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I just tried playing video, but I got some strange colors in my monitor and browser window. What went wrong?

April 26, 2017browser colors GOT monitor playing Strange video window wrong

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I just tried playing video, but I got some strange colors in my monitor and browser window. What went wrong?

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Hmmm. Your display adapter may only be capable of rendering 256 colors, or — more likely — your display’s control panel is set to 256 colors. If that is the case, set your display’s control panel to thousands/millions of colors (Mac — select “Monitors” or “Monitors & Sound”) or high color/16 bit (PC — select “Display” or right-click on the desktop and choose “Properties”) to correct the problem. You’ll need to quit and relaunch your browser to reset the colors. If your video hardware is not capable of displaying more than 256 colors at your chosen resolution, the video will still work, but it may be oddly colored and/or look slightly fragmented.