Oh!

I should have mentioned:

If I double-click on the Expression marking to open the Expression Dialog and "Assign" it again, nothing changes.

On the other hand, if I delete the Expression marking and the reenter it, it appears with the default color (green).

Also, in the Color preferences, the yellow-orange color is set at the default for "Unlinked."

Thank you,
:-)
Vanessa

The yellow-orange “unlinking color” means that the expression has no longer the same positioning in the score and in the linked part.

In Other Words: the positioning is no longer linked between score and part.

This will happen when you examine the part, and move the expression in the part.

I would not worry; you often need to adjust the layout in the part.

But if you need to re-link to the score, switch to the Expression Tool, and right-click the expression’s handle.

In the context menu, choose Relink In All Parts.

Thank you, Peter (once again :-)

Yes, "Relink" did it.

I still do not quite understand what caused this, exactly.

I think you are saying that the Expressions (and other items that changed to yellowish-orange) are still in the parts, but the items have been moved (even slightly) in the score.

The parts do check out, so I guess I answered my own question.

Perhaps my brain wraps around this best when I think of the color change as an alert of some sort?

:-)
Vanessa

Usually it's the other way around, that expressions have been adjusted in the part(s). There is nothing wrong with the symbol showing orange; it will still print in black. It's just a heads up.

Thank you!

:-)
Vanessa