My new blank file is suddenly gray and paint bucket no longer works correctly.

Photoshop Elements 10.  I started a new blank file, which opened white, as usual.  I enclosed the file with the rectangular marquee tool, and used the paint bucket to fill the background with a brownish color I choose, except it filled with gray.  I looked to be sure the color mode was RBG color, and it is.  After a frustrating couple of attempts to change the color, I thought of a work around and just created a new layer and colored it, but, when I tried to change the color again, the paint bucket would not respond, so I created another layer and the paint bucket then changed the color for me again.  However, I really would prefer it work the way it did before, instead of creating unnecessary layers to do the job.  I insert a screen shot, if it helps.  Any help resolving this would be appreciated.

I clicked on the arrow and reset the tool.  I also reset the transparency setting in preferences, which was the only color related setting I saw there, to no avail.  I opened another new file, same result, dumping the paint bucket produced only a grayscale color.  Thanks for the suggestion, however. 

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