sRGB Mode Question

[Jony]

Hey there,

I am new to professional monitors. I’ve decided to start my path with BenQ PD3205U. The colors in sRGB mode look lighter than in other modes, e.g. Rec.709. For instance, when I open the RGB color picker in Photoshop, I can see more variation between darker colors in sRGB mode than in other modes, but the darkest point in sRGB mode is still way lighter, than in e.g. Rec.709 or when the HDR is on. I just wanted to know if this is ok. Shouldn’t black rather look like black in sRGB mode and not like very dark grey? In other modes black looks fine to me, so I have no doubt in monitor’s ability to display such color. I just found out about gamma curves that might me applied to sRGB mode on this monitor, but does gamma have to make blacks more lighter and other colors more ‘washed out’?

Thank you in advance,

Jony.

[Vincent]

You should change default display ICC profile asociated to monitor before start a color managed app. And do the same and restart if you change OSD while in a color managed app (excluding soem exceptions out of the scope of this thread).
Hint => DO NOT change OSD preset while in color managed apps, jus use the widest gamut and an ICC profile that describes monitors behavior on that prest accuratelly.

Also as most monitors it is not HDR, it accepts HDR signal and translated rec2020 PQ content to the limited conbtrast and gamut of its panel. SO… it’s useless.

Finally sRGB TRC and gamma 2.4 (supposed factory settings for Rec709 preset) are different, hence non color managed sRGB looks lighter.
Color managed lead to paragraph 1 and should be no difference.

PS: Try to get some webinar in color management, may solve future doubts.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by Vincent.

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