Toddler playing - now display is screwy - black=white, weird colors

my husband let our 2 year old play around with our ibook today. when i got home, the display seems to be reversed - all white is displayed as black, etc.
when restarting, color is fine (it gives you a glimsp of our desktop in perfectly normal colors, then when the system starts up, it goes to this weird saturated thing. i've zapped the PRAM, but can't think of everything else. done the display preferences, etc.
any help appreciated.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21115?viewlocale=en_US

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