Screen Colours Inverted

I have a Macbook Pro 15" and yesterday when i turned it on the colours for the most part were inverted on the internal screen. I tried it on an external screen and it works fine. Has this happened to anybody and does anybody know how to fix it? if not i will take it in to get looked at.
thanks

Yeah, inverter cable sounds right. I don't think its the video card or logic board, for two reasons: (1) when the problem started, it was caused by moving the screen (it is now permanent) and (2) an external display is fine. To me it seems the likely fix is a cable replacement... with a screen replacement a possibility I suppose. We will see. Its terrible to have something like this when you've owned a machine 3 weeks, but hey, it happens.
I am going to DC this weekend and will take it to the Arlington Apple Store.. Rather do that than take it to the local "Authorized Service Center." I will make an appointment - I am hoping if its a cable, its something they'll be able to fix if I leave it with them for the day.
Thanks for the info all!
PS: I tried resetting both the PRAM and the SMC for kicks - no change.

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I have checked magnifers invert colours isn't turned on but when I do turn it on the inverted colours switch to normal colours obviously. There is also a vertical shimmer like every other vertical line is missing or phases in and out.
I have booted into safe mode to see if its a driver issue but the colours are still inverted, I've booted into the BIOS and again the colours are inverted and just to cover all bases I booted a live DVD of Mint Linux 17.1 and the legendary green of the mint distro was a lovely lilac. I've also tried high contrast i.e. Left ALt + left Shift + Print Screen.
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This is the image that is displayed on the laptop, there is no colour inversion, none of the graphics settings appear incorrectly set, I did actually set all settings back to defaults.
This is the screengrab from the laptop as it displays from another computer, which, in my case was my Mac. The screen appears to be displaying correctly, hence the screengrab image below but for some reason it is displaying an inverted image - Its like there is an overlay on the screen.
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Hi @chubby_ninja ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have looked into your issue about your HP Pavilion 15-n096ea Notebook and issues with the graphics. If it shows while connected to a different monitor then it is not the graphic card, it is the LCD screen or the cable.
I would replace this as it is the least expensive. Display panel cable 732066-001 Page 97 of your manual. Or you could take the Notebook to a shop so they could test each of the cable and LCD screen.
You could call our technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link to get the support number for your region. They will be happy to assist you immediately.
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