For grey tiles open the file ~/.themes/Windows-10/cinnamon/cinnamon.css
and find the line that reads: border: 2px solid transparent;
(line 1524) and change it to: border: 2px solid rgba(20, 20, 20, 0.9);
Then add another line following this one that reads: background-color: #3f3f3f;
Also add the line background-color: #3f3f3f;
at line 1535.
It should end up looking like this:
.menu-application-button {
padding-top: 7px;
padding-left: px;
padding-right: 0;
padding-bottom: 7px;
max-width: 10px;
border: 2px solid rgba(20, 20, 20, 0.9);
background-color: #3f3f3f;
}
.menu-application-button-selected {
padding-top: 7px;
padding-left: 7px;
padding-right: 7px;
padding-bottom: 7px;
color: #ffffff;
border: 2px solid #ffffff;
background-color: #3f3f3f;
}
You can do the same thing with Windows-10-Dark-Master theme which is also in ~/.themes/
but the line numbers are slightly different, eg. 1527 instead of 1524.
If you prefer the blue tiles instead of grey just change the 2 background-color lines to background-color: #0078d7;
instead. When you make the changes, save the file and restart cinnamon.
Thanks to @cvdmint for the idea.