X5 Loss of color in materials palette for scanned document

[BisBatt]

I scanned a document into PSP X5 and I am trying to use the materials palette to highlight (in red) certain spots on the document. The palette defaults to grey shades only. I reset the workspace to factory defaults and even tried the SHIFT-START - without luck. However, if I open any color images, the palette shows full color options. I'm wondering if this is a problem with how I scanned the document into PSP X5?

[LeviFiction]

If your scanner gives you the option, you want to make sure you're scanning in color. It may default to a black and white (greyscale) image if the document is plain text.

Sounds like the image was scanned in as a greyscale image. To get color back you need to increase the color depth of the image.

Go to the Image menu and select Image -> Increase Color Depth - > RGB 8-bits per channel

You can also increase to 18-bit if you want but 8-bits is full color and more than enough.

[BisBatt]

Thanks Levifiction! You were absolutely correct! I appreciate the help!