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Why did my screen change color my pictures look like negatives now

screen color changed from original color. my pictures look like negatives now.

some apps are black. I cant not get original screen back.

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i have a cricket zte fanfare3 and im having the same issue. i cannot find the setting to get it changed back. i also am not able to download ANYTHING from google play or from anywhere... dont know why not, i used to be able to. thank you

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My mobile phone has same problem the detail is q mobile j7

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Pictures and videos are not clear. They look like negatives.

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Can you help me fix this issue?

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T he photos look like negatives, and the home page changed to a white background. This phone is a LG K20 PLUS Android phone. I went into Settings, then Accessibility, then Screen Inversion, and I tried all of those shortcuts with no difference. Tapping on the home button three times quickly only takes me to the home screen does not change the pictures as they still look like negatives in gallery.

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You might have high contrast mode enabled. With all the different flavors of Android around, I can't help you specifically but you might want to look at Settings and see if High Contrast is on in Accessibility or Display. You haven't provided much information about what caused the issue or if you've tried to turn it off and back on again. Speaking of, try turning it off and back on again, along with the things I mentioned earlier.

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My LG X charge phone also showed photo content in my gallery and on web pages. I found "color inversion" had been enabled. I turned it off and my black background is white again and photos back to normal.

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I turned it off and it didn't help what else can I do?

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I have a Pixel 3 that turned my wallpaper picture to negatives and infact all my photos in my album went to negatives. I wasn't to Settings then to Accessibility clicks on that and went down to Color Inversion. Mine was on so I turned it off and my pictures went back to color. No negatives. GOOD Luck

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I have an lg Trac phone rebel 4LTE in negative color. Please help

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I don't have a high contrast choice or color inversion choice. Now what

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It would help if you can post the exact model of your phone. Likely you have managed to change your display settings. With the iPhone a triple click of the home button used to result in the same thing.

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Why is my phone in the negative picture show negative please help me

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Ethel see my post above under Marylan Graves

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I don't know how this happened it is scary please fix my phone

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My phone is a samsung galaxy A21s

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Moro G7 photos show as negative

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Just go to settings, and select “Accessibility” You’ll see a choice for vision. Select vision, then turn off “Inversion.” That should fix it for you. (Note: this is how it works on my LG phone. I imagine it should work in a similar fashion for your phone, too.)

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My photo remain negatives. The negatives are changed to photos BUT the black background turns to white. I'm trying to get my photos back to normal and keep the black background.

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Can anybody help me.ive been trying for days without positive results.

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It worked! Thanks!

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Settings>Accessibility>Color Inversion> then switch to the "off position"

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It has worked for me a couple times now. Thanks 02/05/2021

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Depends on your phone and/or o/s. In

Settings

General

Accessibility

Choose to invert color scheme

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If this isn't correct for your phone/ o/s, you should be able to find where your files are found to fix.

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My photos look like negatives what did I do wrong there

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My mobile is Sony

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Joe Perrone thank you! It worked on my LG! Thank you so much!!!

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ok so i just got it figured out, my phone likes to change its own settings all the time and under settings and then accesibility it had switched to turning color inversion on and also turned on the hi contrast switch. thanks and i hope this helps someone else. still cant download anything though.

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Hey your answer did the trick!!! Amazing. Let me see who you are. You have been the help I needed. God bless you with something you truly want!! Amen

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Thx you! This worked!

I've been trying to figure this out all day! You saved me a trip to T-Mobile!

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I have been trying for days to get this right. Thanks to you i have done it now. Thank you so much !!

Sylvia 29/10/20

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I have a Motorola. Phone cannot get rid of the negitive background help

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Settings, accessibility, color inversion, turn off, make sure it's off,

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This is the best easiest answer! Thankyou so so much!!!

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Turn off color inversion in accessibility, visibility enhancements

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Change my color back turn off the high contrast

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All you need is to invert color scheme on your android phone

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It really help here thanks a lot I read some directions here and restored my phone from the odd colour it was showing I went to the high colour contract, then colour Inversion, and colour correction then everything came to normal thanks

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Go into your settings and look for the invert screen option, turn it off

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this happened on my dad’s phone moto 360…. There is a color inversion switch on display… which is under setting… u just hv to switch it back :)

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Go to developer options and look for the “inverse colour” uncheck the checkbox.

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you must have activated “invert color” Simply drag down the notification bar and tap on “invert colors” to deactivate it.

You can also do this via your display settings in SETTINGS

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Go to your phone “Settings” and then click on “Additional Settings”, then click on “Accessibility” and then scroll down to “Colour Correction” and turn it off,then scroll further down to “Colour Inversion" and turn it off! Youre all set ,problem solved!

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Pictures are in negative form, even videos also my phone celesta phone #s on its own what is going on 1000. For a phone should operate better than an Android but it’s not it’s awful

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Mine looks like negatives or black &white I don't use it no more ...last month I'll pay for it metro

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Mine I a tablet. I do moe back pacing cause key board ....look at what parented...gunk

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I use Sonni Land. Fix it advise problem solved thanks Willis B

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How do I bring back the negative pictures to original

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Only thing I can think of is to tap on the camera icon. At the top of screen, tap on the film. Choose 1.

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If you have a Google Pixel 6 pro, go to settings, accessibility, text and display and tap color inversion off. This should solve your problem

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why are my pictures and gallery pictures have a negative look as well as mu screen saver on my Samsung galaxy pro 3

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Photo remove or video

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Photo remove or video

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Its the tablet. All the time no color. And it can look like looking at a negative of a pitcher (black and white fuzzy to) I dont use it eney more.just over a month old.

.t mobile last month paying for it...

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My phone screen colour

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Another note, your toggle buttons may have it on there. Edit them so it's not on there. It can happen when you simply clean your phone.

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Turn the Dark theme on or off

On your phone, open the Settings app.
Tap Display.
Turn the Dark theme on or off.

Greetings,
Peter

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