Can't change ion-menu text title color

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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I have tried everything to change the text color in the ion-menu but nothing seems to work - it stays black but my toolbar required color is black so that does not work. How can I change the ion-menu text to white? Here’s what I have now that does not work:

<ion-menu [content]=“content”>


{{ ‘MENU_TITLE’ | translate }}

<ion-content>
    <ion-list>
    <button menuClose ion-item *ngFor="let p of pages" (click)="openPage(p)">
        {{ p.title | translate }}
    </button>
    </ion-list>
</ion-content>