It almost sounds like you're using on of the accessibility settings for the visually impaired changing it to high contrast. I've never used it so I don't know what else this setting changes so I can't say what all it affects. I guess it could be possible if this got turned on during a system update. You can find and check your Accessibility settings in Settings>Accessibility. Could be a colorblind setting also, because you mentioned you can't see it...?