Is this with one web site, or many?

Are you using the default theme, or something else?

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode;

Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar.

Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?

Then restart.

1) Make sure that you haven't enabled a High Contrast theme in the Windows/Mac Accessibility settings.

2) Make sure that you allow pages to choose their own colors.

• Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Colors : [X] "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above"

Note that these settings affect background images.

See also:

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Website_colors_are_wrong

Prob not solved but THX I hadn't tried any of those. Is there anyway that my computer could be set to safe mode just for browsers? All the web pages lookas if they might be in safe mode. It looks as if there might be a selection on this pp for prob not solved but I can't see anywhere to check to relay it has not been solved

Can you attach a screenshot?

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem

• Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot
• Make sure that you do not exceed the maximum size of 1 MB

You can check if Firefox works better when started in Safe Mode by holding down the Shift/Options key.

Below You will see 3 vertical lines at the bottom of the page. when I hover over them I can select them but there is no informaiton as to what I am selecting. that info is invisible. THX for taking the time to hep me with this

Try this out. This can adjust the colors of the web page.

NoSquint {web link} NoSquint allows you to adjust the text-only and full-page (both text and images) zoom levels as well as color settings both globally (for all sites) and per site.

Type about:support in the address bar and press Enter. Under the main banner, press the button; Copy Text To Clipboard.. Then in the reply box at the bottom of this page, do a right click in the box and select Paste. This will show us your system details. No Personal Information Is Collected.

Did you check the Windows accessibility settings?

• http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/Windows7/Make-the-computer-easier-to-see-optimize-visual-display
• http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/turn-on-high-contrast

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU I reset my windows appearance to windows 7 and the problem is fixed!