[ifrins]

I don't think this is just directed to IE users, they are probably doing their routinary A/B tests. I've also seen this darker color scheme in the past weeks even though I wasn't using neither Windows nor IE, it was Chrome.

[DougN7]

You're probably right. IE is now showing the same color as Chrome like it was yesterday.

[_yfoe]

Haven't seen it at all while logged in, but sometimes incognito SERPs will have the washed out color.