What is Display Color Calibration?
Calibrating your display helps to ensure that colors are
represented accurately on your monitor. In Windows, you can use Display Color Calibration to
calibrate your display.
Before starting Display Color Calibration, make sure that your
display is set to its native resolution. This helps to improve the accuracy of
the resulting calibration. For more information about determining the native
resolution for a display and setting the screen resolution, see Change screen
resolution.
Notes
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If you have a display calibration device that came with other
software, consider using the color measurement device with the accompanying
software instead of Display Color Calibration. Using the calibration device with
the accompanying calibration software that often comes with it can help you get
the best color on your display. In general, using a color measurement instrument
to calibrate your display will result in a better calibration compared to the
results of doing a visual calibration (which is done in Display Color
Calibration).
To start Display Color Calibration
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Click to open Display Color Calibration. If you are
prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or
provide confirmation.
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In Display Color Calibration, click Next to continue.
Use Display Color Calibration to adjust color
settings
Display Color Calibration improves your display color by enabling
you to change different color settings. After you adjust the different color
settings using Display Color Calibration, you will have a new calibration that
contains your new color settings. The new calibration will be associated with
your screen display and used by color-managed programs.
The color settings that you can change, as well as how you change
those color settings, depend on your monitor's display and its capabilities. Not
all monitors have the same color capabilities and settings, so you might not be
able to change all the different color settings when using Display Color
Calibration.
Basic color settings
To get an accurate calibration, we recommended that you set the
basic color settings on your screen display before you continue. This ensures
that you have a good starting point when you begin to calibrate your screen
display using Display Color Calibration.
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With the Set basic color settings page in
view, press the Menu button, which is found on the front
edge of many monitors.
An on-screen menu will appear. Press the monitor buttons, which
also appear on the front edge of many monitors, to navigate through the
on-screen menu and adjust the different settings for your screen display.
The menu and monitor buttons vary by model and manufacturer. Check
the documentation that came with your monitor to learn how to use the buttons
for your particular display.
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On the Set basic color settings page, use
the monitor buttons to navigate through the on-screen menu to verify (or adjust)
one or more of the following settings (depending on your specific display), and
then click Next:
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Locate the color menu that lets you specify the color mode, and
then set your display to sRGB.
If you can't set the color mode on your display, but you can
select a color temperature (also called a white point), set the color
temperature to D65 (or 6500).
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Locate the menu to set gamma. Set gamma
to 2.2, which is the default setting.
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If you can’t locate any of these settings, locate a setting in the
on-screen display menu that allows you to reset your display to the factory
default color settings, and then choose that option.
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If you can't set one or more of the color settings on your display
because the setting isn't shown in the on-screen display menu, click Next to continue without modifying any color settings at this
time.
Gamma
Gamma describes the relationship between the digital input value
and the intensity of the light that's emitted from the display. In Display Color
Calibration, you can adjust gamma by using a sample image that displays
different circles.
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On the How to adjust gamma page, follow the
instructions and look at the sample images that appear, and then click Next.
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On the Adjust gamma page, drag the on-screen
slider so that the small dot in the middle of each circle vanishes. Click Next to continue.
Brightness
Brightness determines how dark colors and shadows appear on your
display. By adjusting the brightness for your display, you can make sure that
dark colors appear accurately, while still being able to see shadows, outlines,
and other details in the darker images. If brightness is set too high, black
colors appear light and gray.
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On the Find the brightness and contrast controls
for your display page, locate the brightness and contrast controls for
your particular display, and then click Next.
For more information about finding the brightness control for
different displays, see Adjust your
monitor's brightness and contrast.
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Set the contrast by doing one of the following, depending on the
type of monitor:
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If you're calibrating an LCD monitor, set the contrast to the
default factory setting (if it's not already set to the default setting).
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If you're calibrating a CRT monitor, locate the contrast control,
and then set the contrast to the highest setting.
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On the How to adjust brightness page, look
at the sample images, and click Next.
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With the Adjust brightness page in view,
adjust the brightness by doing one of the following, depending on your monitor's
display and its capabilities, and then click Next.
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Press the Menu button on the front edge of
your monitor. An on-screen menu will appear. Locate the Brightness setting.
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If your monitor has a Brightness button on
the front of it, press the Brightness button, and then
adjust the brightness.
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If you're using a laptop, often you can adjust the brightness by
holding down the Fn key, and then pressing the corresponding function key to
increase or decrease the brightness
of the display.
When adjusting the brightness, increase or decrease the brightness
until you can distinguish the shirt from the suit in the picture. If you see a
large X in the background above the person's shoulder, lower the brightness
until the X disappears.
Contrast
Contrast determines how white and light colors appear and ensures
that highlights in images are displayed accurately on your display.
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On the How to adjust the contrast page, look
at the sample images that appear, and click Next.
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With the Adjust contrast page in view,
adjust the contrast by doing one of the following, depending on your monitor's
display and its capabilities, and then click Next.
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Press the Menu button on the front edge of
your monitor. An on-screen menu will appear. Locate the Contrast setting.
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If your monitor has a Contrast button on the
front of it, press the Contrast button, and adjust the
contrast.
When adjusting the contrast, set the contrast as high as it will
go without losing the ability to see the buttons and wrinkles on the person's
shirt in the picture.
For more information about finding the contrast controls for
different displays, see Adjust your
monitor's brightness and contrast.
Note
Color balance
Adjust the color balance to avoid seeing any color
cast in images on your display. When adjusting the color balance, make sure
that the gray bars appear as neutral gray colors without any color cast. Color
cast causes colors in images to appear incorrectly.
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On the How to adjust color balance page,
look at the sample images that appear, and then click Next.
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On the Adjust color balance page, drag the
red, green, and blue on-screen sliders until the gray bars appear as neutral
gray colors without any color cast. Click Next to
continue.
View your calibration
After you've changed settings in Display Color Calibration, you
can compare your new current calibration to your previous one, and then choose
the calibration that looks best to you. You might notice that the two
calibrations are quite similar.
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On the You've successfully created a new
calibration page, click Previous calibration to see
your display calibration before using Display Color
Calibration.
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On the You've successfully created a new
calibration page, click Current calibration to see
your new display calibration after using Display
Color Calibration.
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Do one of the following, depending on which calibration you want
to use:
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To use the new calibration, click Finish.
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To use the previous calibration, click Cancel.
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(Optional) Select the Start ClearType Tuner when I
click Finish to ensure that text appears correctly (Recommended) check
box if you want the ClearType Text Tuner to open after you click Finish. This will help to make sure that text appears clearly
with your new calibration. For more information about the ClearType Text Tuner,
see What is the
ClearType Text Tuner?
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