P: Label colours appear to have inverted in Premiere Pro

Give us the option to change it back to how it was, this hurts my eyes and is incredibly ugly. What was anyone thinking?

Piling on that this new *FORCED* change is ugly as sin. What was anyone thinking? Give us the option to change it back, good lord

This update has made it incredibly difficult to see which item on the timeline is selected. I join the chorus of voices asking for this color scheme to not be a default that has been forced on the user.

Hello everyone, I had the same problem. The solution to the color swap in the labels was simple, just follow these steps:

Premier Pro- Settings- Labels-Label color preset-classic 

Default

Classic:

I also dislike how when a clip is selected in the timeline, there is not much that tells you it is selected. In the older version, the clip would have a thick white border around it, and an audio track would turn the audio white. In this new version, it is a very thin white border around the selected clip, which you can hardly see. I also think the audio track labels for L, R, and fx are larger, so when I am trying to cut a clip, those labels make it hard to see the edge of the timeline. They should put those not as close to the edge so you can see where to cut audio clips better. 

Overall, strongly disliked this update so much that I reverted back to the old version. I tried changing the colors back to the original ones, but those were not the same. I then tried choosing my own colors from an image search of old PR label colors, and because of the issue with inverting, it still looked horrible. They better not force us to change to this new version until all the issues are fixed. Instead of forcing the change on everyone, give people the option to opt-in to the new colors that are supposed to help with eye strain. 

aggravating. i had a working label system from your default. i don't mind a change, but tan/yellow/brown/mango are indistinguishable to me by default and i'm not even color blind 

the labelling and colour updates are horrendous, the colours don't correspond to their label at all, another unnecessary fail that benefits no one 

There is a reason people say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".   It's because it's a simple truth.

1) The inverted label colors are very hard to look at. I need to be able to easily see the waveform on multiple mic tracks for subframe syncing and it is much harder now.

2) When I select and highlight tracks, It is almost impossible to tell that they are selected because they go from light colored to light colored.  It is an imperceptible change. This is not new and improved, it's new and flawed. I find myself reslecting and reselecting to see if I have selected the tracks in question and straining my eyes to see if they are selected or not. Never had to do that in the past 20 years of NLE editing.

3) Adobe says the change is for improved legibility. However, Audiiton has light waveform on a dark background and it is much much easier to see. That's why they correctly designed it that way. Why is Premiere contradicting the well-established and sensible visual theme that Audition is using? Has Audition really been wrong this whole time?  I don't think so.

4) And no, I don't want to change the color scheme I have been using for the past 12 years. I had a system that worked great. Premiere had a system that worked great. Perhaps there are some who prefer this new look depending on the custom colors they use.  Ok. Please just allow the option for users to choose the waveform contrast theme they prefer. Premiere allows you to adjust the contrast of window backgrounds so can't this also be done with the waveform label colors?  Then we can all be happy.

5) The audio label text inverting depending on tone level of the background label is great.  That genuinely qualifies as a new and improved feature. Thank you for this. That is a real solution to a problem that all users can appreciate.

PS: To users RE custom label colors:  Always snapshot the Pantone color code of your custom label colors so you can manually reset them if an when Adobe Preferences inadvertently or advertently change.

Adobe, I had to revert back to 24.3 today. After spending 15 minutes with the new timeline, it's not better. It's changed, it's different, but it's not better. If anything, like a ton of other people have suggested, there should be a preset available that makes the timeline look exactly like 24.3, not just sort-of like the colors and feel of 24.3 by selecting classic from the labels drop down, but the same.

There's a bug where audio on the timeline does not show audio name even when selected from the tool button in the timeline settings