Greyscale stops working upon opening built-in launcher

Max3 Series
#1

I installed Nova launcher, for obvious reasons.
Now, everything works fine after a reboot, and up until the point that I go into the built-in notes app to start using the included pen. Launching that notes app runs something, somewhere, that screws up grayscale in Nova. This makes every single app icon look like a black box. Strangely, the tiny icons in folders are shown as dithered (fake greyscale) instead.

I tried switching every refresh mode known to man, but only from the notification area button. If there is a setting buried deep somewhere I probably missed it.

Also note that this does not just affect Nova, it also affects the profile pics in the RiotX app. So it is more systemic than just a weird launcher app.

#2

This still happens after the latest update (2020-04-09_18-53_2.3_7c5d74f)

#3

In the latest build (2020-07-24), this is even worse as the issue begins at startup rather than waiting until I open the ContentBrowser app.

#4

And I think this is the same issue, but all my images on Google Photos are washed out (seems to go to white rather than the usual black).

#5

It took forever (until 10/16) for them to get back to me, but they finally did write back with a solution:

  1. Go to the Apps section of Content Browser
  2. For each app that is having this problem (for me, Nova and Google Photos):
  3. Right-click the app icon and click Optimize.
  4. Under Display, uncheck “Whiten Apps Background”.