Did iSight change my color depth?

I just installed an iSight camera and shortly after, I realized that my monitor's color depth had downgraded somehow.
For instance, the flat greys on the left and right of a Safari window toolbar come out like greyish teals; and skin tones in photographs and video appear posterized and flat due to the lack of colors.
I've checked my display settings in System Preferences: the colors are still set to "Millions". I even tried unplugging the iSight... still nothing.
any thoughts? Was it a Quicktime or OS update?

Installing iSight did not change my display's color. I do not know anything you listed that might have caused your color shift.
I apply all updates to QuickTime and Mac OS and have never had such a problem. Do you use an update process such as How I Update My Mac OS X?
Have you recently performed your regular Mac OS X maintenance? If not, do so now. That may restore your settings.
Have you (or someone else who has access to your Mac or your Monitor) changed any monitor settings? You do not say what monitor you use. Perhaps it has external adjustments that may have been bumped out of adjustment?
You might also want to check your System Preferences > Displays > Color settings to see if it has been changed by someone.
If none of these things help you, try a search in Mac mini Discussions for "display color" (without the quotation marks) and see some of the suggestions there. The Mac mini users who post there may have better suggestions for you than I do.

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