iOS 18 Photos Text Color Issue

So, weird thing, apparently on my phone this glitch may be tied to having the highlighter tool selected before I create the text box and try to change the color? I selected the eraser tool and suddenly now I can change the color… still buggy though, the menu doesn’t come back up at the bottom once I tap off the text most of the time…

As a few others have stated - once you enter markup you need to have the eraser selected not the highlighter and you are then able to change the text colour. I was able to such change the text from black to another chosen colour in my photos. Hope this is just a glitch and Apple will rectify this change to markup.

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 ✌️💙

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 ✌️💙

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 ✌️💙

So, changing the text colors on markup still broken and Apple products have been lacking in quality lately. It wasn't working for a long time then it worked after a small update. Then the next update screwed it up again. Freaking ridiculous when these devices are the most expensive.

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 ✌️💙

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 ✌️💙

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 ✌️💙

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 ✌️💙

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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 ✌️💙

Cyber friends,

I still see this issue (can’t change text color in markup on photos) being reported despite a solution which was described two days ago.

The bug has been fixed and I’ve been able to change the text color as I did before the iOS 18 update.

I’m hoping everyone will ultimately see the solution OR just RETRY and also be elated that this functionality has been restored quite quickly!!! TY.

Thank you so much! It’s a hassle but at least it worked! I couldn’t get the color hack down yet but the font change worked. So weird the little alteration box that doesn’t work stayed up while using this roundabout method. Super grateful ImagineHobbes!

Hey there Seracious,

I have an iPhone 16 Pro. I was experiencing the exact same glitch in mark up with changing text colour on photos.

The update to 18.1 also did not fix the problem for me.

Updating to 18.2 just now fixed it for me.

Give it a try and hopefully it works.

To change text color: tap/click on the text until you get a menu that allows you to “Select All”, select the text then another menu will appear that allows you to “Format” then “More”. Another menu will pop up that shows the color wheel on the right and allows you to change the selected text color. It may take some practice to remember the steps