Windows 10: Text is Greyed/Washed Out

I have poor eyesight and have setup high contrast to see things better in windows 10.
Also set the font to 10 point bold and tried the 125% setting.

In windows 7 I did not have this issue, I used the classic theme, and just set the fonts
all bold, no problem. I think I set the DPI also to a larger setting.

But I have a problem setting up personalization settings when it comes to colors now.
It does not seem to affect windows apps already installed on the computer, but .
3rd party programs mostly. One in mind is the information tab in the AMD Catalyst Drivers for instance.
When I open this up the background is white and the text is an unreadable light gold color.

In general if I set my theme to a normal without high contrast most of the text in
all apps and programs is a light gray color, which I can barely read. How to fix this?

I've played with my ASUS monitor settings some and been able to get more contrast. It helps
but still a problem with eye strain.

Does anyone have any suggestions that might help out this old guy?
Thanks much!

:)

 

Make text darker (readable) against the bright white background in Windows 10

Thank you.

Graphics, grey text and photos come ou washed or discolored

 

Cannot customize colors in windows 10 and bad update setting.

Can't figure out for the life of me why Microsoft would deliberately downgrade an operating system and compatible applications to remove color customization and replace with washed out greys and whites that provide poor contrast and eye-straining bright
white. For god's sake please tell me how to get color back into the programs I have to use every day. And I am not just talking about washed out dark grey or black - I mean soothing colors that relieve eye strain caused by looking at a bright screen all
day. I wish I could meet the genius who decided that one.

 

Add Personalize Classic to your context then you will have the option to change Color and Appearance in HC themes.

'Personalize (classic)' context menu - Add in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums[1]=Context%20Menu

 

I will give that a try.
Just to illustrate, here is a shot of what is happening.

 

I see what you mean. I have run into this several times. I also think in some apps these colors are set in the app and can not be changed. I also think something changed in 10 to some of the palette codes.

 

After loading up the classic theme it now works!



Thanks much!

 

Let me explain this further.
After using the classic theme download all I did was click on another background color.
I said apply, then clicked it back to black, then apply.

I've stayed with a High Contrast setting using #2 modified.

What I think happened is that the black color in Calssic theme is a different black then
standard win 10.

Actually ALL the colors are not as intense, so this is the way to go if
your looking for some choices.

Thanks again 10 forums!

 

Great, good to know. I have been disappointed that the only browser is chrome that can be used with high contrast themes. Lots of other apps have issues too. So I keep a couple different theme shortcuts on my desktop.