diff --git a/themes/finc/scss/_customVariables.scss b/themes/finc/scss/_customVariables.scss
index 1d355f789bbd0bd55d245c1a37f205ddd90139a8..fe67f2cfa7897c51032251a46365f6961d46a752 100644
--- a/themes/finc/scss/_customVariables.scss
+++ b/themes/finc/scss/_customVariables.scss
@@ -834,6 +834,9 @@ $search-filter-text-decoration: none !default;
 $search-filter-remove-hover-bg: $search-filter-remove-all-bg !default;
 $search-filter-remove-hover-color: $search-filter-remove-all-color !default;
 
+// Note: the background value in BS3 is '$list-group-active-bg' = '$component-active-bg' = '$brand-primary';
+// we insert new value here to make it overwritable in themes
+$search-filter-values-remove-bg: $brand-primary !default;
 $search-filter-values-remove-color: $white !default;
 
 $search-filters-margin-bottom: 4px !default;
@@ -1024,6 +1027,13 @@ $adv-search-links-button-margin-bottom: em(3px) !default;
 $pager-margin-bottom: 0 !default;
 $pager-margin-top-xs: em(40px) !default;
 
+$pager-bg: $silver !default;
+$pager-hover-bg: $brand-primary;
+$pager-hover-color: $black;
+$pager-border: $border-default-styles !default;
+$pager-border-radius: 0 !default;
+
+
 
 
 
@@ -1095,6 +1105,7 @@ $sidebar-my-account-danger-success-warning-background: transparent !default;
 $sidebar-my-account-danger-success-warning-padding: 0 !default;
 
 // Sidebar item hover effect (doesn't exist in VF out-of-the-box); active is for selected facets
+$sidebar-item-hover-color: $link-hover-color !default;
 $sidebar-item-hover-bg: transparentize($brand-secondary, .9) !default;
 $sidebar-item-active-hover-bg: transparentize($brand-primary, .1) !default;
 
diff --git a/themes/finc/scss/components/_header-active-filters.scss b/themes/finc/scss/components/_header-active-filters.scss
index a09485d69e9c0a9aa3cee977bb9d7f80c91ae219..91433495e65832585aa58a041afe7b0dad94cb8e 100644
--- a/themes/finc/scss/components/_header-active-filters.scss
+++ b/themes/finc/scss/components/_header-active-filters.scss
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
   // Make this the same height as .reset-filters-btn and other navigation elements
   // for better usability - keep '.filters' for specifity (overwriting BS3)
   .filters .filter-value {
+    // the background filter value in BS3 is '$list-group-active-bg'
+    background: $search-filter-values-remove-bg;
     height: $navigation-element-default-height;
     margin-bottom: $search-filters-margin-bottom;
     padding: $search-filters-padding;
diff --git a/themes/finc/scss/components/_pagination.scss b/themes/finc/scss/components/_pagination.scss
index db46743ca7c050ad55596e8c36a597c736051836..0458be07084fffb9f921815833d4a28279f7e5a5 100644
--- a/themes/finc/scss/components/_pagination.scss
+++ b/themes/finc/scss/components/_pagination.scss
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     display: none;
   }
 
-// Fix pagination on XS to display fewer items and remove first and last
+  // Fix pagination on XS to display fewer items and remove first and last
   @media (max-width: $screen-xs-max) {
     li {
       // hide last and first page buttons
@@ -42,5 +42,21 @@
   .disabled {
     display: none;
   }
+
+  li {
+    > a,
+    > span {
+      background-color: $pager-bg;
+      border: 1px solid $pager-border;
+      border-radius: $pager-border-radius;
+    }
+
+    > a:hover,
+    > a:focus {
+      background-color: $pager-hover-bg;
+      color: $pager-hover-color;
+      text-decoration: $btn-text-decoration;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/themes/finc/scss/components/_sidebar.scss b/themes/finc/scss/components/_sidebar.scss
index 8a481519ecaa8698c7042e2d4edd82b77151dc5a..2d75b1571c404b7b455c971d27ade56575d824ce 100644
--- a/themes/finc/scss/components/_sidebar.scss
+++ b/themes/finc/scss/components/_sidebar.scss
@@ -162,10 +162,12 @@
 }
 
 // Create hover-effect
-.facet {
+.facet,
+.facet a {
   &:hover:not(.button),
   &:focus:not(.button) {
     background: $sidebar-item-hover-bg;
+    color: $sidebar-item-hover-color;
 
     .active-filters & {
       background: $sidebar-item-active-hover-bg;
@@ -175,8 +177,8 @@
   // Active facet hover color
   &.active:hover:not(.button),
   &.active:focus:not(.button) {
-    color: $sidebar-facet-active-hover-color;
     background: $sidebar-item-active-hover-bg;
+    color: $sidebar-facet-active-hover-color;
 
     // color icon too
     .fa {