problem with colors becoming transparent on their own

[elfstone91]

MacOS Big Sur, PS 2021

I have several times now, been working on a graphic and I'm working with solid colors, and when I switch to a different color all of a sudden it becomes transparent and I have done nothing to make that happen. I have had to delete PS from my desk top and reinstall several times now as I know no other way to get the solid color back. Anyone know what's going on here?

[jane-e]

Check both the Layers panel and the options bar to see if an opacity or Blending mode has been set. If so, tell us where. You may be accidentally using a keyboard shortcut to apply one of these. Make sure the opacity is 100% and the Blending mode is Normal. If it happens again and you don't see it, show a screen shot that shows both of these panels.

~ Jane

[elfstone91]

Just had the same problem again. Turns out the opacity was only at 60%. Don't know how that happened but at least I know how to correct this thank you for your assistance really appreciate it.

[jane-e]

You're welcome, @elfstone91 , and I'm glad you can correct it when it happens to you now.

One way change the layer opacity to 60% is to type "6" when you have the Move tool. If you have the Brush tool and type "6", you will change the Brush opacity to 60%.

~ Jane

[Mohammad.Harb]

Does that happen on a specific file or on all files?

Have you tried resetting photoshop preferences settings?

if that did not work, please post a screenshot 

[elfstone91]

Thanks for the responses.  The problem has not occured in days now so I really don't know what happened and will take your comments into account if it happens again.