Can no longer change text color in markup in Photos app on iPhone

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!

Same issues here. Had a 12 Pro, updated to iOS 18, immediately noticed that changing text color in markup wouldn’t work, almost as if the color screen was force closing. It fixed itself for a couple days, then the same issue came back. My husband has a 14 Pro, my son has a 14, and their markup works just fine. I just upgraded to a 16 Pro since I was eligible for an upgrade and my 12 Pro became so laggy. I have the same issues with markup with my 16 Pro as I did with my 12 Pro, so it’s not a phone issue. The issue seems very user specific, but I do think it’s an issue with iCloud. I can save a photo to my files, open up the photo within the files app, and markup works just fine. It does not work through the photo app.

That’s exactly where it’s crashing. The window immediately drops after opening. Then it glitches out the other text editing boxes. Cant change color on the other options either.

not to piggyback on this topic; but I haven’t been able to get my text to be on top of other edits in a few months now. Anytime I use type in markup, it’s always on the bottom layer, which makes ZERO sense. Because text is 99% of the time on the top layer.

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.

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.

Try “Photo Vault”, icon has a file folder with a key on it, not only can it securely save your photos and videos with a separate password protection or PIN number, you can do editing and markup inside the app in their built in editor, organize stuff into folders, transfer files over the WiFi to a computer through a browser on your computer, etc… there’s a free version with ads, ad free is a few bucks one time, then premium with cloud storage and a bunch of extra features is a monthly fee.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/private-photo-vault-pic-safe/id417571834

This is a user fo user forum, no one here can fix it ASAP.

Oh that’s right. Telling about technical issues is just for venting our feelings.

I think the best thing you can do is send a bug report directly to Apple, for the techs to start working on a fix. Just google ‘iphone feedback’ and fill out the form.

Incredibly frustrating that I cannot change the font color when using the markup feature on photos. I labeled them a lot of times to identify things in the pictures. Apple, please fix this!!!

And why should it take a zillion steps for the sake of Apple simplicity?

The post from Reddit worked for the most part. Photo will crash if you tweak text color and size too much. Basically, set size using new size option THEN change color.

Tried this. And I get there. But when I choose color I can’t change to anything. I use this feature at work weekly. Need it fix asap. ☹️

This seems like it might be related to many factors. I thought I’d look into this issue and lo and behold, no issue?

Is this what everyone is doing?

Color stays, change styles, fonts etc. and not an issue.