Dell calibration all wrong.

[fuzzleworld]

I’m using Spyder5 and DisplayCal…

I have two issues, one is that my dell monitor calibrated all wrong, its too dark and the whites are super blue. My second monitor is a TN gaming monitor, I calibrated that one first following any guide I could find and it turned out great, looked like my factory calibrated Dell. Once I calibrated the IPS Dell monitor, they were totally different. The Dell being dark, blue heavy and the TN panel being warm and far more accurate.

For both monitors I chose the same settings. Gamma 2.2, default as measured and GenericLCD.  I can’t experiment with settings because each attempt at calibration takes over an hour. Furthermore, I can find no way to change color profiles anywhere in windows, even in color management, selecting different settings does nothing. So I don’t know what I’m doing and I’m getting frustrated.

The attached picture doesn’t really show it, but the difference in white is stark, not even close. I looked at my art and the blues are intensely blue on the dell and the black levels are much too dark hiding detail.

• This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by fuzzleworld.

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[Florian Höch]

You should use a suitable measurement mode or correction (probably white LED).

If you want to match the monitor white, you should calibrate both monitors to the same whitepoint (e.g. 6500K). For best visual match, see the FAQ in this forum.

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