Status Bar Icons turn dark, almost can't see them

So everything was fine until maybe a week ago? I noticed, my Status bar icons (or system icons) on the very top left and top right of the screen were turning dark when I was at the home screen (background wallpaper).

On top right for example, it shows the Wi-Fi and Battery Icons and clock. They are properly white or black when an app is open (corresponding to the background brightness/darkness of the app), but the icons always go black on the home screen, even if it's dark behind them and I can't see them (bottom picture).

This was not happening a few weeks ago. I just factory-reset my tablet. then updated the apps, and it's still happening. Not the end of the world, but these little pet peeve things are annoying lol.

Tablet is Acer B3-A40FHD running Android 7.0 Kernel Version 4.4.22

 

It looks like it may be a Google Update issue, from the following thread about 2 years ago. Anyone else having this issue?

https://support.google.com/android/...-i-make-them-white-again?hl=en&msgid=46442460

 

Hi, thanks for the response.

It MAGICALLY fixed itself! Overnight, this issue went away. I knew it wasn't an issue with the wallpaper image being half light and half dark, because I had the same home screen wallpaper image for over a year, when things were working fine.

lol, maybe the update to Daylight Savings Time adjusted things properly, who knows.

Stupid technology! ha!

anyway thanks for the response