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bug(MatTable): Text-color are no longer taken from the predefined foreground palette

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area: material/table P3
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Description

### Is this a regression?

- [X] Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

### The previous version in which this bug was not present was

14

### Description

After the angular material 15 update, the component text colors are no longer taken from the predefined foreground palette. In the past there was taken from the text and secondary-text variable.

Is there a new smart way to force the use of specific text-colors? Or is it not advisable to use your own font colors?

### Reproduction

https://stackblitz.com/run?file=src%2Fapp%2Ftable-basic-example.ts

### Expected Behavior

Its possible to use the foreground color palette to customize the text-color.

```scss
$theme-foreground-palette: (
base: color.$grey-700,
divider: color.$dividers,
dividers: color.$dividers,
disabled: color.$disabled-text,
disabled-button: color.$grey-400,
disabled-text: color.$disabled-text,
elevation: color.$grey-700,
hint-text: color.$disabled-text,
secondary-text: color.$secondary-text, // <-- was also used for mat-header-cells
icon: color.$primary-text,
icons: color.$primary-text,
text: color.$primary-text, // <-- was also used for mat-cells
slider-min: color.$grey-700,
slider-off: color.$grey-200,
slider-off-active: color.$grey-300,
);
```

### Actual Behavior

Some parts from the foreground palette will affect in the theme for the app. But in lists, tables or options there is always used the color `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)`.

### Environment

- Angular: 15.0.2
- CDK/Material: 15.0.1

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Research direction

Start with the linked StackBlitz reproduction, especially src/app/table-basic-example.ts, and compare its Angular Material 14 and 15 theme behavior. Trace how the foreground palette's text and secondary-text values reach table cells and headers; done means the configured palette controls those colors instead of rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87).

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Assessment

Tech stack
angular, typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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