Photoshop Elements 10 colored image became greyscale

I had edited an image in a layer. It is a full color image. When I dragged & droped it into a totally different photo, suddenly it appeared in greyscale. The original image in its original layer is still full color. This has never happened to me before. What went wrong, & how can I fix it?

From the menu choose:
Image >> Mode >> RGB Color

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I wonder if anyone can help me please? My OS is WIndows 7 Premium and I am using Photoshop Elements and Premier 10.
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I agree with suspicion that Premiere Elements is probably making the mistake of displaying the photos incorrectly. However, I suspect that avoiding the problem by actions in the Organizer may be the most practical alternative.
Ken, can you help with some details ?
1 - I am not at a computer where I can verify this statement -- but I think that in earlier versions of the Organizer, there is an Organizer Preference which controls how the photo is rotated (by orientation indicator only) or by actually rotating the photo. And by orientation indicator only is the default. Does that Preference still exist in version 10 ? If yes, then I think rotating multiple photos at the same time within the Organizer would probably be a circumvention of the problem that shows on the photo orientation on the DVD.
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