Photoshop Elements 4 has lost it's colors.

I have photoshop elements 4.0 and have used it for about 2 years with no problems.  All of a sudden when I choose a color off my color swatches it just appears as an off white color.  I'm trying to do some work using a bright green color but it's only coming out as an off white.  I've restarted the computer and it makes no difference.  Any thoughts?

All of a sudden when I choose a color off my color swatches it just appears as an off white color.
That would happen, for example, if the current active layer is a fill or adjustment layer.

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