MacOS – Why are the maximize and minimize buttons grey

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I have had my MacBook for a couple of months now, and the minimize and maximize buttons are all grey. They weren't like that when I got it. Does anyone know how to get the colors back?

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In System Preferences, there is a setting for overall "Appearance." It would appear that your appearance has been set to "Graphite" instead of the default "blue." While the maximize and minimize buttons are not blue, when the appearance is set to blue, they are in color; when the appearance is set to graphite, they are grey.

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tell application "System Events"
  keystroke "m" using command down
  key down shift
  delay 0.3
  key up shift
end tell

tell application "System Events"
  set proc to name of the first process whose frontmost is true
  tell process proc
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          delay 0.3
          key up shift
        end tell
      end if
    end tell
    --
  end tell
end tell

say "Collapse" using "Alex"

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