HT204053 In Messages, my phone number is in gray. Why cannot I be reached in iMessage using my phone number?

Why is my phone number is gray... indicating that iMessage will not work on my phone? It has always worked. I changed my Apple ID password and now I do not have iMessage on my phone. Any ideas? Thank you.

Mine has been acting up all day like this.  Was perfectly fine last night.  Grey bubble for texts sent to me, and blue bubbles when I send text to iPhone users.  This morning, without doing anything different to my phone other then texting, it was green bubbles when I send to iPhone users.  And no replies ALL DAY.  I texted Android users I know, and they received my texts, and I received theirs.  Just when I got home, I finally received a text from my brother.  But when I replied back, it was still a green bubble.  But he tells me, it's blue for him when he sends to other iPhone users.  Yes, iMessage is turned on.  Short of resetting my phone to factory, I've done all the troubleshooting involved with fixing iMessage issues.  All of it.  No luck. 

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