Can no longer change text color in markup in Photos app on iPhone

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Also, after adding text to photos the edit toolbar is no longer visible and cannot bring it back. I use these tools every day for work on site.

A workaround that works for me :

As soon as you’re in markup, hit the eraser and hit the photo.

Then it’s back to normal, no more issue.

I need to change the text color for images I use that have different backgrounds where black simply won’t work. I’m on an iphone 14 Pro Max and updated to ios 18. The color selections are there, but it won’t change for me either. Mine does not crash, but I select the color and nothing happens. This actually impacts my work and business. No more iphones for me…all the money and you simply can’t use it the way you need to.

This helped me tons! Thank you ImagineHobbes! I found there to be less steps involved (maybe has been updated since?)…when i tapped the plus sign to ‘add text’ the text box is highlighted (bounding box) and the contextual menu automatically appears above it. I selected the ‘Aa’ and all the options appeared: text sizing, color, etc. Hope that helps!

Same here. I upgraded to 16 Pro Max a couple of days ago. Can no longer change the font or color in the mark up feature. Very frustrating issue. You can hardly see the text on some photos unless I make the text bold. Hopefully this is a glitch that will be rectified as ASAP rather than a permanent feature.

Oh that’s right. Telling about technical issues is just for venting our feelings.

I am unable to change the color or font when I use text in markup on photos. It closes the text box. It's so frustrating

still not working. Only appears for a fraction of a second. No time to edit the color or font. Frustrating

No, this is happening on various models, I have a 14 256gb and it’s a problem still

Ecran bleu workaround - This actually worked for me. TEXT color changed and formatting options remains visible. HOWEVER doesn’t appear to work 100% when adding shapes. Tap eraser first then add shape. One shot shows how options view is partially obstructed

Same issues here. Had a 12 Pro, updated to iOS 18, immediately noticed that changing text color in markup wouldn’t work, almost as if the color screen was force closing. It fixed itself for a couple days, then the same issue came back. My husband has a 14 Pro, my son has a 14, and their markup works just fine. I just upgraded to a 16 Pro since I was eligible for an upgrade and my 12 Pro became so laggy. I have the same issues with markup with my 16 Pro as I did with my 12 Pro, so it’s not a phone issue. The issue seems very user specific, but I do think it’s an issue with iCloud. I can save a photo to my files, open up the photo within the files app, and markup works just fine. It does not work through the photo app.

That’s exactly where it’s crashing. The window immediately drops after opening. Then it glitches out the other text editing boxes. Cant change color on the other options either.

not to piggyback on this topic; but I haven’t been able to get my text to be on top of other edits in a few months now. Anytime I use type in markup, it’s always on the bottom layer, which makes ZERO sense. Because text is 99% of the time on the top layer.

I have the same issue. After I add the text box I try to change the font color and at first the menu will come up for the size, color, etc. But once I try to change the color the color wheel will open and then immediately close. After I try it the first time the text font box that I previously had opened will do the same thing. This is a really annoying bug that will be a very simple fix.

*Update*

I just found that if I change the text color after I type the text in the text box that it will allow me to change the text color. This is still an annoying bug that will give many people problems, especially older people without much tech knowledge.