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Inspiring
October 18, 2026
Investigating

P: Color channels displaying incorrectly in levels and curves

In PS 28.01 there appears to be a minor issue in how the color channels are displayed in both Levels and Curves layers in their new layout; RGB displays correctly as a multi colored circle, the red channel is displayed as a blue circle, green is correct as a green circle and the blue channel is displayed as a magenta circle. I'm seeing this on a Win 11 PC, I dont know if its a Mac problem too?

This just appears to be an icon display issue as the channels are in their usual order

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    Inspiring
    October 19, 2026

    Mine looks like this:

     

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    Inspiring
    October 19, 2026

    I’ve found the same fault and I posted it as a bug yesterday so its not just you!

    ​@CShubert I did a clean install for PS 28.0, I’m now on 28.01. I’ve just taken your advice and reset my preferences and the problem is still there.

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    CShubert
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    October 19, 2026

    Ok ​@johnt41947401 thank you for the update.  Can you also post your sysinfo?

    Thanks,

    Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

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    Inspiring
    October 19, 2026

    I’ve just replied with the system info and been advised it will be published following review bu the moderators……...

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    Carlos_Oliveras
    Known Participant
    October 17, 2026

    Shouldn’t I be seeing red-green-blue circles instead of this white/green/green ones? I’ve tried with curves, levels, both as direct adjustment/adjustment layer, and different images. But it’s always the same.

     

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    CShubert
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    October 18, 2026

    Hi ​@Carlos_Oliveras are you on the latest Ps Beta?  Looking at your image we see the panel as expected.  

    If you are on the latest, you might need to redo your preference file. 

     

    1. Try resetting Prefs for the Beta:
    /Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/ Photoshop Beta Settings (Mac Ventura)
    /Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/Adobe\ Photoshop\ \(Beta\)\ Settings (Mac)


    C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop (Beta)\Adobe Photoshop (Beta) Settings


    Launch BETA Photoshop While Pressing The Keyboard Shortcut
    With Photoshop closed, press and hold Shift+Ctrl+Alt (Win) / Shift+Command+Option (Mac) on your keyboard and then Launch Photoshop the way you normally would.
    https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually 

    2. It may help if we could see your Photoshop beta System Info. Launch Photoshop beta, and select Help >System Info...and copy/paste the text in a reply.  

    Thanks,

    Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

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    Carlos_Oliveras
    Known Participant
    October 18, 2026

    Hi Cory, thanks for replying.

     

    You say: “Looking at your image we see the panel as expected.  “ - how come? 🤔

    My image:

     

    Your image:

     

    Am I the only one seeing different colors? 🤔
     

    And yes, I am using the latest beta. Anyway, I’m replying just out of curiosity, maybe I’ve suddenly turned color blind 😅

    If this is not a known issue, I will just put up with it. Not worth resetting preferences and going through the whole circuit of trying random things.

     

    Thank you.

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