++ b/Client/Frontend/Browser/TabTrayController.swift
@@ -963,7 +963,8 @@ private struct EmptyPrivateTabsViewUX {
 }
 
 // View we display when there are no private tabs created
-fileprivate class EmptyPrivateTabsView: UIView {
+// Need access for iOS 12 appearance adjustments
+/*fileprivate*/ class EmptyPrivateTabsView: UIView {
     
     let scrollView = UIScrollView().then {
         $0.alwaysBounceVertical = true