diff -up gtk-engines-2.18.4/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc.tooltips gtk-engines-2.18.4/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
--- gtk-engines-2.18.4/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc.tooltips	2009-10-23 17:28:48.131886076 -0400
+++ gtk-engines-2.18.4/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc	2009-10-23 17:29:58.968890361 -0400
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 # Please keep this gtkrc in sync with the other ones from Clearlooks based themes.
 
-gtk-color-scheme = "base_color:#ffffff\nfg_color:#000000\ntooltip_fg_color:#000000\nselected_bg_color:#86ABD9\nselected_fg_color:#ffffff\ntext_color:#1A1A1A\nbg_color:#EDECEB\ntooltip_bg_color:#F5F5B5"
+gtk-color-scheme = "base_color:#ffffff\nfg_color:#000000\ntooltip_fg_color:#000000\nselected_bg_color:#86ABD9\nselected_fg_color:#ffffff\ntext_color:#1A1A1A\nbg_color:#EDECEB\ntooltip_bg_color:#E7F3FD"
 
 style "default" {
 	xthickness = 1
@@ -276,9 +276,11 @@ style "treeview_header" = "default" {
 }
 
 style "tooltips" {
-	xthickness = 4
+	xthickness = 8
 	ythickness = 4
 
+	GtkWidget::new-tooltip-style = 1
+
 	bg[NORMAL]        = @tooltip_bg_color
 	fg[NORMAL]        = @tooltip_fg_color
 }