CS 6 layer opacity issue

In the middle of working on a file my layer opacity started acting weird. If I reduce the opacity to 90% it looks like I have dropped it by 60%. This happened on the file i was working on but when I opened a new file and filled a box with solid black (100%) and then duplicated the layer and reduced that one to 90% it looked fine. SO I thought I had a memory issue. I quit PS then I restarted. Now no matter what file I open or create, my opacity is not proportional to the slider. 90% looks like 60% of any layer I make. Now, when I save the file and place it in an InDesign document, the preview looks as it should. What gives? There are no adjustment layers or layer masks apllied to the layers.
You can see the large discrepency in shade from 100% black to 90% black.
Please help. Its driving me nuts!

Charles,
Thanks for your reply but I discovered the problem. Gamut warning! I inadvertently must have hit shift-command-Y and unchecked the Gamut Warning under the View menu.
Here is the opacity in RGB mode with the gamut warning UNCHECKED:
And with the gamut warning CHECKED:
I knew it was just me hitting some random setting that screwed it up. User error as usual. Not sure why the gamut warning needs a keyboard shortcut, but whatever.

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