The "strange colour" problem is also mentionted in a bug #63558 comment. This seems like a high importance bug as it renders the virtual consoles unusable.
-- usplash looks corrupted and leaves virtual consoles unusable https://launchpad.net/bugs/65704 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
