Display inverted colors / "negatives"

Hi I have a 20inch g5. today the display has inverted colors, black is now white etc. Does anyone have experience of or suggestions for what the remedy is? many thanks

Hi and thanks to Chris that's where the answer is. In fact after posting I googled it last night and found a forum that gave the answer in the fun way of saying hey ain't it cool to flip the colors on your mac like so.....there is a button to click or a group of three or four keys...and then I realised I had unknowingly caused this by dropping whatver on the keyboard and whatever landed on those keys. Freaky. I was worried about an apple repair bill but hurrah for the great advice on these forums (and elsewhere).

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