Colors displayed went wonky!

While in the midst of resetting the color of highlight bars, my MacBook suddenly went buggy. The displays all look like a solarized Andy Warhol print.
I signed onto mac.com and updated software--is there something else I can do at home?
Mean Mama D

Hi Mean Mama D: It sounds like you may have been into System Prefences and made some changes. Try this: Go to "System Preferences" > "Universal Access" > "White on Black option" or "Enhance Contrast option"... see if these make adifference
Good Luck
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Tenog un ipod color display de 60Gb de capacidad,
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