Colors inverse(negative) on one user profile

I have an iMac that is on 10.5 with all updates applied and have used VNC to remote control it for some time without issue. Yesterday after one session, I went to the computer and the video on that screen is inverted for everything! The remote session using either screen sharing or chicken of the vnc looks fine. If I log into the iMac using a different user account, it looks fine and the login screen is fine, but as soon as the user profile settings are loaded, the colors go reverse, black is white, etc. I've looked into the color settings and screen settings and it looks fine, so I can only assume that there is a profile file that isn't being ready correctly. I do have a time machine backup and can grab whatever file or directories might be needed, but wasn't sure where to look. Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks!
Chris

Thanks heaps for the suggestion. Being a tech support person myself, I figured it was something simple and that did the trick. Also, thanks for the quick response to the question. Have a great rest of your weekend!

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ok, what you're learning right now is 101 unix, which is good. Unix is a good thing
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