How to fix this inverted colours issue pls help

Rohan Engurty 0 Reputation points
2026-11-03T15:28:28.7366667+00:00

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My default windows mode is dark and all of a sudden one day my dialogue boxes had inverted colours like the background is white and text is white and also black dialogue boxes and black text which becomes invisible also the Microsoft office pages are black and text is white which won't go back to normal I've tried all colour accent glitches fixed switching to light mode and accessibility theme switch to different ones and back to none but it still won't fix.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Desktop, Start, and personalization | Other
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  1. DaveM121 946.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-11-03T16:03:23.8533333+00:00

    1

    Open the Settings App.

    Go to Personalization - Colors.

    Set the 'Choose Your Mode' drop-down menu to Light.

    Restart (not shut down) your PC to apply the change.

    Then go back into those settings and set your color mode preferences back to your preferred setting to test if that resolves the problems.

    2

    If not, the best option would be to go to the support page for your PC on the manufacturers website to download and reinstall (not update) the version of graphics drivers they provide.

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    2026-11-03T15:29:23.5666667+00:00

    Reset the legacy Windows default theme, which is separate from the Windows 11 light/dark and accessibility settings you already changed and directly matches the mixed black/white, unreadable UI shown in your screenshots.^1^

    1. Reset the legacy theme

    1. Press Windows key + R.
    2. Paste this command into Run:
    shell:::{ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}
    1. Press Enter.
    2. Under Windows Default Themes, select Windows or Windows (light).
    3. Restart the computer.
    4. Reopen Control Panel → Programs and Features and check whether the program names are visible again.

    This is a different reset path from changing Settings → Personalization → Colors, so it remains applicable despite your earlier light-mode and theme tests.

    2. Correct Word’s page separately

    If Windows dialog text is fixed but Word still shows a black page:

    1. Open Word.
    2. Select View → Switch Modes to change the document canvas back to white.
    3. To keep it white permanently, open: File → Options → General → Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office.
    4. Enable Never change the document page color, then select OK.^2^

    This affects the displayed page rather than the document’s printed color.

    3. Repair Windows components if the legacy reset fails

    Open Command Prompt as administrator, then run these commands in this order:

    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
sfc /scannow

    Wait for each command to finish; do not close the window before SFC reaches 100%. DISM repairs the Windows component image, and SFC scans protected system files and replaces damaged copies.^3^

    Restart Windows afterward and test both Control Panel and Word again.

    4. Last fallback

    If the colors remain corrupted throughout Windows, use:

    Settings → System → Recovery → Fix problems using Windows Update → Reinstall now

    This reinstalls the current Windows version while retaining files, settings, and installed applications.^4^

    Back up important files first even though this repair option is designed to preserve them.

    References

    1. Windows apps are stuck in a half dark, half light mode, after windows update. - Microsoft Q&A
    2. Dark Mode in Word | Microsoft Support
    3. Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files | Microsoft Support
    4. Screen turns black background with white text. - Microsoft Q&A
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