Why is the display on my MacBook Pro 2.2 when greyed out unreadable?

Such as when filling out forms (as for this forum) I can barely see the letters and nothing of the box outline
What I type is readable
I have tried adjusting the cohtrast but that does not seem to work
Is this a sign of old age? Can it be fixed?

Don,
The only things I can suggest are;
Make sure the display brightness is turned up in System Preferences > Display > Display tab
System Preferences > Universal Access > Seeing tab
Enhance contrast slider to the far left
Use grayscale is unchecked
Black on white is selected
You've probably tried these but just in case.
Regards,
Captfred

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