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I refreshed firefox and now all t he backgrounds are black and the text white, even though in preferences I have it set to black text and white background.

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Working on a Mac running OS 10.13.6, I refreshed firefox and now all the backgrounds are black and the text white, even though in preferences I have it set to black text and white background. If I change it to override always, I get black on white, but the rest of the page displays wrong, with strange colors, like the sample below.

Working on a Mac running OS 10.13.6, I refreshed firefox and now all the backgrounds are black and the text white, even though in preferences I have it set to black text and white background. If I change it to override always, I get black on white, but the rest of the page displays wrong, with strange colors, like the sample below.
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Hi faywouk, I'm not certain if it's relevant but, your System Details show that you have two different versions of Shockwave Flash installed.

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what is shockwave flash and how would i find it and uninstall one of them?

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Shockwave flash is also known as Flash Player or Adobe Flash.

Go to Menu -> Add-ons Look in both Extensions and Plugins

If it isn't there, you may need to Uninstall it from your OS. See this article from Adobe: Uninstall Flash Player | Mac OS https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html

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I can disable both of them at once, or enable both, but can't seem to disable just one. I was able to uninstall the newer version, but not the older version. With the newer version deleted and the older version disabled, the display problem is unchanged. So I guess it was irrelevant.

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OK. Back to your problem.

One of the things that I've seen is a simple and often overlooked selection in your preferences, so, I have to ask - Do you have *Use system colors selected?

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I did not, but I do now. It didn't fix the problem.

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When you get a chance, de-select *Use system colors.

Are you using a Theme? If so, have you tried disabling it or using another Theme?

Is this only happening on one site? If so, it might be a site issue.

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I have tried deselecting it. no change. The theme is set to default. I saw that I also had hte option of light and dark so I tried each of those. No change. The problem happens on every site.