Monitor 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.

1. 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.
2. Set the contrast by doing one of the following, depending on the type of monitor:
   • 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).
   • If you're calibrating a CRT monitor, locate the contrast control, and then set the contrast to the highest setting.
3. On the How to adjust brightness page, look at the sample images, and click Next.
4. 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.
   • Press the Menu button on the front edge of your monitor. An on-screen menu will appear. Locate the Brightness setting.
   • If your monitor has a Brightness button on the front of it, press the Brightness button, and then adjust the brightness.
   • 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.