[G4] My Ass Killed My Color

[John Baltutis]

On 05/25/05, Crazy Miz B <paula at crazedcowboys.com> wrote:
>
> I accidentally sat on my mouse
>
> (Audience Laughter)
>
> and now my whole screen is in some Graphite type mode with grey
> background and black windows. I looked at every preference I can find
> and can't seem to locate anything to throw out.
>
> I've changed Appearance a dozen times and restarted. No luck on my main
> User. On  the empty, inconvenient other Users that were created for
> some reason or other when I consulted APL Help long ago, the color is
> fine....so I know it's gotta be something simple. Or...not?
>
> This is truly hideous, not to mention hard to work with...gives me a
> new  respect for color blind users.  When I have time maybe I'll
> actually see if my sites are visible to them. Given my current
> behind-in-my-work situation...probably not gonna happen.
>
> If perchance you've selected this color scheme because you enjoy it, I
> think you are a far better person than I am.

Sounds like you inadvertently selected Universal Access's white on black
display. Open SysPrefs->Universal Access->Seeing and select Display black
on white.