New to Aperture

I just downloaded Aperture and somehow the photos I import are all black and white.  How do I revert to original? Thanks

The two things I can think of that would cause this are:
1 - You shot JPEG in B & W in camera and they were imported that way.
2 - You applied a B & W preset (either at import or after importing)
If you shot RAW or color in JPEG, then you should be able to reset them in Aperture as follows:
1 - Select all affected images
2 - Photos menu > Reset All Adjustments
That should reset to color. If the Reset All Adjustments is grayed out in the menu, then you won't be able to reset them as Aperture did not apply a B & W preset (or your Aperture install is really sideways).
Note - if there are alot of images in question, then the reset process might take some time before completing depending on the quantity and your computer's speed.

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