I inherited a film project and all the shots (from Alexa Mini) have color adapters on them.  I have tried to remove them by selecting all the master clips in the bin and deleting them from Source Settings.  I have tried right-clicking on a sequence and removing color adapters by refreshing sequence.  I have tred deleting them with the delete effect tool which usually deletes color effects and video filters....

I can't get rid of them and my show looks really flat, gray and ugly.  WTF do I do?

Terry Kelley, ACE

They probably used LUTs, and they may not be included in the project. Let them send the LUTs they used so you can import those into your system.

I have a Symphony and would like to try color grading from scratch.  Is there some way to remove all LUTS or color adapters and start with RAW or uncorrected in any way?

I like to do my own laundry too, and iron my own shirts... 

With your timeline open, go to Clip-->Refresh Sequence--->Remove Color Adapters

(I was wondering this as well - I think for some types of footage Avid adds Adapters by default)