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Word difference colors for deletions are also used for additions
When performing a text diff with Line Difference Coloring enabled, the colors for Deleted Word Difference and Deleted Selected Word Diff are applied to the word additions. To reproduce, diff original.txt and modified.txt. See the images below for the diff options used and the diff results.
This is confusing, but it's the expected coloring: if a word in either pane is deleted, the Word Difference (Deleted) color will be applied to the word in the other pane. This is because WinMerge doesn't essentially assume that the left pane is the old file and the right pane is the new file. There are some UI improvement requests for this:
Related issue: https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/issues/359