What is going on with shaded text?

[Pete in PA]

Why the fogged partial post for lack of a better term
?

 

[JavierH19]

It happened to me twice it randomly and i didn't mess with anything on the top bar with the options.

 

[Quattro Pete]

When you look at the UBB code, you can see the poster applied different color to that section, either intentionally or accidentally:

 

[dnewton3]

Correct.
When a poster alters the text color, it can occasionally cause readability issues, depending upon user settings, default settings, etc.
If you can't read it well, then "highlight" the text with your cursor and it will change in the temporary capture, probably allowing you to read it.

 

[Hall]

When a poster alters the text color

Other than bold and italic, I wish the text formatting options were restricted (or removed). I can't think of many critical reasons why different font sizes or colors are necessary.