Windows 10 screen is black&white

OlgierdC · Nov 21, 2017

After installing Parallels 13 for Mac it worked fine but suddenly screen in Windows 10 switched from colours to black and white. How turn on colours in Windows 10? I installed previous version of Parallels but Windows 10 is still in b&w.

OlgierdC · Nov 21, 2017

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Meenakshi@Parallels · Nov 21, 2017

Hello OlgierdC, Glad to know that you were able to sort out the issue. Please get back to us for any further queries.Thanks!

MarioR5 · Nov 28, 2017

OlgierdC said:
I found

Come hai fatto?

Meenakshi@Parallels · Nov 28, 2017

Hello MarioR5, please Click Start Menu and open Settings(cogwheel icon) >Select Ease of Access >Select Colour and High Contrast > Disable the "Colour filter and see if this works. Thanks!

EdwardF2 · Dec 13, 2017

I had the same problem, and your solution worked. The question is ... how did that setting get changed to grayscale? I know I didn't change it. But thanks for showing the correct answer.

Meenakshi@Parallels · Dec 13, 2017

EdwardF2 said:
I had the same problem, and your solution worked. The question is ... how did that setting get changed to grayscale? I know I didn't change it. But thanks for showing the correct answer.

Glad to know that you were able to sort out the issue.This is not an issue from our end, it is an issue with Windows updates. Please get back to us for any further queries. Thanks!

ThomasS28 · Jan 11, 2018

Thank you for this thread! I experienced the same issue and I believe I invoked grayscale accidentally - the Color & high contrast settings reads Windows logo key + Ctrl + C toggles the color filter.

typ993 · Jan 12, 2018

Meenakshi@Parallels said:
Glad to know that you were able to sort out the issue.This is not an issue from our end, it is an issue with Windows updates. Please get back to us for any further queries. Thanks!

Yeah, this was due to a Windows update, but it isn't a bug, it's a "feature". Somebody on the Microsoft side changed this key combo, which happens to be quite close to what you use for the VERY COMMON copy command. Everybody please submit feedback to Microsoft so they can get rid of this apparently hardcoded-into-the-OS key combo.

Lisa-MarieL · Jan 17, 2018

Meenakshi@Parallels said:
Hello MarioR5, please Click Start Menu and open Settings(cogwheel icon) >Select Ease of Access >Select Colour and High Contrast > Disable the "Colour filter and see if this works. Thanks!

Thank you so VERY much!!!!!! This has been extremely frustrating and I will definitely submit feedback to MS!

MackT · Jan 28, 2018

Here is how to Turn on Colour Filter in Windows 10
1 - Open settings by clicking on start button and then clicking on gear icon.
2 - Now, click on Ease of Access.
3 - Now in the left menu, Click on Colour & High Contrast.
4 - Now, Toggle on the Apply Colour filter button to enable Colour Filter.

Hemnath@Parallels · Jan 28, 2018

MackT said:
Here is how to Turn on Colour Filter in Windows 10
1 - Open settings by clicking on start button and then clicking on gear icon.
2 - Now, click on Ease of Access.
3 - Now in the left menu, Click on Colour & High Contrast.
4 - Now, Toggle on the Apply Colour filter button to enable Colour Filter.

Hello MackT. Thanks for sharing.