How To Calibrate Your Monitor Color In Windows 10

Introduction

A quality feature in the Windows family is to calibrate the display color by using the in-built tool. We can also use this feature in Windows 10 to calibrate the display (monitor) color as well. It is not a well-known feature among users.

Color Calibration is a Windows in-built tool that is used to adjust the brightness, contrast, gamma, and colors. Color calibration means adjusting different aspects of the display which includes brightness, contrast, gamma, and colors of the display.

To display images and colors correctly, it is essential to calibrate your display (monitor). The aim of color calibration is to match a standard as much as possible to the actual specification.

This tutorial will show you various steps on, how to calibrate your monitor color in Windows 10.

Step 1. From the start menu, click on the "Settings" button. (Alternatively, the user can press the "Windows + I" key to open the Windows Settings).

Step 2. Click on the "System" option.

Step 3. Select the "Display" tab and click on the "Advanced display settings" option to proceed.

Advanced display settings

Step 4. Now, click on the "color calibration" option under the "Color settings" section.

Color settings

Note. Alternatively, the user can open the "Display color calibration" tool by typing the "Calibrate display color" or "DCCW" in the search.

Step 5. Along with the welcome note, the "Display Color Calibration" window will appear on the screen, and then click on the "Next" button.

Display Color Calibration

Step 6. This time, a "Set Basic Color Settings" window will appear that tells you the various steps to access the on-screen display menu on your monitor to set basic color settings and then click on the "Next" button to continue.

Step 7. Now, this window will tell you about the Gamma, which is basically a relationship between the red, green, and blue color values that are sent to the display and the amount of light that's ultimately emitted from it. There are three examples of gamma in this window that you have to adjust "Good gamma" in the next window.

Good gamma

Step 8. Now, adjust the gamma in this window by moving the slider. For accurate gamma correction, you should ensure that there are no(minimum visible)small dots in the middle of each circle. Now, the gamma has been adjusted, and then, click on the "Next" button to proceed.

Minimum visible

Step 9. This window screen will give you the option to "Skip Brightness and Contrast Adjustment". (But, I do not ask you to leave it). Click the "Next" button to continue.

Skip Brightness

Step 10. In the window screen, a brief description of the Brightness Adjustment is shown and also gives you three examples for adjusting Brightness, allowing you to differentiate and choose "Good Brightness", after reading it and to continue, click on the "Next" button.

Good Brightness

Step 11. Now, using the controls on your display (LED Monitor) or by the graphics control panel in your laptop, adjust the brightness higher or lower until you can distinguish the shirt from the suit with the X barely visible. Now, the brightness has been adjusted, and then click on the "Next" button to proceed.

LED Monitor

Step 12. In the window screen, a brief description of the Contrast Adjustment is shown and also gives you three examples for adjusting Contrast, allowing you to differentiate and choose "Good contrast", after reading it and to continue, click on the "Next" button.

Click on the "Next" button.

Step 13. Now, using the controls on your display (LED monitor) or the graphics control panel in your laptop, adjust the contrast as high as possible without losing the ability to see the wrinkles and buttons on the shirt. Then, click "Next" to proceed.

Graphics control panel

Step 14. This window will show you the color balance, which adjusts how the shades of gray appear on your screen.

Color balance

Step 15. In this window, you have to set the color balances by moving the red, green, and blue sliders to remove any color cast from the grey bars. Then, click "Next" to proceed.

Window

Step 16. Congratulations! you have successfully created a new calibration. You can also compare the current new calibration with the previous calibration. If you are satisfied with the new calibration then click on the "Finish" button to save it.

Previous calibration

Note. If you want to follow the ClearType tuner options, then check (select) the "Start ClearType Tuner when I click Finish to ensure that text appears correctly" option, in which you will see some display text. A few steps have to be followed in the direction of enhancing the text. Otherwise, you can simply click on the "Finish" button without selecting (check) this option.

Conclusion

By following the above steps, you can calibrate your monitor color in Windows 10.

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