callstack / callstack/react-native-paper
[Surface] `shadowColor` should follow the current theme by default
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Description
### Current behaviour
It looks like the `shadowColor` of the `Surface` component has been hardcoded to pure black [here](https://github.com/callstack/react-native-paper/blob/366e0d63fd5ae0d5dc7799dbd97eee8e4062134c/src/components/Surface.tsx#L98).
That causes the shadow not to show up on other components that are backed by `Surface` (e.g. `Card`).
### Expected behaviour
I'm not 100% sure of what the spec says but I believe the `shadowColor` should be set to something like `theme.colors.onBackground` by default to provide the necessary contrast.
### How to reproduce?
1. set a dark theme (e.g. where `theme.colors.background = 'black'`)
2. place a `Card` on the screen
### Preview
* With the current `shadowColor`:
* With the `shadowColor` set to `theme.colors.onBackground`:
### What have you tried so far?
I need to manually set `shadowColor` on each elevated component that requires a shadow.
### Your Environment
| software | version
| --------------------- | -------
| ios | Unnecessary
| android | Unnecessary
| react-native | Unnecessary
| react-native-paper | 5.13.1
| node | Unnecessary
| npm or yarn | Unnecessary
| expo sdk | Unnecessary
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