I decided to change the High Elf skin tone so that it was a more natural color instead of the golden-yellow shade we know well. I did this via Misc. > ColorForm. It worked perfectly for creating new characters, but in the game all the High Elves still have their default color.
I checked and rechecked my work. Within the editor with my mod loaded, the NPC preview indeed shows the High Elves with my new natural skin tones. But in game, it's the golden-yellow.
I make my mod a master file to see if that would help but it didn't. Also, all testing has been done with new characters.
I've searched for information on this, but Googling "Skyrim ColorForm" only seems to bring up tutorials on making new ones for custom NPCs. I found nothing about changing the default ColorForms to change existing NPCs across the board.
Does anyone know anything about this, or at least enough to confirm whether or not I'm out of luck?
Thank you.