How to make "Flag" column not show a grey flag when no flag set - this makes the red flags not stand out. - Outlook 2013 - single-line layout

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In Outlook 2013, the "Flag" column displays unflagged emails differently in the Single-Line layout & the Compact layout.

• In the Compact layout, an unflagged email shows no flag image at all.
• In the Single-Line layout, an unflagged email shows a grey flag.

Problem

The single-line layout is hard to read as the red flag does not stand out from the grey ones. (I am colour blind & so the red colour isn't a strong enough visual signal).

Is there any way to either make unflagged emails show no flag (preferred) or change the colours used for flagged emails?

Example screenshots:

Single Line layout (Only the top email is flagged)




Compact Layout (the same emails as before are being shown):



P.S.

This issue was raised on the 2013-preview forum but the MVP that responded didn't seem to be aware of the different behaviour between the 2 layouts & so was confused.

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