If this change to the Monitor Display profile temporarily fixes the appearance issue, it is recommended that you should now calibrate and profile the monitor properly using a calibration sensor like the i1display pro, which will create and install its own custom monitor profile. Quit and relaunch Photoshop after the control panel change, to ensure the new settings are applied.ĭepending on the characteristics of your monitor display and your requirements, using sRGB or Adobe RGB here may be good enough - but no display perfectly matches either, so a custom calibration is a superior approach. Screenshot of Color Management Control Panel Once it’s selected, be sure to check “Use my settings for this device” up top.Īnd click on “set as Default Profile - bottom right You can click to ADD to add “sRGB IEC61966-2.1” (or AdobeRGB1998) if not already listed there.Īgain - IF you have a wide gamut display I suggest trying “AdobeRGB1998” In the Devices tab, ensure that your monitor is selected in the Device field. (If you have a wide gamut monitor display (check the spec online) it’s better to try ‘AdobeRGB1998” here instead as it more closely approximates the display characteristics).Ĭlick ‘Start’, type color in the search box, To find out if the monitor display profile is the issue, I recommend you to try temporarily setting the monitor profile for your own monitor display under “Device” in your Windows ‘color management’ control panel to “sRGB IEC61966-2.1”. As the issue isn’t caused by Photoshop, please don’t change your Photoshop ‘color settings’ to try fix it. Photoshop is correct, it’s the industry standard for viewing images, in my experience it's revealing an issue with the Monitor Display profile rather than causing it. The poor monitor display profile issue is hidden by some applications, specifically those that do not use colour management, such as Microsoft Windows "Photos". The issue can affect different application programs in different ways, some not at all, some very badly. I CAN happen with Macs but with far less likelihood, it seems.]
Unfortunately, with Microsoft hardware: Windows updates, Graphics Card updates and Display manufacturers have a frustratingly growing reputation for automatically installing useless (corrupted) monitor display profiles. Of course you must not expect accurate colour with programs such as Windows "Photos", because in most versions colour management is not implemented there, so such programs are incapable of providing accurate image display. It'll only take a few minutes and is good troubleshooting.Īt least once a week on this forum we read about this, or very similar issues of appearance differing between colour managed applications. Windows display profile, display profile issues on Windows