Hey Mike,
to answer your questions:
1. The copyright area under the footer comes from filling in the “Copyright text” field in the Theme Options panel, the “Page elements” tab.
2. Agree, that looks bit pale. Will also change that in the next theme version. To adjust the colour, please go to “Appearance –> Editor” and add the following line at the bottom of the “style.css” file (should be opened by default):
body input[type=”text”], body textarea { color: #444444 !important; }
You can change the six-digit number to adjust the colour, according to the hex colour scale.
Merry Christmas! :)
Sincerely,
Andrew | Satori