Hi,

Could you show us a screenshot about this issue?

Regards, Balázs

Maybe the color change indicates that it is a visited link (purple is the color for visited links). But websites usually would override that to maintain readability. Are you using any settings or add-ons that might modify link colors (override website styles)?

If you made a change because of Google's recent decision to make all links purple, there are other ways to deal with that. See: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1516473

portion of screen image attached

Since I've been waiting for a response, I wanted to check if you need something beyond the example screenshot? I just sent the portion across the top, you need to look closely to see the purple letters against the black. In case I didn't mention it before, when I first open the Amazon website the characters are white and readable, but change quickly to purple.

On the Settings page, "Language and Appearance" section, can you double-check that the new "Contrast Control" feature is set to Off?

Do you use any add-ons that modify website or link colors?

If a site is generally known to work in Firefox, these are standard suggestions to try when it stops working normally:

Cache and Cookies: When you have a problem with one particular site, a good "first thing to try" is clearing your Firefox cache and deleting your saved cookies for the site.

(1) Clear Firefox's Cache

See: How to clear the Firefox cache (only select "Temporary cached files and pages", don't clear other kinds of data)

If you have a large hard drive, this might take a few minutes.

(2) Remove the site's cookies (save any pending work first). While viewing a page on the site, click the lock icon at the left end of the address bar. After a moment, a "Clear Cookies and Site Data" button should appear at the bottom. Go ahead and click that. Firefox will ask you to confirm; go ahead and confirm.

Then try reloading the page. Does that help?

Testing in Firefox's Troubleshoot Mode: In this mode, Firefox temporarily deactivates extensions, hardware acceleration, any userChrome.css/userContent.css files, and some other advanced features to help you assess whether these are causing the problem.

If Firefox is running:

You can restart Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode using either:

• "3-bar" menu button > Help > Troubleshoot Mode... (before Fx88: Restart with Add-ons Disabled)
• (menu bar) Help menu > Troubleshoot Mode... (before Fx88: Restart with Add-ons Disabled)

and OK the restart. A small dialog should appear. Click the Open button (before Fx88: "Start in Safe Mode" button).

If Firefox is not running:

Hold down the Shift key when starting Firefox. (On Mac, hold down the option/alt key instead of the Shift key.) A small dialog should appear. Click the Open button (before Fx88: "Start in Safe Mode" button).

Note: Don't use the Refresh without first reviewing this article to understand what will be deleted: Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings.

Any improvement?

I've got it set to automatic(use system settings)--everything is fine except for the purple lettering. I tried off and didn't like the look. Also played with the contrast controls (which I found a bit confusing) but couldn't find anything better. No add-ons that would impact colors that I'm aware of, I try to make minimal changes to my system. The issue just popped up suddenly several weeks back. Since I don't see the issue with Chrome, I think that something must have changed within Firefox.

Do Automatic and Off look very different on your system? If so, we may have different Windows settings. I tried to research those, but I didn't see how they influence link colors.

The only thing different than it was in the past is the purple where it was white before. When I go to off, it looks so much different than in the past that I turned it back to automatic. I suspected Windows settings, but since Chrome doesn't have the issue I discounted that idea.