# Disable gray coloring when refreshing dashboard

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-gray-coloring-when-refreshing-dashboard/263127>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 3, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-gray-coloring-when-refreshing-dashboard/263127 "2021-02-03T13:30:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![jalzacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jalzacs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jalzacs)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-gray-coloring-when-refreshing-dashboard/263127/1 "2021-02-03T13:30:24Z")

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I use Kibana dashboards to see real time data, updating them every 5 seconds. I have updated the ELK stack from 7.5 to 7.10 and now when the dashboard is refreshing data all dashboard goes gray. It is very annoying to see that color changes every 5 seconds. Is it any way to disable this effect? If not, you should implement the way to do it.

Related topic with Elastic 7.9:

> [@Visualizations on Dashboard going grey from time to time (all 2-5 seconds)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-on-dashboard-going-grey-from-time-to-time-all-2-5-seconds/245869):
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> Hello, as mentoined in the Topic, since the update to 7.9.0 visualizations on a dashboard are going grey every few seconds. What is the reason for that behavior and what can i do about it? Thanks in advance! Boris

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**Author:** ![matw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matw/32/13913_2.png) [@matw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matw)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-gray-coloring-when-refreshing-dashboard/263127/2 "2021-02-03T13:49:19Z")

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Hi and welcome to our community !

I’m not aware that this behavior can be disabled, but we’ve got an open ear for improvements, so I’d invite you to create a feature request here:

> **[Build software better, together](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=Feature_request.md)**
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> ic/kibana/issues/new

Thanks & Best,  
Matthias

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**Author:** ![wylie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wylie/32/81794_2.png) [@wylie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wylie)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-gray-coloring-when-refreshing-dashboard/263127/3 "2021-02-03T15:45:47Z")

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We are tracking an issue for this already: [Kibana Desaturates on Refresh - Not good for aggressive refresh rates · Issue #76521 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/76521)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-gray-coloring-when-refreshing-dashboard/263127/4 "2021-03-03T15:46:18Z")

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