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Use Color Profiles in OS X to reduce monitor's color saturation

Use Color Profiles in OS X to reduce monitor's color saturation

I've got nice-to-have problem: my new monitor (Dell 3008WFP) has wide color gamut and displays too saturated* colors (magenta and cyan look almost fluorescent).

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Guest [Entry]

"I found this which may help:

I prepared this web color tutorial to
test, review and troubleshoot internet
color problems with the Apple
Macintosh OS-X ColorSync® because I
was seeing greatly over-saturated
colors on the web.

Specifically, how the new so-called
wide-gamut LCD panel flat monitors
display untagged RGB color in a
color-managed web browser like Safari
for the Mac OSX and Windows XP Vista
operating systems.

http://www.gballard.net/photoshop/srgb_wide_gamut.html

Reading through it myself as i find colour calibration an interesting topic! ;-)"
Guest [Entry]

"I use these settings on my Dell 2709W; my home office has a lot of natural light during the day. From the monitor's controls:

Quick Menu

Brightness: 0
Contrast: 50
Preset mode: Adobe RGB
Color Settings

Gamma: MAC
Mode Selection: Graphics
Display Settings

Sharpness: 80

On OSX, I used the monitor calibration in expert mode for the settings that looked best to me after setting the above. It does take experimentation because everyone's preferences, and ambient light in the room will have an effect on how things look too.

To me, my monitor looks very close to the native LCD of the Macbook Pro it is attached, which I never changed from the default because it is clear, crisp and perfect colors for me."