monitor colours

[auldyin]

my monitor normally has a blue background, but occassionaly, when I start up, I get a poor pastel lilac colour. I can live with it, but is there a fault or is this common?

[QmunkE]

Hmm, sounds like a fault - my old CRT monitor had similar colour issues due to a loose connection in the power cable. Give it a wiggle (carefully) and see if the colour changes.

[landie]

Looks like you are losing one of the three colour phases. It won't fix itself.

[auldyin]

thanks for the answers. I've since been told to simply switch the monitor off and back on. This worked fine. I believe its called "degassing" or something!