Upgrade to 1.0 and switch clients to dom-repeat where needed.

third_party/polymer/v0_8/components-chromium/paper-styles/default-theme.html

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 <link rel="import" href="../polymer/polymer.html">
 
-<style is="x-style">
+<style is="custom-style">
 
-  * {
+  :root {
 
     --dark-primary-color: #303f9f;
 
     --default-primary-color: #3f51b5;
 
     --light-primary-color: #c5cae9;
 
     --text-primary-color: #ffffff;
 
     --accent-color: #ff4081;
 
     --primary-background-color: #ffffff;
 
     --primary-text-color: #212121;
 
     --secondary-text-color: #757575;
 
     --disabled-text-color: #bdbdbd;
 
     --divider-color: #e0e0e0;
 
   }
 
 </style>