diff --git a/resources/themes/Blend of Gray/style.qss b/resources/themes/Blend of Gray/style.qss
index a39cd42a7524..c9f89a7d4fdc 100644
--- a/resources/themes/Blend of Gray/style.qss	
+++ b/resources/themes/Blend of Gray/style.qss	
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ QToolButton
     background-color:@itembackground;
     color:@text;
 }
+
 QToolButton[popupMode="1"]
 {
     padding-right: 0.9em;
@@ -159,13 +160,13 @@ QToolButton::menu-button {
     border-radius: 0.2em;
     background:@itemdarkbackground;
 }
-QToolButton::hover, QToolButton::menu-button::hover
+QToolButton:hover, QToolButton::menu-button:hover
 {
     border-width: 1px;
     border-color: #1e1e1e;
     border-style: solid;
     border-radius: 0.2em;
-    background-color: none;
+    background-color: transparent;
 }
 QToolButton:checked
 {
@@ -183,6 +184,14 @@ QToolBar QToolButton, QToolButton::menu-button
     background-color: none;
 }
 
+QPushButton:hover, QToolButton:hover {
+    background-color: @itemalternativebackground;
+}
+
+QPushButton:pressed, QToolButton:pressed {
+    background-color: @darkalternativegradient;
+}
+
 /* ==================================================================================== */
 /* COMBO BOX                                                                            */
 /* ==================================================================================== */
@@ -198,8 +207,8 @@ QComboBox {
 }
 
 
-QComboBox:hover,QPushButton:hover,QToolButton:hover,QAbstractSpinBox:hover {
-    background-color: QLinearGradient( x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 0, y2: 1,stop: 0 #565656,stop: 1 #464646);
+QComboBox:hover, QAbstractSpinBox:hover {
+    background-color: @darkalternativegradient;
 }
 
 QComboBox:on {
@@ -685,6 +694,11 @@ QgsColorButton, QgsColorRampButton, QgsSymbolButton, QgsFontButton {
     color:@itembackground;
 }
 
+QgsColorButton:hover, QgsColorRampButton:hover, QgsSymbolButton:hover, QgsFontButton:hover {
+    background-color: @darkalternativegradient;
+    color:@itembackground;
+}
+
 QgsMessageBar QLabel, QgsMessageBar QTextEdit, QMessageBar QToolButton {
     background: transparent;
     border: none;
diff --git a/resources/themes/Blend of Gray/variables.qss b/resources/themes/Blend of Gray/variables.qss
index 979e9e51e53c..dcf6807f49da 100644
--- a/resources/themes/Blend of Gray/variables.qss	
+++ b/resources/themes/Blend of Gray/variables.qss	
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 @itemalternativebackground: #9a9a9a;
 @itemdarkbackground: #373737
 @darkgradient: QLinearGradient( x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 0, y2: 1, stop: 0 #535353, stop: 1 #373737)
+@darkalternativegradient: QLinearGradient( x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 0, y2: 1,stop: 0 #565656,stop: 1 #464646);
 @gradient: QLinearGradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:1, y2:1, stop:0 #b2b2b2, stop:1 #8f8f8f)
 @text: #0e0e0e;
 @toggleoff: #373737