You are very short on details here but I'll take a guess.

Might be this problem........................

The Windows High Contrast setting.

Read this KB article.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=833258
The fill color, the fill pattern, or the line color of a WordArt or
AutoShape object in an Office document does not change


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:47:01 -0700, Khyber
wrote:

I have tried the tools options reset but my colours do not display properly

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP