The toolbars and sidebars of Finder and Safari windows are colorless, white. There is no color in their background.
I don’t remember when this happened; it may have been gradual. But it’s now so bad that I can’t tell which tab is active in a Safari window.
iMac (2017 – 2020)
In Monterey and earlier, go to > Apple > System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Display and set the Display Contrast: slider to Normal.
Also test with all of the boxes unchecked, except for Reduce transparence.
In Monterey and earlier, go to > Apple > System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Display and set the Display Contrast: slider to Normal.
Also test with all of the boxes unchecked, except for Reduce transparence.
The Title bars should be white and the Sidebar should lighten when the window is in focus aka highlighted.
With a different window in focus.
With this window in focus.
If your overall colors are off or washed out, try choosing a different Display Color Profile and unchecking Automatically adjust brightness.
Thanks for pointing out that difference; they have all been white for at least 10 days and I forgot what they’re supposed to look like in the ensuing mayhem.
I changed the Profile to Generic RGB; it was better of all the others but still no color.
Thank you, again.
You're welcome.
Yeah' the current macOS versions, are bland (white and gray) compared to the older more colorful OS X versions.
Thank you for your help.
I checked the Prefs / Display just to be safe:
Then I changed the Prefs / Accessility / Display as you suggested:
The reduced transparency seems to be the best option, but it is far from optimal, and there is no color in the title bars, sidebars, etc. aside from the icons:
I changed my desktop color to a dark gray for better legibility:
Could one of my applications have done this when I changed the default colors in its Preferences?
macOS app toolbars and sidebars turned white.
