Right now, I have the text box background a medium gray with black text (the overall background is a dark gray). I find it hard to read the red text - I suspect the luminance is quite close to the gray background. Yellow would be a lot easier for example. I can fiddle with values and text color and come up with something that likely will work. I was trying to minimize the backgrounds to make the thumbnails the emphasis.
Of course, I can change the text colors, but I guess they are anchored to what works with red!