Reduced size PDFs are displaying strange colors when viewed on Mac in Chrome browser

I've been routinely creating PDF files with screenshots for documentation, and then using File --> Save As --> Reduced Size PDF... before I put them online. In the past few days when I do this, there's a problem with the files:
when viewed on a Mac (OS X 10.9.4) using the Safari and Firefox browsers, everything's fine. But when viewed on the same Mac using Chrome, the screenshots are pink. If I open the same reduced size file on any other browser or in Preview, it's fine. The original sized PDF is fine, even when opened with Chrome. I'm using Acrobat Pro v 10.1.10.
I've tried rebooting, dumping PRAM, etc all with no effect. I've also taken source PDF files that I had previously 'reduced file size' -- that display fine -- and re-did the procedure. The new smaller files are pink. I suspect it may be a bug that crept into a recent update? All suggestions gratefully accepted.
thanks,
Fran

Make sure that you actually using Adobe Acrobat/Adobe Reader in Google Chrome. Google Chrome has a built in PDF Viewer that is now the default unless you specifically configure and enable Acrobat/Reader to be the default PDF viewer.

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