iOS 18 Photos Text Color Issue

That really works. Thanks for sharing.

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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

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.

PLEASE!

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WORK AROUND…🤷‍♀️ but worked ..Choose a markup tool. Tap the pencil; change color, next draw something & save; go out revert to original; back in same photo & add text & change color worked ✌️💙

Dear Fellow Users:

A solution was posted by Apple about 7-10 days ago. Scroll down to find it. I am MOVING my text around and changing from RT-justified to CENTER or to LEFT-justified, CHANGING COLOR, CHANGING FONTS. It is a combination of FORMAT, SELECT, and also the "Aa". Play with it. It works....and, yes, JUST IN TIME for the holidays. You can do this.

I am using 18.2 on my iPhone 16.

Happy holidays!

Tried this. Although I can get it to stay open, I can’t change anything with this!

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

Thanks Ecran Blue! This trick absolutely works.

i just downloaded 18.2 today on ipad...it still doesnt work! this is so frustrating..especially during the holidays when you want to send images w text greetings!

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!

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.

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.