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I used Stardock's WindowBlinds program a long time ago, but I haven't had any recent exposure to it. It appears that MyColors is kind of a stripped-down version of WindowBlinds that lets you do a "one-click" theme change, but you're limited to the official themes provided by Stardock. That is, you can't edit the themes, create your own, or use custom themes created by others, as you can with WindowBlinds.
You might take a look at both to see which would better suit your needs. They used to have a free "light" version of WindowsBlinds, but I see that it's no longer being offered (just a time-trial demo version). There may also be some free/open-source alternatives as well. I haven't really kept up with Windows UI skinning. Will look into that when I have the time.
The only problem that I've had with these sorts of skinning apps (including WindowBlinds specifically) is that you do sometimes run into some stability and compatibility issues. Granted, that was some time ago, and since then Microsoft has paid at least some lip-service to the idea of UI skinning/customization, but the fact remains that MyColors and WindowBlinds both operate outside of the standard Windows API (application programing interface). In other words, they alter the run-time behavior of other applications in a way that isn't entirely "safe". Generally speaking, this just means that you may run into applications that crash or behave oddly if you try to skin them with MyColors or WindowBlinds. In the old version of WindowBlinds I used, they had a way that you could exclude specific programs from being skinned if you ran into something like that. I believe that MyColors has this feature as well.
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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.
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