The colors of my mac book screen are messed up

This has been happening on and off for awhile now, but the colors of my screen are messed up. My screen currently looks like the picture attached, everything is coated in a weird dark blue color. The only way I can revert the colors back to normal is by applying small pressure to the screen.
Any help to fix this would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Since the pressure to the screen trick works, that says the internal cable is getting frayed by the hinge.  That resistance on the hinge is there deliberately so you don't push it back too far.   If you do, you can damage the cable.    If the machine was opened after market, the person closing it back up may have not properly tightened the hinge joints, thus defeating the built-in resistance making you end up fraying the cables anyway.  Dropping or bumping against the hinge has the same effect if there is enough force exerted.   Hopefully none of the above has happened, in which case you may have a case for AppleCare to look at.
Good luck!

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