Mac screen shots are pink

Recently screen shots I take are covered in pink. Not all of them, just when I use the shift-cmd-4 to capture a portion of the screen. It will print pink also.
There may be something else going on too. Sometimes when I view pictures on FaceBook, they flash pink and then correct themselves. Any ideas?

Back up all data.
Please triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
defaults delete -g CGContextHighlight2xScaledImages
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing the key combination command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear below what you entered. You can then quit Terminal. Log out or restart the computer. Test.
Credit for this solution to ASC member Welsh Baloney.

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