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February 12, 2019
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Colors suddenly changed - red & blue turned gray

  • February 12, 2019
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Hello all,

I must've hit the wrong keystroke, because suddenly my page, which has text and several images, has gone strange.

Red text -- and any portions of photos that have red or blue in them -- have turned gray or partly gray.

It's probably a simple fix, but I went back and hit "undo" as far back as I could, and no luck.

Anyone know what I might have done?

Thanks so much,

-S

PS: It's not set to Grayscale, but RGB. And no other colors are affected - not yellow, not a lighter red or blue or magenta or green - just the primary color range of red and blue. In a photo of a red jacket, a swath of the red has turned gray, but not the rest of the red jacket.

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Correct answer davescm

Hi

Go to the view menu. - Have you got "Gamut warning" checked. If so uncheck it.

Dave

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manzicrowAuthor
Participating Frequently
February 12, 2019

And it's davescm​ for the win!

Thanks for playing, everyone....

Seriously, thank you all so much. I was tearing my hair out. That was definitely a stray keystroke gone wrong (Shift+Ctrl+Y, it looks like).

Best,

S

davescm
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 12, 2019

You're welcome.

Feel free to set us more quiz questions in the future

Dave

manzicrowAuthor
Participating Frequently
February 15, 2019

Will do!

manzicrowAuthor
Participating Frequently
February 12, 2019

In case it's helpful....

Example of affected dresses and affected text (they're two different layers).

rob day
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 12, 2019

Is Proof Colors checked? A Color Blindness Proof Setup might do that.

Fletch45
Known Participant
February 12, 2019

Try checking your Channels tab and see if all of the channels are highlighted. It may be that your red channel was somehow switched off.

manzicrowAuthor
Participating Frequently
February 12, 2019

Thank you, Fletch45​. Unfortunately, looks like they're all highlighted, so it must be a different issue.

davescm
Community Expert
davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
February 12, 2019

Hi

Go to the view menu. - Have you got "Gamut warning" checked. If so uncheck it.

Dave