Colors Became Darker

[InDesign 5.0.2 for Windows (Vista)] On 2 pages of an 8-page document, the colors in both text and objects are darker than they should be (regardless of whether the content comes from a master page or the regular page, whether it was there before, or newly added. Immediately upon typing it in, the colors are fine. However, as soon as I click out of the frame, the color becomes darker. Even pasting text or objects leads to the pasted content being darker than the original. Any ideas? Thanks.

Do you have a mixture of color models in placed graphics on those affected pages? If so, make them all agree on the color model: either all cmyk or all rgb. If you are working rgb, make sure to click on Edit > Transparency Blend Space ... and choose rgb for agreement.
Mike Witherell in Maryland

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