Posted on 02/23/2017 7:38:44 AM PST by knarf
All my colors are are OK except for light greern/yellow
It appears mostly on my bank pages because the bank's colors are a very light green, light green and dark green.
The problem is the very light green appears yellow and there are some hyperlinks that have white lettering on their light green ... MY yellow .... which is the most impossible color co9mbination to try to read.
All of my colors appear perfect, but this light green/yellow thing.
I have no idea how to correct this.
Anyone ?
(PS .. the color glitch seems to show more on hyperlinks than on web pages)
Laptop or desktop with monitor.
Do you have another monitor you could try?
Has any software been recently “upgraded”? Sounds like a browser issue, but I know just enough to be dangerous. You could try a system restore to before you noticed it and see if it goes away. More likely a software issue of some kind IMO.
PC w/monitor, no spare monitor
PC w/monitor, no spare monitor
If it’s a monitor it could be a loose or bad cable
If your monitor is old just buy another one they’re cheap enough. My first guess was it was your monitor.
The colors from left to right should be: White, yellow, cyan (a light blue), green, magenta (a pinkish purple), red, and blue.
The thing to look for is if the red, green, or blue bars are instead black. If so, you are missing one of the three primary colors. (Yellow is red and green, cyan is green and blue, and magenta is red and blue, so if one of the primary colors are missing, those colors will also be off.)
I DID have one of those "36,000 updates, do not turn off computer" at a start-up about two or three months ago.
I honestly don't know when this color thing happened, but I've known about it for some time ... 6 mo to a year.
Never bothered me before, but I had occasion to talk to my bank the other day and I was with their IT guy for 15 or 20 minutes looking at the situation and it was determined it is with me and not with them.
might try unplugging and replugging the monitor just to be sure the connector is making good contact. And try reducing the brightness and/or contrast while looking at the color chart posted above, to see if the colors are present but just washed-out.
Like I said, I think my coloring is OK but the bank assures me THEY are seeing a light green when I am seeing yellow
I even asked my wife ... "What color is that?" (she had no idea what I was doing nor who I was talking to) and she said "yellow"
My guess is that you are using a VGA cable to connect...they are notorious for going bad and causing color shifts. Try replacing it.
My guess is that you are using a VGA cable to connect...they are notorious for going bad and causing color shifts. Try replacing it.
It sounds like you might have hit one of your adjustment buttons. I think its under Settings or hardware there is a monitor setting. In that setting you should see stuff like profiles, gamma, or something of that sorts.
I work mostly on Apples, so I cannot walk you through it. I would recommend doing a search for setting computer monitor profiles with your version of windows.
If you reset the colors and do the adjustments, and the color is still off...there you probably have an issue with a graphics card, connecting cord, or the monitor itself.
Depending on the age of the monitor, they can “crap out” and its a pain to “fix them.” They have almost become disposable.
I’ve worked in the graphics field on desktop computers for decades and am familiar enough with Windows machines, despite being more Mac oriented. There should be a system preference (I believe Microsoft calls it a Control Panel) for monitors and color. Go and check what setting it’s on, then find out what manufacturer’s specification is for that setting. If it’s correct then your problem is likely the monitor itself, although the color problem would not be so narrow, you’d be weak on blue no matter what you viewed, not just a light green background looking yellow.
To temporarily read from the bank screens, you can highlight (as if you are cutting and pasting), and the print may show up in a different color.
I also really struggle with reading when there is white or light-colored print, so you have my sympathy.
Yeah ... I’ve done that, but some hyperlinks copy the link instead of highlighting the font
Also, on my “old-ish) Dell monitor, there are buttons right on the lower right of the screen with which to make adjustments, in addition to going into the Control Panel options that some have suggested.
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