Lightens the picker control

Before:
![screen shot 2014-11-05 at 5 55 25 pm](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/186715/4929759/110091fa-6558-11e4-9c30-91e65f1fe4e1.png)

After:
![screen shot 2014-11-10 at 10 24 56 am](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/186715/4981215/f1093ff2-6906-11e4-8b63-a72956e14fe5.png)

Before:
![screen shot 2014-11-06 at 9 50 24 am](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/186715/4940753/7abd83de-65dd-11e4-9287-94163502e593.png)

After:
![screen shot 2014-11-06 at 9 50 38 am](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/186715/4940755/7f4be166-65dd-11e4-9b27-a8ef5fae1fb0.png)

Why where these removed?