Safari toolbar in Mavericks, icons washed-out/faint?

Since upgrading to Mavericks on Tuesday, the icons in the Safari toolbar are so faint that it is difficult to tell which are active and which are not. Anyone else notice this? And, more importantly, is there a fix?
Thanks.

Robert...
iOS 5 has a new feature using Tabs now instead > http://www.apple.com/ios/features.html#safari
Create a new tab by tapping the + on the right in the toolbar.

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Please follow these steps
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OK, just bringing this back to the top:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2032159&start=0&tstart=0 is listed as 'Solved', but that was totally premature. The alleged fixes range from the usual repair permissions, trash Safari prefs, reboot, etc., but it's all temporary, at best.
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http://gallery.me.com/frederico/100070
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This can fairly regularly be triggered by sleeping the displays or entering locked screensaver, logging in, and going to several sites such as Daring Fireball, Mac OS X Hints, and anything displaying PNG and Flash combos.
Perhaps related: I updated to 10.5.7 at the same time, and when I restarted, noticed that the gamma profile on my center screen (of five LCDs) was severely washed out. Switching back and forth between any other color profile in Displays and back to my calibrated profile will cure the wash -- until I log out and back in. Each user account, including a freshly created test account sees this error.
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Getting ready to restore back to Safari 3 and 10.5.6 from clone; this behavior is becoming tedious.
Screenshots and additional details on request; <Edited by Host>
http://gallery.me.com/frederico/100070
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http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2009062403534417
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2009062403534417#comments
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Now THAT is interesting. I typically do not have two Safari windows open and active on the same screen; I usually have three or more Safari windows open, but each is on its own screen, using tabs within each.
I think it's fascinating to see that the content is only affected in one window on the same page.
Can you elaborate as to your trigger? Is it FUS? Screensaver? Other?
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