Colour artefacts when de-nterlacing

1st of all it is not deinterlacing that causes the color shift. Topaz doesn’t do any deinterlacing. the deinterlacing is done by ffmpeg Bwdif filter that VAI calls. what causes the color shift is the Topaz AI modules.

Try deinterlacing your videos in Hybrid 1st, then process the video in TVAI and see if it makes any difference.