how to change the pinkish hue in settings that do not exist  

hi there,

I'm still struggling with the reduced settings capabilities in Windows 10. In prior versions of Windows, I could change colors and fonts for various windows components (background, title, etc). While this extent of these settings was gradually reduced from say Windows 2000 (where one could customize absolutely everything), now in Windows 10 these settings are just absent.

Now, if this were Windows 2000, I would be able to remove the ugly pinkish hue seen in the following screenshots





In fact, the hue looks much worse on the monitor than on the screenshots, for example the ESET windows in the first picture looks also pinkish on my monitor. That can be changed by changing the gamma of the monitor, but ultimately no gamma can change pink into yellow or gray.

So, if we don't have any settings to change colors, how do I get rid of that pink?

The first question I need to find the answer to is which setting should I be looking at. Here's the screenshot from my Windows 7 laptop



Changing the "window" color clearly changes the color of the URL box (or whatever it's called) in Firefox. However, no other setting in this little applet can change that grey background that can be seen in Firefox around the Forums page.

Now, in the Windows 10 screenshot (in the first post), both the URL box and the Firefox background have the same pinkish color. So what confuses me is which settings I am actually looking at. Once I know this, I could look for either registry values to be changed or the third-party software that can do that for me.

By the way, Acrobat in WIndows 7 also looks normal (i.e. not pink)

Thanks @dalchina! I managed to sort out my problem. Changing the color settings on the monitor I was able to remove the pinkish hue from what should have been grey and I managed to use SMACC to changed the colors (basically the tone of the grey but that's already details) that I needed.

Ranting and venting: I also looked up the information you linked and while it's comforting to know that I am not the only one outraged at the reduction of customization possibilities in Windows 10, it's still sad that Microsoft chose to move in a different direction. Sure one can change the registry keys or use a third-party software to do that, but it's a shame that a simple tool that was present in most previous iteration of Windows is now removed. Rant over.

I've had the pinkish hue problem with a couple of computers and found the easiest way was to use the Windows built in color calibration. In the bottom left search box type "Calibrate display color" and it will guide you through the calibration.