Illustrator Faint Tools

I use Illustartor cs5.1 in Mavericks
This bit may not be relevant?…
...(New iMac 21.5, late 2013, Processor 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, Intel Graphics Intel Iris Pro 1024 MB, Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3)
Problem is that the tools are very faint similar to a 10% grey on screen.
I would do a screen shot, but you wouldn’t see it?
I have tried the ‘Accessibility Preferences’ but does not solve the issue
Tools affected are :
Type Tool
Line Segment Tool
Rectangle Tool
Circle/Reflect Tool
Scale Tool
Lasso Tool
Does anyone here know how to solve this problem?
Any help/advice will be appreciated.

Problem solved due to Mavericks update 10.9.1

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