I have now been able to control creation of the green overlay.
If the scaling setting for images settings is "1 image pixel to 1 screen pixel" I get the result shown above. If I make the window smaller, the image is covered completely by the gren overlay.
If I change the default to the other setting:
and closes the program followed by reopening the same "troubled" image, there's no green overlay. Neither at default size, when opening, nor when making the window smaller.
I use a dual monitor setup, and when I move the application to my other monitor (1920 x 1080 with setting 2 above) and select Zoom to 1-to-1 there's no problem, but when I play with the scaling buttons (full, -, 1 and +), the second monitor will show various versions of "green overlay" interspersed with no "overlay" or a delayed "green overlay". This does NOT happen, when I use my main monitor (1920 x 1200 with the Previewer setting as in example 2 above).
There's still a problem, but the degree depends on settings and monitors. As well as the El Capitan version (this is for El Capitan 10.11.1).
Regards